Sovereign

Another 2 bars arrived today, 4 more to go.
Sequential serials on the RMC bars.
Looking more gold in this pic than silver like the last one
 
 
 

A bit of gold porn, the bars are starting to arrive (from Canada).
Due to shipping insurance limits they ship each bar individually and 2 packages at a time.
I have another 2 bars due for delivery tomorrow then another 4 bars to come soon.
Would be cool if I end up with 9 different mints
Also got a peli case so when all the bars arrive I can pop out the foam squares to fit the bars correctly.
 

Arrived. Pop 1 in all grades of dpl category on ngc and pcgs. Cheers @Jester

1863 sov with roman I for 1 in date
 

Wow very nice indeed !!
is this on your list ?

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YH Shield back, Somali Elephant, the Phoenix and the new 1/10th 2018 BU lunar year of the dog.

Five (Quintuple) Sovereigns, 1902 + 1887 !
excuse the pictures, handheld macro and bit blurry



 
 

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Ladies and Gents...I'm super excited to share with you my most recent acquisition and easily one of the rarest coins in my young collection...the 1866 Sydney Half Sovereign.

TLDR: I got a rare coin cheap.
Per the updated Marsh Sovereign guide, this coin is rated R2 - Very Rare.  I was initially put off by the grade but additional research revealed that there are around 1,000 specimens of this coin surviving and it is most often found below VF.  Downies, an Australian dealer, has one in aUNC and they're asking £7650 and one in VF asking £590.  Drake Sterling has a specimen in PCGS F15 condition asking £265.  The best part is I picked this one up for £243.
Here's a bit more information I found while researching the coin...
"Royal Mint reports indicate that no half sovereigns were minted in 1866 but 62,000 were minted in 1867 and a further 154,000 in 1869. As it is known that there are no 1867 or 1869 dated coins, it is presumed that they were struck with 1866 dies, indicating a total mintage of 216,000* which would seem consistent with the relative survival rate of the date. The date is one of the easier pieces to source with an estimated survival rate just shy of 1,000 and examples do turn up around XF from time to time, though finding examples at AU and beyond can be quite a challenge. The date is often found with a bold obverse rim paired with an undetailed central reverse strike. These examples came off the recycled proof dies of the year as during the year the Sydney mint struck two proof half sovereigns for the Inter-colonial Exhibition in 1866 and the International Exposition in 1867 as products of New South Wales."
*The Marsh Sovereign guide places the total original mintage around 154,000.  
The pieces of information I didn't find that I'd be very interested in learning is, if over 150,000 were minted, how are there only around 1,000 surviving today?  Were they melted down (this appears to be the case..."as the gold coins became worn, they were withdrawn and melted down")?  And why is the avg condition of the coin so low (was it truly a circulation coin)?  A census search of both NGC and PCGS has just 28 coins in better condition with AU58 and MS64 being the best examples between NGC and PCGS respectively.

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2 x Bullion Victoria Veil Head Half sovereigns

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I have been after a nicer than my poor YH half crown for a while, a £15 off eBay voucher persuaded me! A lovely coin with pleasant toning when you catch the light. 
 
 

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Something quite nice about them.  I picked up a cheap slabbed piedfort one for less than the price of the silver proof.

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