Great Britain (London, England), gold sovereign, Victoria (young head), 1850, inverted A for V in Victoria variety, PCGS AU53 / Ship of Gold special presentation case with pinch of gold, only example from the wreck in the PCGS census. Sp-3852C; Fr-387e; KM-736.1. Bright gold surfaces with light wear and bagmarks on the bust, sharply detailed reverse, interesting variety with an inverted A die punch used for the V in VICTORIA. This is the sole example of this variety recovered from the wreck. Housed in special plastic holder containing a tag hand-signed by Bob Evans. From: SS Central America, sunk in 1857 off North Carolina
($1000-1500)