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Victoria, Gold “Ansell Ribbon” Sovereign 1859 S-3852E. PCGS-graded AU58.

Victoria, Hanover Queen 1837-1901 Young Head, second style, “WW” incuse. A lustrous and pleasing example of this famous variant portrait, struck as an experiment using so-called “brittle gold”.