Half Sovereign 1836 the obverse struck from the Sixpence die, this the key date and type rarity for this reign. Marsh 412A, S.3832. The Marsh plate coin. The head shows a different form to the curls at the back of the head, also the front tip of the truncation extends further down to a point between the two colon dots after F:D: Fine with signs of tooling on the obverse, one of the classic and most unusual varieties in the English Milled Gold series. Rated R5 by Marsh and excessively rare (estimated 9-14 examples known).
Half Sovereign 1836 Marsh 412 GVF/VF or better Very Rare and rated R2 by Marsh, a key date in the series, all William IV Half Sovereigns difficult to obtain and all examples above Fine are particularly elusive, our archive database stretching back to 2003 reveals that we have only previously offered 4 examples
Sovereign 1836 Marsh 20 Good Fine/GVF, the obverse rubbed on the portrait with hairline scratches in this area, comes in a Hattons of London box with their certificate
Sovereign 1836 N of ANNO struck in shield Marsh 20A, S.3829B, VG/Fine, the reverse with some thin scratches, the error very clear, Very Rare with examples seldom offered in any grade
Sovereign 1836 Marsh 20A with additional letter N above ANNO Rated R3 by Marsh (first discovered in 1995, see notes in Marsh page 19) About Fine/Fine with a couple of scratches on the reverse
Sovereign 1836 Additional Letter N above ANNO Marsh 20A, VF reverse better very rare in this grade in a CGS holder and graded 50 by them and the only one recorded by CGS. There are thought to be less than 10 specimens in existence of the striking variety, the Bentley example graded as GVF realised £12,000 hammer
Sovereign 1836 Marsh 20A with additional letter N above ANNO Rated R3 by Marsh (first discovered in 1995, see notes in Marsh page 19) GF/VF with a slight weakness on the Irish Harp, superior to the plate coin in Marsh, S3829B and with a strong book price in Spink
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