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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
02/06/2024 Auction 185	English Coins	Lot 2160	Sovereign 2002 Shield Reverse, Marsh 316, S.SC5 BU still sealed in the original Royal Mint plastic Signature Sale : The Chris Harrington Gold Coin Collection	£400
03/03/2024 Auction 184	English Coins	Lot 2177	Sovereign 2002 Shield Reverse, Marsh 316, S.SC5 BU still sealed in the original Royal Mint plastic	£360
03/03/2024 Auction 184	English Coins	Lot 1713	Half Sovereign 2002 Shield Reverse, Marsh 547, S.SB5, BU still sealed in the original Royal Mint plastic More coins like this	£160
03/12/2023 Auction 183	English Coins	Lot 2335	Sovereign 2002 Shield Reverse, Gold Proof S.SC5 FDC in the Royal Mint box of issue, no certificate More coins like this	£550
06/09/2020 Auction 170	English Coins	Lot 2405	Sovereigns (2) 1871 Shield Reverse Marsh 55, S.3853B, Die Number 1, VF with minor contact marks, 1872 George and the Dragon, W.W buried in truncation, Marsh 85, S.3856 About VF/VF with a small scuff in the field below the bust , each from the wreck of the RMS Douro, comes in the Royal Mint presentation box with certificate More coins like this	£700
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Coins	Lot 1021	Sovereign 1872M 2 over 1 Shield Reverse, Marsh 59A, Fine/Good Fine and rated R4 by Marsh with 15-25 examples believed to exist, making this the scarcest date/die combination in the Melbourne Young Head Shield Series. The overdate is visible over the top of the 2 with the base of the underlying 1 forming part of the base of the 2. An example of the type is shown in Marsh 2000 page 64 (scanning electron microscope picture). Cataloguers Note: The mint was opened on 12 June 1872 by the Governor and Viscountess Canterbury. This was somewhat later than planned; it had ordered and paid for dies to strike coins dated 1871. It was initially manned by volunteers from the Royal Engineers who had undertaken special training in London. They were under the command of Colonel Edward Ward who had already great experience with opening a mint in Australia as he had been in charge of the original team at the Sydney Mint in 1855. This variety arose due to the dies sent from London only averaging 8000 impressions, whereas the reverse dies were averaging 14,000 impressions, therefore by September 1872 some of the 1871 obverse dies had to be altered. A local engraver Julius Hogarth was employed and carried out the work. More coins like this	£500
01/09/2019 Auction 166	English Coins	Lot 2117	Sovereign 1872M 2 over 1 Shield Reverse, Marsh 59A, Good Fine/VF and rated R4 by Marsh with 15-25 examples believed to exist, making this the scarcest date/die combination in the Melbourne Young Head Shield Series. The overdate is visible over the top of the 2 with the base of the underlying 1 forming part of the base of the 2. This example shows a die crack through the 1 running from the rim, through the date, and ending on the truncation between the W.W. . An example of the type is shown in Marsh 2000 page 64 (scanning electron microscope picture). Cataloguers Note: The mint was opened on 12 June 1872 by the Governor and Viscountess Canterbury. This was somewhat later than planned; it had ordered and paid for dies to strike coins dated 1871. It was initially manned by volunteers from the Royal Engineers who had undertaken special training in London. They were under the command of Colonel Edward Ward who had already great experience with opening a mint in Australia as he had been in charge of the original team at the Sydney Mint in 1855. This variety arose due to the dies sent from London only averaging 8000 impressions, whereas the reverse dies were averaging 14,000 impressions, therefore by September 1872 some of the 1871 obverse dies had to be altered. A local engraver Julius Hogarth was employed and carried out the work. More coins like this	£630
06/07/2003 Auction 102	English Coins	Lot 983	Sovereign 1825 George IV Bare Head obverse, Crown Shield reverse as S3801 and struck in copper, correct size and clearly from the Royal Mint's dies (w More coins like this	£600

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