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Auction 88  8 May 2014
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Lot 2035

Estimate: 800 GBP
Price realized: 1200 GBP
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereign, 1838, first young head left, fine hair bound with double fillet, ponytail terminates in single curved strand of hair, w.w. raised on truncation, date below, fine toothed border and raised rim both sides, legend reads victoria dei gratia, rev crowned shield of arms within laurel wreath tied with bow below shield, narrow crown arches not so acutely angled, each with eleven pearl adornment, five pearls vertically arranged on central upright, wreath of 24 leaves each side, each terminate with two leaves at top, seven harp strings in taller Irish arms, first left string from scroll at back of female figure, emblems below, small rosette either side, legend reads britanniarum regina fid: def:, edge milled (Bentley 36; Marsh 22 R; MCE 499; S 3852). Heavily scuffed and hairlined, otherwise good fine and scarce.
Calendar year mintage 2,718,694

Estimate: £800-1000
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