Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
William IV, Sovereign, 1833, the second 3 die flawed and possibly over a 2, second bare head right, with flat topped ear, nose points to second I in legend, W.W. slightly doubled incuse on truncation, coarse border teeth, rev crowned quartered shield of arms, with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, date below, doubled 33, fine border teeth, legend flawed, 7.94g (Marsh 18; MCE 491; S 3829B). The date too worn to tell if overstruck conclusively, reverse die flawed in other parts, nearly very fine, reverse better, unusual.
bought at London Coin Fair, June 2007, via A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd
Calendar year mintage 1,225,269
Estimate: £600-800
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
William IV, Sovereign, 1833, the second 3 die flawed and possibly over a 2, second bare head right, with flat topped ear, nose points to second I in legend, W.W. slightly doubled incuse on truncation, coarse border teeth, rev crowned quartered shield of arms, with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, date below, doubled 33, fine border teeth, legend flawed, 7.94g (Marsh 18; MCE 491; S 3829B). The date too worn to tell if overstruck conclusively, reverse die flawed in other parts, nearly very fine, reverse better, unusual.
bought at London Coin Fair, June 2007, via A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd
Calendar year mintage 1,225,269
Estimate: £600-800