Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
The Very Rare WW No Stops Variety Sovereign of William IV, dated 1831
William IV, Sovereign, 1831, by William Wyon after Francis Chantrey's model, first bare head right with finer hair and round topped ear, WW incuse fully on truncation without stops first W meets field, nose points to second N in BRITANNIAR, GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR REX F: D:, second and third I missing top serifs, M in King's name mispunched on die and corrected, finer toothed border and raised rim both sides, rev struck with inverted die axis, by Jean Baptiste Merlen, crowned quartered shield of arms, with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, Irish arms with eight harp strings, ANNO 1831 below, date out of alignment, finer taller border teeth, edge milled, 8.00g, 22mm (Marsh 16A R5; cf MCE 489; S 3829A). Lightly hairlined in fields, die flaw by forehead not evident, tiny black spot by top left lion on reverse, tiny scratch on cheek, design with less frosted elements than previous lot, though likely the proof obverse die was reused to strike this piece, proof-like, otherwise practically as struck and extremely rare.
ex Randy Weir Numismatics, Unionville, Ontario, Canada, purchased 12 February 1993
Calendar year mintage 598,547
Estimate: £3000-4000
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
The Very Rare WW No Stops Variety Sovereign of William IV, dated 1831
William IV, Sovereign, 1831, by William Wyon after Francis Chantrey's model, first bare head right with finer hair and round topped ear, WW incuse fully on truncation without stops first W meets field, nose points to second N in BRITANNIAR, GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR REX F: D:, second and third I missing top serifs, M in King's name mispunched on die and corrected, finer toothed border and raised rim both sides, rev struck with inverted die axis, by Jean Baptiste Merlen, crowned quartered shield of arms, with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, Irish arms with eight harp strings, ANNO 1831 below, date out of alignment, finer taller border teeth, edge milled, 8.00g, 22mm (Marsh 16A R5; cf MCE 489; S 3829A). Lightly hairlined in fields, die flaw by forehead not evident, tiny black spot by top left lion on reverse, tiny scratch on cheek, design with less frosted elements than previous lot, though likely the proof obverse die was reused to strike this piece, proof-like, otherwise practically as struck and extremely rare.
ex Randy Weir Numismatics, Unionville, Ontario, Canada, purchased 12 February 1993
Calendar year mintage 598,547
Estimate: £3000-4000