The Hammersley Collection of Exceptional British Milled Sovereigns

Victoria (1837-1901), Sovereign, 1856 [6 over 5]

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, 7.97g/6h (Marsh 39A; EGC 1121; Bentley 420, this coin; S 3852D)

Light surface marks and hairlines on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, the overdate extremely rare [Graded NGC MS 61] £800-£1,000

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 2, Baldwin Auction 76, 27 September 2012, lot 420 [from Spink 2008]