Orpster

I'm on the slow side today 🤷‍♂️

Has this sold?

I would keep it slabbed at least while you are going to keep it in your possession Removing it risks damaging as its not an easy task getting the big 5oz'ers out of the slabs. If you have the box and COA in your possession it will be worth as much if not more than a raw when you come to sell as its generally 'slab only' PF69's that go under raw price, its actually the missing box and COA that lower the value not the fact it is a 69 (compared to raw). And you never know, one day people may go back top buying the coin and not the grade! Likely also worth checking the population, PF69's tend to have a reasonable value compared to raw if the PF70 population is not through the roof

There are lots and lots of little irregularities and errors on sovereigns, especially in the 1850's and early 1860's. They are still finding new ones now. Only those known by the author(s) of the Gold Sovereign book will be noted. Some error coins and varieties can be worth more than a standard version, sometimes significantly, some are just something that makes the coin more interesting and potentially more desirable

Never ever ever clean a coin, just never

@HB1 you know you want to

1988 please

Depending when you bought (and where) special date sovereigns have taken something of a hammering over what they get over 'normal' years recently - the current premiums are very much not the norm They will no doubt come good though, when premiums pick up generally those on the special years will hopefully return to where they were

Yea I only have one myself, a 1917C. I would like more but the auction prices these have been going for the last year or so make my wallet cry

Thats the original and revised, original had them as scarce/rare then when revised Steve Hill dropped most years to common. I think they are the only ones classified as C3/C2 (extremely and very common) in the whole book!

Still R2 🤷‍♂️

Yes mate, it is. And here is the page for the half's Looks like it the 1896 & 1899 with the denticles thing, think whoever said it originally got their lines mixed up

The grade means very little to me on this one tbf, the attraction (for me) is in the die alignment and the die clash (which unfortunately NGC chose not to put on the label)

From the NGC website Or if you prefer from the PCGS website before I cross graded it

Yea I went Tony Heart on the mutha Sat at work today on a 'hot desk', had to travel in for a 'must attend', meeting that they cancelled while I was en-route so buggered if I am going to do any real work

AU I suspect, but maybe a details grade because of the hairlines

134 100%, below split into 10's, 4 left over

Well my 1872M is finally back home, postie delivered this morning. Now, I am not saying I like the 1872M sovereigns, but here she is with her new friends

Welcome

Don't forget Maklouf

Welcome to the forum, you have come to the right place

Updated for posterity,

The different type of shields Type IA, all London no die or mint marks, 1837-1863 & 1872 Type IB, all London all have die numbers, 1863-1874 Type IC, all Melbourne, all Mint Mark M, 1872-1887 Type ID, all Sydney, all Mint Mark S, 1871-1887 Years are not inclusive, so for example no 1875-1878 London shields

Yea, cashed out some other stuff to start to rebuild my stack after parting with a chunk of it to clear the mortgage - will slow down now though funds pretty much exhausted