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William IV 1836 Sovereign, with letter N struck in the reverse shield, very rare
William IV (1830-37), gold Sovereign, 1836, variety with letter N struck additionally in the shield on the reverse, second bare head right, nose points to second I in legend with flat top ear, W.W. incuse on truncation, GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: toothed border around rim both sides, rev. crowned quartered shield of arms in frame, N struck in lower left quarter, legend ANNO 1836 below, weight 7.75g (Bentley 31; Marsh 20A R4; M.C.E.493; S.3829B). Toned with some wear, poor to fair but the letter N very clear and very rare.
Calendar year mintage 1,714,349.
The Latin legends translates on obverse as "William IV by the Grace of God, King of the Britains, Defender of the Faith," and on the reverse "In the year 1836."
There are no other known letter errors in the gold Sovereign series as spectacular perhaps as this where the die engraver has punched a letter N some millimetres off target into the shield when punching the ANNO part of the legend. The variety was only discovered some 25 years ago and not many examples have come to light since, perhaps of the magnitude of ten examples only as of 2020. No doubt very few of the 1836 mintage would have been of this variety as the error was no doubt noticed and the die removed from further use.