Baldwin & Sons
Auction 88 8 May 2014
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Elizabeth II, Gold Proof Sovereigns (4), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, frosted design elements, fourth crowned portrait right, engraved by Ian Rank Broadley, IRB raised below head, rev St George slaying dragon with sword, helmet without streamer, date in more regular exergue, widely spaced B. P. to upper right (Bentley -; S 4433). All practically as struck, the second slightly cloudy, without boxes or certificates. (4)
Edition limits 16,000; 16,000; 15,000; 10,295 respectively including those included in gold proof sets
Another revision of the reverse suggests total new cutting of the reverse die, the re-engraved versions of 2007-2008 highlighted in print for the first time in lots 95 and 96 previously did not continue for 2009. The new reverse returns to a version of St George without a streamer upon his helmet for the first time in over 120 years. This was how Pistrucci rendered his second St George design, used for the reign of George IV from 1821-1825 and was later used upon the Victoria young head St George Sovereigns from 1871-1887.
Estimate: £800-1000
Edition limits 16,000; 16,000; 15,000; 10,295 respectively including those included in gold proof sets
Another revision of the reverse suggests total new cutting of the reverse die, the re-engraved versions of 2007-2008 highlighted in print for the first time in lots 95 and 96 previously did not continue for 2009. The new reverse returns to a version of St George without a streamer upon his helmet for the first time in over 120 years. This was how Pistrucci rendered his second St George design, used for the reign of George IV from 1821-1825 and was later used upon the Victoria young head St George Sovereigns from 1871-1887.
Estimate: £800-1000