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Auction 76  27 September 2012
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Lot 475

Estimate: 350 GBP
Price realized: 360 GBP
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THE BENTLEY COLLECTION OF MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS.
PART TWO. Royal Mint Issues – London. Victoria, Sovereign, 1865, die number 8, second larger young head left, WW incuse on truncation without stops, die flaw from bun of hair to rim to left of G, date below, incomplete bottom loop to 5 which has a square top half, curvy rounded 6 with bulbous top, hint of doubling to obverse legend, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 8 below, emblems below, 7.99g (Marsh 50; MCE 526; S 3853). Light surface marks toned extremely fine / good extremely fine
ex Douro Cargo, Spink Auction 118, 20-21 November 1996, lot 1315 (part)
Calendar year mintage 1,450,238
see footnote on Lot 474 for a brief synopsis of the 1865 die numbers.

Estimate: £350-450
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