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Auction 88  8 May 2014
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Lot 2058

Estimate: 600 GBP
Price realized: 500 GBP
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereigns (3), 1870, die number 89, 1871, die number 78, 1872, die number 2, third young head left, w.w. in relief on truncation, date below, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number below, emblems below (Bentley 547, 573, 578; Marsh 54, 55, 56; MCE 530, 531, 533; S 3853B). First once cleaned, all with surface marks and hairlines and some scuffing, otherwise generally about very fine to very fine. (3) Calendar year mintages 2,189,960; 8,767,250; 13,486,708 respectively
With large mintage output in 1872 it would be more than 35 years before this total in one calendar year was surpassed.

Estimate: £600-800
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