Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 88 8 May 2014
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereign, 1847, first young head left, date below, doubled 1 in date, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below (Marsh 30; MCE 508; S 3852). Dig in front of neck, with other surface marks and hairlines, some residual red tone on the reverse, good fine.
Calendar year mintage 4,667,126
The residual red tone is typically seen in Sovereigns that have come from sea salvage, and this piece is reminiscent of those that have come from the "Douro Cargo", familiar to this cataloguer, having also worked on cataloguing that auction sale back in 1996.
Estimate: £250-300
Calendar year mintage 4,667,126
The residual red tone is typically seen in Sovereigns that have come from sea salvage, and this piece is reminiscent of those that have come from the "Douro Cargo", familiar to this cataloguer, having also worked on cataloguing that auction sale back in 1996.
Estimate: £250-300