The Hammersley Collection of Exceptional British Milled Sovereigns

Victoria (1837-1901), Sovereign, 1841

victoria dei grλtiλ [with as unbarred]

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 24; EGC 1059; Bentley 970; S 3852)

About as struck with bright lustrous fields; extremely rare thus, being the key date in the Victoria Sovereign series [Graded PCGS MS 64] £30,000-£36,000

This item has been graded by PCGS and has been awarded grade 64.

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

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Bt in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 1960s; Morton & Eden Auction 57, 3-4 July 2012, lot 568 [this coin illustrated on the front cover]