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Victoria 1853 gold pattern Quarter-Sovereign PF64 UCAM
Victoria (1837-1901), gold Pattern Quarter Sovereign of 1853, by William Wyon, small young head left as on Maundy twopence, Latin legend commences from bottom left, VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REGINA F:D:, toothed border both sides, rev. struck en medaille, crowned flat topped quartered shield of arms dividing date, English coats of arms in two opposing quarters, Scottish and Irish arms in other two quarters, five strings to Irish harp, reads QUARTER above SOVEREIGN below, plain edge, 2.00g (W&R-365 R4; Douglas-Morris-186; EGC. 1306 R4; Murdoch 522/3; Samuel King-214). A remarkable example, fully struck up with lustrous fields and first-rate detail, encapsulated and graded by NGC as PF64 Ultra cameo, extremely rare.
NGC Certification 6769182-001 - currently the finest known and we note the recent Peh Collection contained the PCGS SP63 example which fetched $19,000 hammer at a US auction in January 2024.
The Latin legend translates as "Victoria by the grace of God, Queen of the Britains, Defender of the Faith."
For further reading on this unusual pattern see article by Graham Dyer in the British Numismatic Journal of 1997 "Quarter-Sovereigns and Other Small Gold Patterns of the Mid-Victorian Period."
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