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. Rare Off-centre Die Axis 1821 Sovereign. George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1821, off-centre die axis, first laureate head left, B.P. below, slightly doubled, a number of small raised die flaws in lettering, lettering with horizontally ruled interior compartments, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:, milled border between linear concentric circles both sides, rev struck with inverted die axis off-centre by about 45 degrees, broken lance on ground to left, with WWP in relief below, date in exergue, with B.P. to upper right, edge milled, 7.98g (Marsh 5; MCE 471; S 3800). Light scratch above head, hairlined, almost extremely fine and unusual.
ex A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd sourced via Paul Davies Ltd, October 2010
Calendar year mintage 9,405,114
For more narrative on the mintage figures and issue of 1821, see part one of the Bentley Collection, Lots 11 and 12.
Estimate: £1000-1200
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Rare Off-centre Die Axis 1821 Sovereign. George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1821, off-centre die axis, first laureate head left, B.P. below, slightly doubled, a number of small raised die flaws in lettering, lettering with horizontally ruled interior compartments, GEORGIUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:, milled border between linear concentric circles both sides, rev struck with inverted die axis off-centre by about 45 degrees, broken lance on ground to left, with WWP in relief below, date in exergue, with B.P. to upper right, edge milled, 7.98g (Marsh 5; MCE 471; S 3800). Light scratch above head, hairlined, almost extremely fine and unusual.
ex A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd sourced via Paul Davies Ltd, October 2010
Calendar year mintage 9,405,114
For more narrative on the mintage figures and issue of 1821, see part one of the Bentley Collection, Lots 11 and 12.
Estimate: £1000-1200