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Auction 76  27 September 2012
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Lot 454

Estimate: 300 GBP
Price realized: 460 GBP
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THE BENTLEY COLLECTION OF MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS.
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1864, die number 42, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, date below, stub top to 4, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, penultimate I die flawed, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 42 below doubled, emblems below, raised die flaw to right of crown runs to rim, 7.98g (Marsh 49; MCE 525; S 3853). Once lightly cleaned, otherwise extremely fine.
ex Douro Cargo, Spink Auction 118, 20-21 November 1996, lot 1348 (part)
Calendar year mintage 8,656,352
see footnote on Lot 443 for a brief synopsis of the 1864 die numbers.

Estimate: £300-400
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