Sovereign 1847 Second I over higher I in Britanniarum Marsh 30, S.3852, GVF/NEF, no similar example was listed in the Bentley Collection, the Bentley catalogue correctly states, 'many dies were used for this year', however, of 39 examples sold by us in the last 10 years, none show this overstrike, so possibly rarer than catalogue values would suggest
Sovereign 1847 Marsh 30, similar to Bentley 409 with no lower right serif to the first 1 in the date, but with all other serifs present, and the ponytail ending in a single strand, unlike the Bentley coin. This shows another stage in the evolution of the dies from the 1847 Sovereigns, VF or better
Farthing 1847 with Inverted 1 over normal 1 in date giving the appearance of a Roman 1, this in similar style to the similar Sovereign variety of this date (See Bentley sale Lot 408), Reverse B (no flaw by Britannia's arm) B of BRIT has no serifs top or bottom, date spacing 8 3/4 teeth, the date spacing as LCGS Variety 06. EF/NEF and presumably very rare, our archive database stretching back to 2003 confirms we have not previously offered this type. We note also that there was no corresponding type in the Colin Cooke collection
Half Sovereign 1847 Marsh 421 EF, the obverse with light contact marks, our archive database shows that this is only the fourth example we have handled since 2003, and by far the finest
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