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Great Britain (London, England), gold sovereign, Victoria (young head), 1846, ex-Sebring.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Shipwreck - Silver Coins 1750s-1900s Start Price:480.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 900.00 USD
Great Britain (London, England), gold sovereign, Victoria (young head), 1846, ex-Sebring.
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Great Britain (London, England), gold sovereign, Victoria (young head), 1846, ex-Sebring. Sp-3852; KM-736.1. 7.94 grams. AU details, matte surfaces in deep gold color, small mark above nose, desirable pedigree (note the ANR auction listing gives the coin date as 1842 but the photo clearly is of this 1846 coin). Pedigreed to the Thomas Sebring collection (American Numismatic Rarities auction of January 2004, lot #1648), with certificate (generic), original color print by Thomas M. Hemy entitled "The Wreck of the Birkenhead" (The Boy's Own Paper, February 1937), and softcover book The Birkenhead Drill, by Douglas W. Phillips (5th printing, 2005). Recovered from: Birkenhead, sunk in 1852 off Cape Town, South Africa