Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Very Nice Victoria 1842 Sovereign with Open 2
Victoria, Sovereign, 1842, open 2 in date, first young head left, ponytail terminates in single curved strand of hair, date below, tall sharp pointed 4, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, edge milled, 7.97g (Marsh 25; MCE 502; S 3852). Once cleaned, scuffed very fine and very rare.
ex St James's Auction 6, 9 June 2007, lot 531
Calendar year mintage 4,865,375
The more significant variety of 1842 is the rarer open 2 type where the curve of the top of the 2 is not so rounded and shorter. The 4 in this date variety is also a taller and sharper topped figure than the normal 1842 date. Marsh does not list any of the varieties of 1842 in his publication as these have only been noted in the last decade.
For further reading on date varieties of 1842 Sovereign see footnote to lot 42 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £600-800
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Very Nice Victoria 1842 Sovereign with Open 2
Victoria, Sovereign, 1842, open 2 in date, first young head left, ponytail terminates in single curved strand of hair, date below, tall sharp pointed 4, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, edge milled, 7.97g (Marsh 25; MCE 502; S 3852). Once cleaned, scuffed very fine and very rare.
ex St James's Auction 6, 9 June 2007, lot 531
Calendar year mintage 4,865,375
The more significant variety of 1842 is the rarer open 2 type where the curve of the top of the 2 is not so rounded and shorter. The 4 in this date variety is also a taller and sharper topped figure than the normal 1842 date. Marsh does not list any of the varieties of 1842 in his publication as these have only been noted in the last decade.
For further reading on date varieties of 1842 Sovereign see footnote to lot 42 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £600-800