Baldwin & Sons
Auction 88 8 May 2014
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereigns (3), 1851, 1852, 1853, second larger young head left, W.W. raised on truncation, date below, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below (Bentley 62, 63, 990; Marsh 34, 35, 36; MCE 512, 513, 514; S 3852C). First and last cleaned, all with surface marks and hairlines, second with many tiny digs on bust and field, otherwise generally about very fine, the second good fine. (3)
Calendar year mintages 4,013,624; 8,053,435; 10,597,993 respectively
29 October 1851 marks the day that William Wyon dies aged about 56 and still in the post of Chief Engraver. His son Leonard C Wyon succeeds him. Leonard's cousin James Wyon becomes resident engraver at this time too – he being later called upon to design the first portrait of the Queen at the Sydney mint in Australia (see lots 183-197).
The calendar year output for 1853 represents the highest mintage in over 30 years at this point in time, and is the highest mintage for the modern milled sovereign since its inception in 1817. The date is therefore rife with variety not only with aspects like the w.w. on the neck, but also in the date, and rarely in the legend. The variety depicted here is considered the normal type encountered for 1853 with the raised w.w. in relief on the truncation of the neck.
Estimate: £600-800
Calendar year mintages 4,013,624; 8,053,435; 10,597,993 respectively
29 October 1851 marks the day that William Wyon dies aged about 56 and still in the post of Chief Engraver. His son Leonard C Wyon succeeds him. Leonard's cousin James Wyon becomes resident engraver at this time too – he being later called upon to design the first portrait of the Queen at the Sydney mint in Australia (see lots 183-197).
The calendar year output for 1853 represents the highest mintage in over 30 years at this point in time, and is the highest mintage for the modern milled sovereign since its inception in 1817. The date is therefore rife with variety not only with aspects like the w.w. on the neck, but also in the date, and rarely in the legend. The variety depicted here is considered the normal type encountered for 1853 with the raised w.w. in relief on the truncation of the neck.
Estimate: £600-800