Baldwin & Sons
Auction 88 8 May 2014
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereign, 1841, first young head left, date below, toothed border both sides, unbarred A's in gratia, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel, emblems below (Bentley 970; Marsh 24 R3; MCE 501; S 3852). Hairlined, once cleaned and now lightly toned, reverse with slight rim bruise, otherwise good very fine / about extremely fine, extremely rare.
Calendar year mintage 124,054
There being no Sovereigns minted bearing the date 1840, the whole calendar year figure presumably represents 1841 dated coins only, though unspent 1839 dies may have continued at first but is unlikely due to the gap in production.
With a relatively low mintage, the 1841 Sovereign does not survive in any quantity, the supply of this date in the coin market has always been out-stripped by demand and examples in recent years for sale have been few and far between. When offered for sale by auction, the 1841 Sovereign has achieved higher and higher realisations recently, as was seen when a mint state example sold at Bonham's in December 2011 for £34,800.
Even though few coins exist there are two significant varieties, the full letter A's in the last word on the obverse and the unbarred A variety as we have here, only noted and published within the last decade.
Estimate: £14,000-18,000
Calendar year mintage 124,054
There being no Sovereigns minted bearing the date 1840, the whole calendar year figure presumably represents 1841 dated coins only, though unspent 1839 dies may have continued at first but is unlikely due to the gap in production.
With a relatively low mintage, the 1841 Sovereign does not survive in any quantity, the supply of this date in the coin market has always been out-stripped by demand and examples in recent years for sale have been few and far between. When offered for sale by auction, the 1841 Sovereign has achieved higher and higher realisations recently, as was seen when a mint state example sold at Bonham's in December 2011 for £34,800.
Even though few coins exist there are two significant varieties, the full letter A's in the last word on the obverse and the unbarred A variety as we have here, only noted and published within the last decade.
Estimate: £14,000-18,000