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Auction: 15031 - The Slaney Collection of English Coins - Part 2
Lot: 419

(g) Victoria (1837-1901), proof Sovereign, 1839, 7.82g, victoria dei gratia, young head left, hair bound by plain double fillet, raised w.w. on truncation, rev. inverted die axis, britanniarum regina fid; def:, crowned shield on laurel wreath, rose, thistle and shamrock below, edge plain (MCE 500; S.3852; WR 303), small bruise on reverse rim by f of def, brilliant extremely fine, scarce, the type issued in the proof set

provenance
Purchased from Baldwin, 1944, £8.10/-

Sold for
£6,000