1880/70 Overdate Sovereign - PCGS MS63

Great Britain, 1880/70 Overdate Sovereign -

S-3856A, with WW buried and long tail. While all the 1880/70 overdates are somewhat scarcer than their standard versions, this particular type (with both long tail and buried WW initials) appears to be one of the scarcest varieties of the overdate. Unrecorded in Spink, this is only the second time since 2007 that I’ve had this variety in stock. The previous example was graded MS62 with PCGS and sold in August 2014. Further research shows that another example, described as extremely fine with a dig on the neck, sold in Baldwin’s in 2012. The piece on offer here is the single-finest graded by PCGS (7/18), and an overall attractive example with fresh lustre and lots of eye appeal. Very scarce.