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. Victoria, Sovereign, 1862, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, loop of 6 does not meet upright, large 1 appears to be over a smaller 1, small 8 over small 8, 2 die flawed, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, some doubling in parts of legend both sides, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, some raised die flaws on reverse, noticeably between R and I and E and G at start and end of legend respectively, 7.98g (Marsh 45; MCE 523; S 3852D). Some light black surface marks, good very fine and unusual.
purchased via A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, July 2010.
Calendar year mintage 7,836,413
The 8 appears to be the size used for the Half-Sovereign denomination. The 1 and the 2 of the date are much larger, the 6 is somewhere in between. The 1 appears to be struck over a small 1 of the same sort of stature as the 8. An unusual date overall.
For further reading on varieties of 1862 Sovereigns see footnote to Lots 91-94 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £300-400
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1862, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, loop of 6 does not meet upright, large 1 appears to be over a smaller 1, small 8 over small 8, 2 die flawed, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, some doubling in parts of legend both sides, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, emblems below, some raised die flaws on reverse, noticeably between R and I and E and G at start and end of legend respectively, 7.98g (Marsh 45; MCE 523; S 3852D). Some light black surface marks, good very fine and unusual.
purchased via A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, July 2010.
Calendar year mintage 7,836,413
The 8 appears to be the size used for the Half-Sovereign denomination. The 1 and the 2 of the date are much larger, the 6 is somewhere in between. The 1 appears to be struck over a small 1 of the same sort of stature as the 8. An unusual date overall.
For further reading on varieties of 1862 Sovereigns see footnote to Lots 91-94 in part one of the Bentley Collection.
Estimate: £300-400