Stanley Gibbons Baldwin's
Auction 88 8 May 2014
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BRITISH COINS, MILLED GOLD SOVEREIGNS, George V, Gold Sovereign, 1928M, first bare head left, engraved by Edgar Bertram MacKennal, b.m. on truncation, legend reads georgivs v d: g: britt: omn: rex f: d: ind: imp:, rev St George slaying dragon with sword, engraved after Benedetto Pistrucci, M mintmark on ground, date in exergue, broken lance to left on ground line, WWP initials beneath, tiny b.p. to upper right (Bentley 840; McD 287; QM 218 R; KM 29; Fr 39; Marsh 246 R2; S 3999). Some bagmarks and nicks with light surface marks, otherwise good extremely fine and rare.
Calendar year mintage 413,208 of which 208 went for pyx trial. 1928 is the last year the W.W.P. initials appear under the broken lance. These initials are relict from the time of George IV being the Master of the Mint's initials William Wellesley Pole, brother of the Duke of Wellington.
Estimate: £1500-1800
Calendar year mintage 413,208 of which 208 went for pyx trial. 1928 is the last year the W.W.P. initials appear under the broken lance. These initials are relict from the time of George IV being the Master of the Mint's initials William Wellesley Pole, brother of the Duke of Wellington.
Estimate: £1500-1800