Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
William IV, Sovereign, 1837, second bare head right, W.W. slightly doubled incuse on truncation, lower part of WW open and "flows" into field, rev die axis slightly off-centre, crowned quartered shield of arms, with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, date below, lightly doubled, 7.98g (Marsh 21; MCE 494; S 3829B). Hairlined, pleasing extremely fine and a rare date.
bought A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, August 2007
Calendar year mintage 1,172,984
William IV died 20 June 1837
Estimate: £1500-2000
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
William IV, Sovereign, 1837, second bare head right, W.W. slightly doubled incuse on truncation, lower part of WW open and "flows" into field, rev die axis slightly off-centre, crowned quartered shield of arms, with the arms of Hanover as an escutcheon, date below, lightly doubled, 7.98g (Marsh 21; MCE 494; S 3829B). Hairlined, pleasing extremely fine and a rare date.
bought A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, August 2007
Calendar year mintage 1,172,984
William IV died 20 June 1837
Estimate: £1500-2000