Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Rare Victoria 1843 Overdate Sovereign
Victoria, Sovereign, 1843, 3 struck over a 2 or rotated 2, first young head left, ponytail terminates in single curved strand of hair, date below, shorter stubby 4 in date spread away from 3, O of Queen's name with slight break at lower right from die, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.98g (cf Marsh 26B R5; MCE 503; S 3852). Cleaned, light surface marks, very fine and very rare.
bought A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 28 July 2010
Calendar year mintage 5,981,968
This extremely rare overdate was only discovered in 1980 by the late Michael Marsh, according to his publication. From the scant few survivors evident it is therefore likely that only one or perhaps two obverse dies dated 1842 were in serviceable enough use at the end of their production run not to be scrapped and overstruck with the new date figure 3 to continue into the issue of 1843 dated sovereigns. This example does not appear to be a straight forward 2, but one that is perhaps slightly rotated.
For other examples of date varieties of 1843 Sovereigns see lots 43 and 44 in part one of Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £600-800
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Rare Victoria 1843 Overdate Sovereign
Victoria, Sovereign, 1843, 3 struck over a 2 or rotated 2, first young head left, ponytail terminates in single curved strand of hair, date below, shorter stubby 4 in date spread away from 3, O of Queen's name with slight break at lower right from die, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.98g (cf Marsh 26B R5; MCE 503; S 3852). Cleaned, light surface marks, very fine and very rare.
bought A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 28 July 2010
Calendar year mintage 5,981,968
This extremely rare overdate was only discovered in 1980 by the late Michael Marsh, according to his publication. From the scant few survivors evident it is therefore likely that only one or perhaps two obverse dies dated 1842 were in serviceable enough use at the end of their production run not to be scrapped and overstruck with the new date figure 3 to continue into the issue of 1843 dated sovereigns. This example does not appear to be a straight forward 2, but one that is perhaps slightly rotated.
For other examples of date varieties of 1843 Sovereigns see lots 43 and 44 in part one of Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £600-800