Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Rare 1853 Victoria WW Incuse Sovereign with Roman Style I for 1 in Date
Victoria, Sovereign, 1853, figure 1 in date over inverted 1 giving impression of a Roman I, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, obverse legend double struck, raised die flaw from tip of truncation to rim, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.96g (cf Marsh 36; MCE 514; S 3852C). Cleaned with surface marks and heavy hairlines, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
ex St James's Auction 5, 27 September 2006, lot 611
Calendar year mintage 10,597,993
The most interesting variety of 1853 Sovereign with rare incuse WW. It will be noted the "Roman I" is actually a product of a figure 1 at first being entered upon the die inverted and then corrected with one the right way up, giving a serif at all four corners, albeit with the upper right one being the one underneath and therefore with a step down from the correct figure on top. Again this is another sign of how the quality of the engraving was becoming more careless at this time, but not too serious as to not make it into circulation. The variety for 1853 discovered only in the last ten years and therefore not described by Marsh for this date.
For further reading on varieties of 1853 Sovereigns see part one of the Bentley Collection, footnotes to lots 65 to 69
Estimate: £800-1000
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
Rare 1853 Victoria WW Incuse Sovereign with Roman Style I for 1 in Date
Victoria, Sovereign, 1853, figure 1 in date over inverted 1 giving impression of a Roman I, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, obverse legend double struck, raised die flaw from tip of truncation to rim, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.96g (cf Marsh 36; MCE 514; S 3852C). Cleaned with surface marks and heavy hairlines, otherwise good very fine and very rare.
ex St James's Auction 5, 27 September 2006, lot 611
Calendar year mintage 10,597,993
The most interesting variety of 1853 Sovereign with rare incuse WW. It will be noted the "Roman I" is actually a product of a figure 1 at first being entered upon the die inverted and then corrected with one the right way up, giving a serif at all four corners, albeit with the upper right one being the one underneath and therefore with a step down from the correct figure on top. Again this is another sign of how the quality of the engraving was becoming more careless at this time, but not too serious as to not make it into circulation. The variety for 1853 discovered only in the last ten years and therefore not described by Marsh for this date.
For further reading on varieties of 1853 Sovereigns see part one of the Bentley Collection, footnotes to lots 65 to 69
Estimate: £800-1000