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Sold on 28 September 2005

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Victorian Sovereigns Collected by Die Number, the Property of a Gentleman

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Lot

№ 224

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28 September 2005

Hammer Price:
£170

Victoria (1837-1901), 1863, die 6 (M 48; S 3853). Nearly extremely fine (£140-180)

Provenance:
From the Douro cargo, Spink Auction 118, 20-1 November 1996, lot 547 (part).

The RMS
Douro sank off Cape Finisterre on 2 April 1882 following a collision with the Spanish steamer Yrurac Bat. Its cargo of sovereigns was salvaged in 1995