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Great Britain (London, England), gold sovereign, Victoria (widow bust), 1890, very rare provenance.

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Great Britain (London, England), gold sovereign, Victoria (widow bust), 1890, very rare provenance.
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Great Britain (London, England), gold sovereign, Victoria (widow bust), 1890, very rare provenance. Sp-3866B; KM-767. 7.96 grams. XF details with bits of dark encrustation in crevices, slightly abraded surfaces, first and only coin we have ever offered from this World War I steamer torpedoed by the Germans off Bardsley Island, North Wales, and salvaged by divers in 1985-86. With certificate and hand-signed letter from the salvor.Recovered from: S.S. Oronsa, sunk in 1918 off Wales.