Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1849 Sovereign with Small Date
Victoria, Sovereign, 1849, second larger young head left, date below, clear date with bulbed 9 nearly closed, neater 4, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, flawed A in first word of reverse legend, third I with weak lower serif, 7.97g (Marsh 32 R; MCE 510; S 3852C). Cleaned, rim nick, very fine.
bought A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 28 July 2010
Calendar year mintage 1,755,399
For further reading on varieties of 1849 Sovereigns see part one of the Bentley Collection, footnotes to lots 57 and 58
Estimate: £250-300
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1849 Sovereign with Small Date
Victoria, Sovereign, 1849, second larger young head left, date below, clear date with bulbed 9 nearly closed, neater 4, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, flawed A in first word of reverse legend, third I with weak lower serif, 7.97g (Marsh 32 R; MCE 510; S 3852C). Cleaned, rim nick, very fine.
bought A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, 28 July 2010
Calendar year mintage 1,755,399
For further reading on varieties of 1849 Sovereigns see part one of the Bentley Collection, footnotes to lots 57 and 58
Estimate: £250-300