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Auction 88  8 May 2014
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Lot 2112

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 200 GBP
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, Victoria, Gold Sovereign, Sydney branch mint, 1871S, engraved after William Wyon, third young head style left, with double fillet, ww incuse without stops on truncation date below, toothed border and raised rim both sides, victoria dei gratia, rev struck with inverted die axis, engraved after Jean Baptiste Merlen, crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, mint letter S below, emblems below (Bentley 654; McD 118b; QM 46; Marsh 69; KM 6; Fr 11; S 3855). Some scuffs and heavy surface marks, very fine.
Calendar year mintage 2,814,000, includes St George reverse design
This obverse bust is the same as the second young head in the London series in use from 1848 to 1869 inclusive. It is therefore a very late usage of this bust and this die may have been made much earlier than 1871 in anticipation of the new mint opening at Sydney, perhaps engraved during 1869 when this head was still in common use at the Royal Mint in London.

Estimate: £200-300
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