Baldwin & Sons
Auction 88 8 May 2014
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Pattern Sovereign, 1880, engraved after William Wyon, third young head left, with double fillet, w.w. in relief on truncation, rounded tip to truncation, date below, toothed border and raised rim both sides, victoria dei gratia, rev struck with en médaille die axis, engraved after Jean Baptiste Merlen, crowned shield of arms within laurel wreath tied with bow below shield, seven harp strings in Irish arms, left string emanates from scroll, emblems below, small rosette either side, britanniarum regina fid: def:, edge plain (Bentley 1212; WR 323 R5; Murdoch 513; Nobleman 273; DM 213). In NGC holder graded PF65 Ultra Cameo, a few light hairlines only, otherwise brilliant as struck, extremely rare.
ex Dr Jacob Y Terner Collection, Ira and Larry Goldberg Auction 20, 26 May 2003, lot 375
ex Millennia Collection, Catalogue II, Ira and Larry Goldberg Auction 46, 26 May 2008, lot 459
ex St James's Auction 10, 6 November 2008, lot 559
This coin could possibly have been struck for display at the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1881, Australia.
The Deputy Master of the Melbourne mint, Mr V Delves Broughton, seemingly approached the mint in London some time in 1880 requesting examples of coins and medals to be produced for display at the International Exhibition in Melbourne. Mr C W Fremantle the Comptroller at the Royal Mint agreed to prepare two proof examples of each of the current coins of 1880 and earlier dates, which were struck in such quantity that when prepared for shipment weighed 2cwt. and 19lb. The Museum of Victoria in Australia still retains one of the 1880 "Imperial Proof Sets" the other was seemingly traded after the exhibition for a collection of ancient coins.
For further reading on the subject of special strikings made by the mint for exhibition in Australia see the Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia, volume 2, article by John Sharples, The Numismatic Collection of the Museum of Victoria, available online at the Association website.
Estimate: £20,000-25,000
ex Dr Jacob Y Terner Collection, Ira and Larry Goldberg Auction 20, 26 May 2003, lot 375
ex Millennia Collection, Catalogue II, Ira and Larry Goldberg Auction 46, 26 May 2008, lot 459
ex St James's Auction 10, 6 November 2008, lot 559
This coin could possibly have been struck for display at the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1881, Australia.
The Deputy Master of the Melbourne mint, Mr V Delves Broughton, seemingly approached the mint in London some time in 1880 requesting examples of coins and medals to be produced for display at the International Exhibition in Melbourne. Mr C W Fremantle the Comptroller at the Royal Mint agreed to prepare two proof examples of each of the current coins of 1880 and earlier dates, which were struck in such quantity that when prepared for shipment weighed 2cwt. and 19lb. The Museum of Victoria in Australia still retains one of the 1880 "Imperial Proof Sets" the other was seemingly traded after the exhibition for a collection of ancient coins.
For further reading on the subject of special strikings made by the mint for exhibition in Australia see the Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia, volume 2, article by John Sharples, The Numismatic Collection of the Museum of Victoria, available online at the Association website.
Estimate: £20,000-25,000