G BRITISH COINS
The Bentley Collection of British Milled Gold Sovereigns
1857 Sovereign with 5 Struck Over a Lower 5 in Date
Victoria, Sovereign, 1857, normal date figures, 5 over a lower 5 with a tail to 7, WW incuse on truncation without stops, second larger young head left, date below, some letters of legend out of rotational alignment, with some doubling, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, 7.95g (Marsh 40; MCE 518; S 3852D). Toned with surface marks, otherwise good fine.
ex AH Baldwin and Sons Ltd, March 2006
Calendar year mintage 4,495,748
Examples of both the spread and normal dates were sold in part one of the Bentley Collection, lots 77 and 78
Estimate: £250-300