The Hammersley Collection of Exceptional British Milled Sovereigns

Victoria (1837-1901), Sovereign, 1838

victoria dei gratia

bare head left, hair bound up by two fillets, date below truncation

BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID : DEF :

Crowned shield of arms, two tied laurel branches around

Milled edge, 7.99g/6h (Marsh 22; EGC 1054; Bentley 968; S 3852)

Minute edge nick, otherwise about as struck with residual lustre across satiny surfaces; very rare in such a high grade [Graded NGC MS 64] £5,000-£6,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Hammersley Collection of Exceptional British Milled Sovereigns.

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Goldberg Auction 80 (Beverly Hills), 3 June 2014, lot 3765