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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
03/03/2024 Auction 184	English Coins	Lot 2037	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, Horse with medium tail, W.W. buried in truncation, Small B.P., Marsh 103, S.3857D, VF cleaned with some contact marks, with some heavier in places More coins like this	£350
03/03/2024 Auction 184	English Coins	Lot 2038	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, Horse with short tail, W.W. buried in truncation, No B.P., Marsh 103B, S.3857A, Good Fine with some contact marks More coins like this	£320
03/12/2023 Auction 183	English Coins	Lot 2221	Sovereign 1881M Shield Reverse, High hairline, in line with A of VICTORIA, pointed tip to truncation, Marsh 62A, S.3854A, EF and lustrous with some contact marks, Rare in high grade More coins like this	£750
03/09/2023 Auction 182	English Coins	Lot 3183	Sovereign 1881S George and the Dragon, Horse with short tail, WW buried in truncation, No B.P. in exergue Marsh 118, S.3858B, Good Fine/NVF cleaned and with an edge knock More coins like this	£375
03/09/2023 Auction 182	English Coins	Lot 3184	Sovereign 1881S George and the Dragon, Horse with short tail, WW complete on truncation, No B.P. in exergue Marsh 118A, S.3858D, Good Fine More coins like this	£313
04/06/2023 Auction 181	English Coins	Lot 2177	Sovereign 1881S Shield Reverse, High hairline pointing to A of VICTORIA, Marsh 77A, S.3855B, GEF and lustrous with a thin scratch on the obverse More coins like this	£480
04/06/2023 Auction 181	English Coins	Lot 2176	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, WW buried in truncation, Horse with short tail, No B.P. Marsh 103B, S.3857A, NEF/GVF with contact marks and rim nicks More coins like this	£350
05/03/2023 Auction 180	English Coins	Lot 1849	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, S.3857, EF/GEF and lustrous More coins like this	£340
05/03/2023 Auction 180	English Coins	Lot 1848	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, Horse with long tail, Marsh 103A, S.3857, EF with some contact ,marks More coins like this	£330
04/12/2022 Auction 179	English Coins	Lot 2084	Sovereign 1881M Shield Reverse, Rounded tip to truncation, hairline in line with the gap between I and A in VICTORIA Marsh 62, GVF/NEF with some contact marks More coins like this	£480
06/03/2022 Auction 176	English Coins	Lot 1939	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, W.W buried in truncation, Horse with short tail, No B.P. in exergue, S.3857A, Marsh 103B VF More coins like this	£310
06/03/2022 Auction 176	English Coins	Lot 1937	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, horse with long tail, Marsh 103, S.3857, Good Fine More coins like this	£300
06/03/2022 Auction 176	English Coins	Lot 1938	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, W.W buried in truncation, Horse with short tail, No B.P. in exergue, S.3857A, Marsh 103B Good Fine More coins like this	£300
05/12/2021 Auction 175	English Coins	Lot 2919	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, WW buried in truncation, Horse with Short tail, No B.P. in exergue S.3857A, Marsh 103B Bright Good Fine with some surface marks More coins like this	£280
06/06/2021 Auction 173	English Coins	Lot 2226	Sovereign 1881S Shield Reverse, Bust now in slightly lower relief, Marsh 77, S.3855B, GEF/AU with some contact marks and small edge nicks, a lustrous and extremely eye-catching example More coins like this	£600
07/03/2021 Auction 172	English Coins	Lot 1363	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, Small B.P. in exergue, horse with long tail, W.W buried in truncation S.3857 EF/About EF and lustrous, the obverse with some hairlines More coins like this	£460
07/03/2021 Auction 172	English Coins	Lot 1364	Sovereign 1881M Horse with short tail, No B.P. in exergue, Marsh 103B, S.3857A, Good Fine More coins like this	£340
06/12/2020 Auction 171	English Coins	Lot 1919	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, Horse with short tail, No B.P. in exergue S.3857A, VF with some contact marks and a tone spot on the reverse More coins like this	£300
06/09/2020 Auction 170	English Coins	Lot 2195	Sovereign 1881S Shield Reverse S.3855B, Marsh 77 NEF/EF with an edge nick, rated Scarce by Marsh More coins like this	£400
06/09/2020 Auction 170	English Coins	Lot 2194	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, Normal B.P. Marsh 103, S.3857 NEF/EF the reverse lustrous with some contact marks More coins like this	£290
01/03/2020 Auction 168	English Coins	Lot 1557	Sovereign 1881S George and the Dragon, Horse with short tail, No B.P. in exergue, S.3858D VF with small edge nicks More coins like this	£340
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Coins	Lot 1050	Sovereign 1881S Shield Reverse, Marsh 77, S.3855B, EF/GEF the obverse with some contact marks More coins like this	£370
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Coins	Lot 1048	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, No B.P. WW buried in truncation, Horse with short tail S.3857A, GF/NVF with an edge nick More coins like this	£230
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Coins	Lot 1049	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, W.W buried in truncation, Horse with long tail, small B.P. in exergue, S.3857, Good Fine/NVF in a decorative 9 carat gold mount, total weight 11.40 grammes More coins like this	£230
03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Coins	Lot 3040	Sovereign 1881S Shield Reverse, Second 8 struck over a higher 8 type as Marsh 77 GEF/AU More coins like this	£320
03/06/2019 Auction 165	English Coins	Lot 3041	Sovereign 1881S No B.P. WW buried in truncation, Marsh 118B, S.3858B, Good Fine More coins like this	£260
03/03/2019 Auction 164	English Coins	Lot 1403	Sovereign 1881M Shield Reverse, the portrait with rounded truncation, see notes in McDonald (Page 59) NVF/VF, we note there was no example in the Bentley Collection More coins like this	£800
03/03/2019 Auction 164	English Coins	Lot 1063	Half Sovereign 1881M Marsh 472, S.3863B, approaching VF, rare with a mintage of just 42,009 pieces, our archive database shows that this is the first example we have offered in 15 years More coins like this	£375
03/03/2019 Auction 164	English Coins	Lot 1402	Sovereign 1881M No B.P. in exergue, horse with short tail, S.3857A EF and lustrous with some contact marks More coins like this	£340
03/12/2018 Auction 163	English Coins	Lot 941	Sovereign 1881M Shield Reverse Marsh 62 NVF/GVF, scarce More coins like this	£500
03/12/2018 Auction 163	English Coins	Lot 942	Sovereign 1881S Shield Reverse, Marsh 77 GEF/UNC and lustrous More coins like this	£400
03/12/2018 Auction 163	English Coins	Lot 939	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, No B.P., Horse with short tail, S.3857A, GEF and lustrous, the obverse with some hairlines More coins like this	£350
02/09/2018 Auction 162	English Coins	Lot 2621	Sovereign 1881M Shield Reverse Marsh 62 EF/AU and lustrous, scarce in high grade More coins like this	£420
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Coins	Lot 2000	Sovereign 1881S George and the Dragon, W.W complete on truncation, Horse with short tail, No B.P. in exergue S.3858D EF with contact marks More coins like this	£320
03/06/2018 Auction 161	English Coins	Lot 1999	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, WW buried in truncation, Horse with long tail , S.3857 NEF/EF with some lustre More coins like this	£260
09/09/2017 Auction 158	English Coins	Lot 2788	Sovereign 1881S George and the Dragon, No BP, Marsh 118B NEF More coins like this	£340
09/09/2017 Auction 158	English Coins	Lot 2148	Half Sovereigns (2) 1871S Marsh 460 Fine, 1881S Marsh 465 VG More coins like this	£320
09/09/2017 Auction 158	English Coins	Lot 2787	Sovereign 1881M Shield Marsh 62 NVF/GVF the obverse with some old scratches More coins like this	£320
09/09/2017 Auction 158	English Coins	Lot 2786	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, WW buried in truncation, Horse with Medium tail, Small B.P. in exergue S.3857D EF More coins like this	£220
09/09/2017 Auction 158	English Coins	Lot 2785	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, WW buried in truncation, Horse with Long tail, Small B.P. in exergue S.3857 NVF More coins like this	£200
04/06/2017 Auction 157	English Coins	Lot 3278	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon Marsh 103 EF with a couple of edge nicks More coins like this	£280
05/12/2016 Auction 155	English Coins	Lot 1513	Sovereign 1881M Shield Reverse Marsh 62 PCGS AU58, only the fourth example we have offered since 2003, so probably rarer than indicated by Marsh More coins like this	£600
05/12/2016 Auction 155	English Coins	Lot 1514	Sovereign 1881S Shield Reverse Marsh 77 VF, slabbed and graded LCGS 45 More coins like this	£260
05/12/2016 Auction 155	English Coins	Lot 1511	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon Marsh 103 EF with a couple of edge nicks More coins like this	£225
05/12/2016 Auction 155	English Coins	Lot 1512	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon No BP, S.3857A VF More coins like this	£190
04/09/2016 Auction 154	English Coins	Lot 2885	Sovereign 1881M Shield Reverse Marsh 62 PCGS AU58, only the third example we have sold since 2003, so probably rarer than indicated by Marsh More coins like this	£650
04/09/2016 Auction 154	English Coins	Lot 2886	Sovereign 1881S Shield Reverse Marsh 77, AU/UNC the obverse with some contact marks More coins like this	£500
04/09/2016 Auction 154	English Coins	Lot 2884	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, No BP Marsh 103B VF, slabbed and graded CGS 50 More coins like this	£225
05/06/2016 Auction 153	English Coins	Lot 2892	Half Sovereign 1881S Marsh NGC AU50 we grade VF, the reverse slightly better, Very Rare, rated R2 by Marsh, only 62,000 minted More coins like this	£500
06/03/2016 Auction 152	English Coins	Lot 3577	Sovereign 1881S Shield Reverse Marsh 77 EF/GEF and lustrous with minor contact marks and rim nicks More coins like this	£330
06/09/2015 Auction 150	English Coins	Lot 3016	Sovereign 1881 S Shield Marsh 77 Good EF reverse better and graded 65 by CGS and their finest of 4	£380
07/06/2015 Auction 149	English Coins	Lot 2828	Sovereign 1881 George and the Dragon. Sydney Mint. No BP in exergue Marsh 118b EF/GEF and graded 65 by CGS the finest recorded example on the CGS population report, CGS have graded nearly 4,000 Sovereigns to date but only two examples of this coin type have been graded so perhaps a rarer type than catalogues suggest More coins like this	£260
01/03/2015 Auction 148	English Coins	Lot 2499	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon, with B.P. Marsh 103A EF and lustrous with some contact marks More coins like this	£340
07/12/2014 Auction 147	English Coins	Lot 3344	Sovereigns (2) 1881S Shield Marsh 77 VF/NVF, 1892S Marsh 143 Fine/Good Fine More coins like this	£310
07/09/2014 Auction 146	English Coins	Lot 3066	Half Sovereign 1881S Marsh 465 VF with some surface marks and some old deposit on the shield on the reverse, this possibly removable with care, Rare with a mintage of just 62,000 pieces More coins like this	£160
01/12/2013 Auction 143	English Coins	Lot 2473	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon No B.P. Marsh 103B VF/GVF Scarce More coins like this	£200
02/06/2013 Auction 141	English Coins	Lot 2155	Sovereign 1881S George and the Dragon, No B.P. Marsh 118B EF with some light contact marks More coins like this	£330
04/09/2011 Auction 134	English Coins	Lot 2446	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon Small BP, horse with long tail, WW buried in truncation S.3857 lustrous GEF with contact marks More coins like this	£300
05/06/2011 Auction 133	English Coins	Lot 986	Sovereign 1881S Shield Marsh 77 NEF/EF with some contact marks More coins like this	£280
06/08/2010 Auction 129	English Coins	Lot 1942	Sovereign 1881S Shield Marsh 77 VF More coins like this	£200
06/08/2010 Auction 129	English Coins	Lot 1941	Sovereign 1881S Shield Marsh 77 NVF/VF More coins like this	£190
02/09/2007 Auction 118	English Coins	Lot 755	Sovereigns (2) 1874 Marsh 87, 1881 S Marsh 118 both George and the Dragon GF/NVF More coins like this	£140
02/09/2007 Auction 118	English Coins	Lot 568	Sovereign 1881 S Marsh 118 B No BP George and the Dragon NVF Scarce More coins like this	£75
02/09/2007 Auction 118	English Coins	Lot 565	Sovereign 1881 George and the Dragon Marsh 118B No BP GF/VF More coins like this	£70
27/11/2005 Auction 111	English Coins	Lot 1348	Sovereign 1881 S George and the Dragon Marsh 118 NVF More coins like this	£60
05/09/2005 Auction 110	English Coins	Lot 1110	Sovereign 1881 S Marsh 118B No B.P. S.3858 GF	£60
06/03/2005 Auction 108	English Coins	Lot 1198	Sovereigns (2) 1880 and 1881M George and the Dragon VF More coins like this	£120
06/03/2005 Auction 108	English Coins	Lot 1195	Sovereigns Melbourne Mint Young Head (2) 1881 and 1885 George and the Drago More coins like this	£110
06/03/2005 Auction 108	English Coins	Lot 1144	Sovereign 1881M George and the Dragon VF More coins like this	£65
06/06/2004 Auction 105	English Coins	Lot 878	Sovereigns 1875M nVF & 1881M nVF/VF More coins like this	£110
06/07/2003 Auction 102	English Coins	Lot 996	Sovereign 1881 M Shield Back VF/nEF	£70
31/03/2003 Auction 101	English Coins	Lot 700	Sovereign 1881M Shield Back VF More coins like this	£90
31/03/2003 Auction 101	English Coins	Lot 702	Sovereign 1881S Shield Back EF reverse better with the odd tiny rim nick More coins like this	£75
31/03/2003 Auction 101	English Coins	Lot 703	Sovereign 1881S Shield Back nEF/EF More coins like this	£70
31/03/2003 Auction 101	English Coins	Lot 701	Sovereign 1881M Shield Back VF/gVF one tiny rim nick More coins like this	£65

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