Baldwin & Sons
Auction 88 8 May 2014
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereign, 1887, tiny initials on truncation, engraved by Joseph Edgar Boehm, Jubilee veiled bust left, top cross on crown meets border, tiny j.e.b. initials fully on truncation with stops in straight line, slightly off-set from mid-point of large truncation, hooked type J, first type legend further from crown, victoria d:g: britt: reg: f: d:, rev St George slaying dragon with sword, with helmet streamer, hemline of cloak incomplete, horse with short tail, broken lance on groundline to left, wwp in relief under lance, date in exergue, tiny b.p without final stop (Bentley 324; Marsh 125A; MCE 547; S 3866A). Some surface marks and nicks, otherwise pleasing extremely fine and extremely rare.
Calendar year mintage 1,111,280
The small curved initials with hooked J on the truncation are extremely rare. Further study since the sale of the Bentley Collection has shown that this first legend variety additionally has a much larger truncated portion to the bust, than the second legend type with "angled" I.E.B. initials which are depicted on a smaller truncated portion of the bust. Only a small proportion of the calendar year output must have carried this hooked J obverse variety.
Estimate: £800-1000
Calendar year mintage 1,111,280
The small curved initials with hooked J on the truncation are extremely rare. Further study since the sale of the Bentley Collection has shown that this first legend variety additionally has a much larger truncated portion to the bust, than the second legend type with "angled" I.E.B. initials which are depicted on a smaller truncated portion of the bust. Only a small proportion of the calendar year output must have carried this hooked J obverse variety.
Estimate: £800-1000