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Australia, Victoria, Sovereign, 1886m, shield rev. (M 67; S 3854). Very minor surface marks, otherwise about as struck, very rare £10,000-12,000

Slabbed in NGC holder, graded MS 62.

The inferior example in the ‘Bentley’ Collection sold for £7,400; a comparable specimen appeared last month in the ‘George’ collection