Baldwin & Sons
Auction 88 8 May 2014
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereigns (2), 1862, 1863, both with hooked type closed 6 in date, second larger young head left, ww incuse on truncation without stops, date below, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below (Bentley 433, 96; Marsh 45, 46; MCE 523, 524; S 3852D). First cleaned, second toned, both with surface marks and hairlines, about very fine and very fine. (2)
Calendar year mintages 7,836,413 and 5,921,669 respectively
These Sovereigns of 1862 and 1863 feature the sharper "hooked" 6 which begins to make an appearance from this date onwards into the die number series. The more curvy, bulb type 6 is still more prevalent for the 1860 decade as a whole, but this hooked 6 seems to appear toward the end of the 1862 production run and goes as far as die number 7 consecutively and then die number 9 for 1863 once the die number series commences. The sharp 6 then does not make another appearance until die number 15 of 1864 and then appears sporadically until die number 30 of that year, rendering the hooked 6 a bit of a rarity.
Estimate: £400-500
Calendar year mintages 7,836,413 and 5,921,669 respectively
These Sovereigns of 1862 and 1863 feature the sharper "hooked" 6 which begins to make an appearance from this date onwards into the die number series. The more curvy, bulb type 6 is still more prevalent for the 1860 decade as a whole, but this hooked 6 seems to appear toward the end of the 1862 production run and goes as far as die number 7 consecutively and then die number 9 for 1863 once the die number series commences. The sharp 6 then does not make another appearance until die number 15 of 1864 and then appears sporadically until die number 30 of that year, rendering the hooked 6 a bit of a rarity.
Estimate: £400-500