Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Pleasing Victoria 1839 Proof Sovereign
Victoria, Proof Sovereign, 1839, first young head left, finely engraved hair bound with double fillet, ponytail terminates in single curved strand of hair, date below, date and legend lightly double struck as well as fine border teeth, penultimate A of legend unbarred, last A with partial bar, hair at bun of a coarser weaker rendering, rev struck with inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, wreath of 24 leaves each side, each terminate with two leaves at top, eleven pearls on each arch of crown, five pearls vertically arranged on central upright, top of wreath each side terminates in two leaves, seven harp strings in Irish Arms, first left string from scroll at back of female figure, emblems below, absent serif on upper left of second I of BRITANNIARUM, edge plain, 7.91g, 21.9mm (WR 303; Douglas-Morris 203; S 3852). Very light hairlines both sides, otherwise very pleasing, practically as struck.
For a narrative footnote about the 1839 proof sovereigns, please see part one of the Bentley Collection, lot 39
Estimate: £4000-5000
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Pleasing Victoria 1839 Proof Sovereign
Victoria, Proof Sovereign, 1839, first young head left, finely engraved hair bound with double fillet, ponytail terminates in single curved strand of hair, date below, date and legend lightly double struck as well as fine border teeth, penultimate A of legend unbarred, last A with partial bar, hair at bun of a coarser weaker rendering, rev struck with inverted die axis, crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, wreath of 24 leaves each side, each terminate with two leaves at top, eleven pearls on each arch of crown, five pearls vertically arranged on central upright, top of wreath each side terminates in two leaves, seven harp strings in Irish Arms, first left string from scroll at back of female figure, emblems below, absent serif on upper left of second I of BRITANNIARUM, edge plain, 7.91g, 21.9mm (WR 303; Douglas-Morris 203; S 3852). Very light hairlines both sides, otherwise very pleasing, practically as struck.
For a narrative footnote about the 1839 proof sovereigns, please see part one of the Bentley Collection, lot 39
Estimate: £4000-5000