Baldwin & Sons
Auction 88 8 May 2014
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Elizabeth II, Gold Sovereigns (5), 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, bullion type, fourth crowned portrait right, engraved by Ian Rank Broadley, IRB raised below head, rev St George slaying dragon with sword, helmet with streamer, date in exergue (Bentley -; Marsh 314, 315; S 4430). Generally as struck, the fourth with cloudy tone and with light fingerprint, last a little clouded. (5)
Numbers issued 129,069; 49,462; 43,230; 30,668 respectively. The 2006 production figure issued is no longer published for bullion type, but the edition limit was 75,000.
According to the Standard Catalogue, the year 2000 was a bumper year for the bullion piece due to the public interest in the change of century and a new Millennium.
The 2006 dated Sovereign has a slightly taller date configuration than the earlier pieces.
Estimate: £900-1100
Numbers issued 129,069; 49,462; 43,230; 30,668 respectively. The 2006 production figure issued is no longer published for bullion type, but the edition limit was 75,000.
According to the Standard Catalogue, the year 2000 was a bumper year for the bullion piece due to the public interest in the change of century and a new Millennium.
The 2006 dated Sovereign has a slightly taller date configuration than the earlier pieces.
Estimate: £900-1100