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Auction 76  27 September 2012
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Lot 447

Estimate: 300 GBP
Price realized: 240 GBP
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THE BENTLEY COLLECTION OF MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS.
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1864, die number 15, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below doubled, sharp top to 4, sharper more hooked incomplete 6, die flaw to left of 8 running from rim to neck, some very light doubling in legend both sides, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 15 below, emblems below, 7.95g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). Once lightly cleaned, nearly very fine.
ex A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd sourced via Paul Davies Ltd, October 2006
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
This coin shows a reversion to the sharper hooked type 6 in the date along with a more sharply topped figure 4. The hooked type 6 was discussed further at Lot 433, it is quite a rarity especially in 1864 dated Sovereigns in the Bentley collection.
see footnote on Lot 443 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers.

Estimate: £300-350
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