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Auction 88  8 May 2014
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Lot 2051

Estimate: 250 GBP
Price realized: 260 GBP
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereign, 1859, complete 5 smaller date, second larger young head left, ww incuse on truncation without stops, date below, weak bars to A's in legend, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below (cf Bentley 80; Marsh 42; MCE 520; S 3852D). Surface marks and hairlines, otherwise about very fine, not present in Bentley with a complete 5 figure in date.
Calendar year mintage 1,547,603, includes the Ansell variety. If you subtract the number of Ansell Sovereigns from this figure the result is 1,380,064 pieces.

Estimate: £250-350
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