TheGoldSovereign

Not an error I've seen before, not sure if any have been recorded but this clearly looks like a C over G, thoughts? To the eye it's a lot more obvious in fact, looks nothing like a normal G which is why I looked closer

Apologies for the awful picture, messing around with copy stand but it seems the angle is no good for very very close ups and making coins look "smoother", the angle of copy stand shows every single scratch

On 12/05/2018 at 14:10, augur said:

I think @sovereignsteve has a point in that there are too many and unusual errors. 

The punch used resulting in the extension of the crossbar might have been experimental or damaged. Since the Mint also used punches to engrave war medals,  it is also possible that this one was a specifically carved for an unusual name and got mixed up. 

Do these show the same style R or just demonstrating that medals have punches dies? If I could find an R on another coin produced at the mint that would be incredible!

Other experts have already expressed great surprise in this discovery so late on, and the lack of others in the series makes it an extremely rare find

Looks like it's punch over a lower digit, but yea when looking at errors you really need a high quality macro lens or microscope to see, and wear really does mask the facts

If you get a really polished coin it's very obvious, very shiny and detail gets flattened/merged together

Great insight, wasn't aware that all dies were produced in London and that explains the lack of errors as quality control on the way out would I assume be greater.

Very interesting coin to own, would love to see another pop up somewhere

4 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

nice grade, but looks a bit polished?

Yes, very slightly, not enough to ruin the coin at all though as I hate polished coins with a passion!

Really not sure why people do it, if you want to get dirt off a coin just use a little ultrasonic thing

Didn't flip the coin, there is also an F/E in DEF on reverse. But why punch F over E here and leave it? This coin is confusing me!

I've never seen this overdate before, was actually quite surprised to see this and have no idea what could be the error, what are your opinions?

The best part is this is on a branch mint shield, where errors are extremely rare, and you get clearly see this without a loupe it's pretty amazing

Note: i flipped the images as didn't photograph them the right way!

On 01/05/2018 at 20:04, mr1030 said:

Heads or Tales 15 oz St. George and the Dragon statue, and a 1907 French 20 franc rooster gold coin

Brilliant, what kind of cost over spot?

Just now, Elements said:

I’ve seen some people make hard wearing flooring out of 1 and 2 pennies. Cheaper than some more common flooring alternatives apparently!

They have this at a local pub

19 minutes ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

So the cheapest I have picked up in the last few months was £250, I managed to get 4 at that price. But the quality of yours are pretty good compared to what  I got The seller still has 10 more, wondering whether its worth me buying them at that price... 

Yes i've not picked up any shields for 250 (recently*), even at low grade it's worth buying imo (depending how bad of course)

1 hour ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

Holly bad. Where do you get such large quantities from? And if I may be rude to enquire - do you pay retail prices? 

various sources, I don't pay ebay prices but it's not possible to get for anyway near spot, not sure what retail is classed as really but I'd say somewhere in the middle?

So opinions needed on this one!

An 1879-S shield, I had for a while overlooked this overstamp down to the die flaw, but today I have found another with very similar features which made me look closer

My thoughts are possibly a half sovereign A underneath, what do you think? My reasoning for this is because you cannot see anything higher than the A on the second coin.

Coin 1

Coin 2

1 minute ago, kimchi said:

My OCD wants to spend an hour or two straightening them all out for the pic

I thought they were pretty straight but now you've pointed it out!

3 minutes ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

I have concerns about your coin - BP initials do not look right at all. Red box yours, green box another 2001
 

Though I also agree something doesn't look right there, I believe you're comparing a proof to a bullion strike.

@baurum If you have any concerns I would email the dealer for sure!

19 hours ago, ilovesilverireallydo said:

Naked eye it looked like a 1, the pic turned out to be a 7! 

Yes definitely a 7, I'd be more interested in the 3/2 if it exists for this die

edit: You need a good loupe!

@ilovesilverireallydo sure looks like it, why do you have reservations? Often 3 and 5 look very similar, hard to tell via pictures but looks like a 3.

There are a few die number overdates, could be a 3/2 with that additional slant under there