Sovereign 1889S Second legend, G: of D:G: closer to the crownMarsh 140A, S.3868B, DISH S12, A/UNC and lustrous with some contact marks, an extremely attractive example
Sovereign 1889S First legend, D:G: further from the crown, S.3868, Marsh 140, DISH S11, Near EF/GEF and lustrous, our archive database shows this is by far the scarcer of the two legend types for this date and mintmark combination
Sovereign 1889S Second legend, G: of D:G: closer to the crownMarsh 140A, S.3868B, DISH S12, A/UNC and lustrous with some contact marks, an extremely attractive example
Sovereign 1891S an unlisted type, Obverse with the first type legend with D:G: further from the crown, Reverse: Horse with long tail. NEF/EF with some contact marks and small rim nicks. Previously it had been thought that all 1891S Sovereigns were of the second legend type. This type unlisted by Spink, Marsh, McDonald and even the specialist DISH catalogue. According to David Iverson in his excellent publication 'The Jubilee HeadGold Sovereign 1887-1893' there are a small number of 1889S Sovereigns with the first legend (around 3% to 5% estimated.) this number decreases still further for the 1890S Sovereign (around 1% estimated). The discovery of this coin therefore updates the footnote in the Bentley Catalogue (Lot 706) where it is stated that all 1891S Sovereigns have the second obverse legend. An important coin in this fascinating series and sure to be of great interest to the Specialist Victoria Gold collector
Sovereign 1889S Second Legend with D:G: now closer to the crownS.3868B, DISH S12, About EF/EF and lustrous, an attractive example of the Sydney Mint type
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