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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
06/09/2020 Auction 170	English Coins	Lot 2182	Sovereign 1874 Shield Reverse Marsh 58, Die Number 32, Extremely rare and rated R4 by Marsh, GVF/NEF and retaining some lustre, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 50. The finest known of just 2 examples recorded by the LCGS Population Report. One of the key date rarities in the Victorian Sovereign series. We note this coin now lists at £4000 in VF and £9000 EF in the Standard Catalogue. Notes in the Bentley Collection Catalogue state that only three Die Numbers have been seen for this date (28, 32 and 33), although others are claimed to exist (namely 12,15, 34 and 35) they have not been traced. More coins like this	£4,400
07/06/2020 Auction 169	English Coins	Lot 1871	Sovereign 1871 Shield Reverse Marsh 55, Die Number 30, a mint state and choice example, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80, the finest known of 27 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, a choice piece. A the time of writing a total of 1,112 Victoria Young Head Sovereigns of all currency dates and types had been submitted for LCGS grading and only 4 examples attained grades 80 or above, so an extremely hard series to find true mint state coins, this providing a rare opportunity More coins like this	£900
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Coins	Lot 699	Half Sovereign 1885 Marsh 459, S.3861 UNC and lustrous, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 78, the finest known of just 4 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, very few Victorian Half Sovereigns achieve grades 78 or above More coins like this	£410
02/12/2019 Auction 167	English Coins	Lot 713	Half Sovereign 1900 Marsh 495 UNC and lustrous, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80, the finest known of just 4 examples thus far recorded by the LCGS Population Report, all Victorian Veiled Half Sovereigns hard to find in choice grades More coins like this	£240
07/06/2009 Auction 125	English Coins	Lot 1105	Sovereign 1841 S3852 and the key date rarity of the Victorian series this piece being the first example we have offered being a further indication of the coins elusiveness, lustrous EF with some surface marks the reverse better so with Spinks giving no price above EF this example surely amongst the finest known	£7,500

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