Watch List notes:

BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereign, 1843, "narrow shield" variety, first young head left, legend reads victoria dei gratia, engraved by William Wyon, date below, rev possibly engraved by Jean Baptiste Merlen, "narrow" crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath of different leaf arrangement, crown with more prominent and acutely angled arches, tied with bow below shield with smaller ribbon ends, twelve pearls on each arch of crown, four pearls vertically arranged on central upright, nine pellets visible on ermine below jewel band, wreath of 21 leaves each side, top of wreath each side terminates in three leaves, seven harp strings in Irish arms, left string emanates from back of female figure above lower scroll, narrower spaced taller emblems below, double shamrock head to right of large central rose, thistle to left, no rosettes, small hyphen either side, legend reads britanniarum regina fid: def:, raised die flaw at the second N of legend (Bentley 45; Marsh 26A R4; MCE 504; S 3852B). Scuffed with surface marks and hairlines, otherwise bold fine and extremely rare.
See footnote to lot 39 for a narrative about the elements of the extremely rare narrow shield design. This example appears to be a later striking than the other piece in this auction in that a raised die flaw has begun to appear at the second N in the reverse legend.

Estimate: £4000-5000