Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 76 27 September 2012
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THE BENTLEY COLLECTION OF MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS.
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. The Extremely Rare Proof Sovereign of 1820. George III, Proof Sovereign, 1820, open 2, normal date arrangement, second laureate head right, finer engraved hair tightly curled, date below, date with 20 larger than 18, the initial G of legend turned more in line with date, ascending colon after BRITANNIAR:, lettering clear of thinner raised rim, only a trace of outer linear circle on obverse, rev St George slaying dragon right with broken lance, trace of upper left serif to I of HONI, weak MAL Y, 8.00g (WR 200 R7; S 3785C). A few light hairlines and tiny dig on cheek, otherwise mint state and of the highest rarity according to Wilson and Rasmussen.
For a narrative on the new bust of 1820 see introduction before Lot 7 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
It is interesting to note in the finer detail of this proof issue that the upper left serif of HONI is not absent as it always seems to be on the currency examples. Perhaps this is a diagnostic of the true proof issue.
ex Sothebys, 17 November 2000, lot 525 (part), illustrated as No.7.
Estimate: £15,000-20,000
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. The Extremely Rare Proof Sovereign of 1820. George III, Proof Sovereign, 1820, open 2, normal date arrangement, second laureate head right, finer engraved hair tightly curled, date below, date with 20 larger than 18, the initial G of legend turned more in line with date, ascending colon after BRITANNIAR:, lettering clear of thinner raised rim, only a trace of outer linear circle on obverse, rev St George slaying dragon right with broken lance, trace of upper left serif to I of HONI, weak MAL Y, 8.00g (WR 200 R7; S 3785C). A few light hairlines and tiny dig on cheek, otherwise mint state and of the highest rarity according to Wilson and Rasmussen.
For a narrative on the new bust of 1820 see introduction before Lot 7 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
It is interesting to note in the finer detail of this proof issue that the upper left serif of HONI is not absent as it always seems to be on the currency examples. Perhaps this is a diagnostic of the true proof issue.
ex Sothebys, 17 November 2000, lot 525 (part), illustrated as No.7.
Estimate: £15,000-20,000