Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1851 Sovereign with 5 Struck Over a Lower 5 in Date
Victoria, Sovereign, 1851, 5 struck over a lower 5, spread date between 18 and 51, second larger young head left, date below, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.98g (Marsh 34; MCE 512; S 3852C). A few trifling hairlines, otherwise good extremely fine.
Calendar year mintage 4,013,624
For further reading on variety of 1851 Sovereigns see part one of the Bentley Collection, footnote to lot 62
Estimate: £400-500
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1851 Sovereign with 5 Struck Over a Lower 5 in Date
Victoria, Sovereign, 1851, 5 struck over a lower 5, spread date between 18 and 51, second larger young head left, date below, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.98g (Marsh 34; MCE 512; S 3852C). A few trifling hairlines, otherwise good extremely fine.
Calendar year mintage 4,013,624
For further reading on variety of 1851 Sovereigns see part one of the Bentley Collection, footnote to lot 62
Estimate: £400-500