Baldwin & Sons
Auction 88 8 May 2014
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Elizabeth II, Gold Sovereigns (3), 1957, edge coarse milling, 1958, 1959, regular milling on edge, by Mary Gillick, young laureate head right, tiny incuse m.g. on truncation, second type legend, +elizabeth. ii. dei. gratia. regina. f: d:, finely toothed border both sides, rev struck en médaille, by Benedetto Pistrucci, St George slaying dragon with sword, helmet with streamer, horse with long tail, broken lance on groundline to left, date in exergue, tiny b.p. to upper right (Bentley 367, 369, 371; Marsh 297, 298, 299; S 4124). First two toned, uncirculated, the last with surface marks and hairlines, mainly on obverse, good extremely fine. (3)
Calendar year mintages 2,072,000; 8,700,000; 1,385,368 respectively
The 1957 Sovereign has coarser edge milling than later issues and therefore seems to have the same edge treatment as the 1953 proof gold Sovereign. The issue of 1957 marks the first time a gold British coin lacks the title BRITT: OMN: in the legend.
With 1959 for once it is known how much of this calendar year output was dated 1959, and how much was the overflow from 1958, due to the efforts of H G Stride in his co-authorship of the History of the Gold Sovereign with Sir Geoffrey Duveen. It turns out a mere 140 Sovereigns of this total were dated still as 1958 before the dies were changed over to 1959 dated coins.
Estimate: £550-650
Calendar year mintages 2,072,000; 8,700,000; 1,385,368 respectively
The 1957 Sovereign has coarser edge milling than later issues and therefore seems to have the same edge treatment as the 1953 proof gold Sovereign. The issue of 1957 marks the first time a gold British coin lacks the title BRITT: OMN: in the legend.
With 1959 for once it is known how much of this calendar year output was dated 1959, and how much was the overflow from 1958, due to the efforts of H G Stride in his co-authorship of the History of the Gold Sovereign with Sir Geoffrey Duveen. It turns out a mere 140 Sovereigns of this total were dated still as 1958 before the dies were changed over to 1959 dated coins.
Estimate: £550-650