LOT 4422
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AV Sovereign. Dated 1819. Royal Mint. Benedetto Pistrucci, engraver.
GEORGIUS III D : G : BRITANNIAR : REX F : D :, laureate head to right; date below / HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE, St George slaying the dragon to right. KM 674; SCBC 3785; Fr 371. Better than Fine but mounted. An extremely rare date for the entire modern “Sovereign” series, which dates back to 1817.(9.45gr total, coin 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the early 20th century family collection of a Suffolk lady.
FootnotesFollowing the Great Coinage Act of 1817, the old Guinea, which had been in circulation since the time of Charles II, was replaced by the gold Sovereign.
In 1819, only 3,574 Sovereigns were minted in five separate batches between August and November, using gold supplied by private merchants. Two hundred years after they were minted, it is said that there are probably only ten of these sovereigns remaining.
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LOT 4422
Great Britain. Hanover, George III AV Sovereign.
Estimate £30,000 - 40,000€34,800 - 46,400 (for guidance only)$40,500 - 54,000 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£15,000 (EUR 17,400; USD 20,250) +BP*
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Great Britain. Hanover, Victoria AV Double Sovereign. Dated 1887. London mint. Jubilee bust type. Designs by Joseph Edgar Boehm and Benedetto Pistrucci.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Bids: 3 | Current Bid: £900
VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D:, crowned Jubilee bust to left, J.E.B. on base of truncation / St George on horseback slaying the dragon to right; date and B.P. beneath groundline. SCBC 3865. 15.93gr, 29mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Great Britain. Stuart (Orange), William III AR Sixpence. Dated 1696. London mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £72
GVLIELMVS • III • DEI • GRA •, laureate and draped bust to right / MAG • BR • FRA • ET • HIB • REX •, crowned cruciform shields around central Nassau lion; date above. SCBC 3520. 2.83gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman. -
Great Britain, Hanover. Victoria AV Quintuple Sovereign. Dated 1887. London mint. Jubilee Head Coinage. Design by Joseph Edgar Boehm.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £2,500
VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :, crowned, veiled and draped bust to left; J.E.B. in small lettering beneath truncation / St. George on horseback to right, holding sword with right hand and wearing plumed helmet and billowing cloak, slaying the dragon which falls to right; small B. P. beneath ground line to right, date in exergue. Marsh F30; SCBC 3864. 39.82gr, 36mm, 12h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
