The Hammersley Collection of Exceptional British Milled Sovereigns

Victoria (1837-1901), Sovereign, 1845 [4 over inverted 4]

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, 7.98g/6h (Marsh 28A; EGC 1074; Bentley 50, this coin; S 3852)

Weakness of strike obscuring some details on the reverse, otherwise better than extremely fine; the date error very rare, particularly so in this grade [Graded NGC MS 61] £2,000-£2,600

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

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Bentley Collection, Part 1, Baldwin Auction 73, 8 May 2012, lot 44 [from Spink 2000]