Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 79 8 May 2013
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The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1857 Sovereign with Flawed 7 in Date Like a Triangle
Victoria, Sovereign, 1857, normal date figures, with 7 quite die flawed and closed so it appears like a triangle, WW incuse on truncation without stops, second larger young head left, date below, some letters of legend out of rotational alignment, last A of legend quite die flawed, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.93g (Marsh 40; MCE 518; S 3852D). Cleaned, now toned with surface marks, otherwise good fine and unusual.
ex AH Baldwin and Sons Ltd, April 2009
Calendar year mintage 4,495,748
It is interesting to note that the weight of this coin in its lower grade is upon the legal tender limit as dictated by the Coinage Acts of 1816-1891.
Examples of both the spread and normal dates were sold in part one of the Bentley Collection, lots 77 and 78
Estimate: £250-300
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1857 Sovereign with Flawed 7 in Date Like a Triangle
Victoria, Sovereign, 1857, normal date figures, with 7 quite die flawed and closed so it appears like a triangle, WW incuse on truncation without stops, second larger young head left, date below, some letters of legend out of rotational alignment, last A of legend quite die flawed, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.93g (Marsh 40; MCE 518; S 3852D). Cleaned, now toned with surface marks, otherwise good fine and unusual.
ex AH Baldwin and Sons Ltd, April 2009
Calendar year mintage 4,495,748
It is interesting to note that the weight of this coin in its lower grade is upon the legal tender limit as dictated by the Coinage Acts of 1816-1891.
Examples of both the spread and normal dates were sold in part one of the Bentley Collection, lots 77 and 78
Estimate: £250-300