Description
Victoria (1837-1901), Sovereign, 1871, die number 79, second young head left, date below. Rev, crowned quartered shield of arms within laurel wreath, die number 79 below wreath, above floral emblems, raised hairline flaw in last A of legend to rim, 7.97g (Marsh 55; MCE 531; S 3853B).
Tiny obverse rim nick to the left of D in DEI, otherwise pleasing good extremely fine.
(8,767,250 Issued – pp38, ‘The Gold Sovereign’ – Michael. A. Marsh – revised and updated by S. Hill, 2017 Token Publishing. First edition 1980).
