The Hammersley Collection of Exceptional British Milled Sovereigns

Victoria (1837-1901), Sovereign, 1872 [die 109]

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, ‘109’ below

Milled edge, 7.99g/6h (Marsh 56; EGC 1173; Bentley 289, this coin; S 3853B)

Practically mint state with bright lustrous fields [Graded NGC MS 63] £1,000-£1,200

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

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Recovered from the wreck of RMS Douro; Spink Auction 118, 20-21 November 1996, lot 575 (part); Bentley Collection, Part 1, Baldwin Auction 73, 8 May 2012, lot 289 [described as ‘a true fleur de coin’]