SovTracker

Postman has been.  A win from eBay this weekend, 100 years older than me!
 

Really nice grade 1845 slanted date with bulbous 5
 

I have asked the same question many times and looked at 1000's of Sovereigns over the years.

Yes there are definitely no B.P. varieties about but many are not, I believe they are due to "die fill" as confirmed by a good friend of mine.

Due to the size of the B.P., after several strikes the B.P. can "fill" from the constant stamping.

Generally I use a 30x loupe which usually shows up the outline of a B but definitely no P and no dots.

For some reason the P is far more prone to "filling", whether that is because of muck coming in from the rim of the coin, frankly I don't know.

I have an 1882 Sydney Sov which PCGS graded as a B.P. variety - could I see it? No, well, errr, yes maybe if you stand on your head with the light behind you, using a state of the art electro microscope.

But there again, I might be wrong!

1907 Full Sovereign
1980 proof half sovereign
1982 half sovereign 

My first NGC graded sovereign from eBay, an MS61 1872. Quite excited!

Picked up this beauty earlier in the day for $385 after deducting 8% in eBay bucks and 2% back on the credit card. First strike and sp70. Another 1/4 ounce to the master collection. Liberty coin was having a sale on these and eBay bucks hit this morning - so it was the perfect storm. Currently it is back to over $500 and no eBay bucks. 

Happy 2-year stacking anniversary to me!! I have not missed a month, and the spreadsheet now says 1395oz silver and 1.5oz gold.
Added 38oz today, mainly Perth Mint stuff. I do love their coins, and will continue to stack their stuff heavily going forward. I was recently inspecting some of my the coins I have acquired, and IMO the Perth Mint stuff is by some margin the best. The designs are classy, I love the frosted finish on the Lunar coins, and all they come in plastic cases which offers another layer of protection. None of them have any blemishes whatsoever. 
The other coins I love are Libertads, which imo are classically beautiful, but I have far fewer Libertads than I do Lunars and Kooks.

I believe this is a B.P. version that has "die fill". Note the outline of the B is visible - a common occurrence.

Only my view but that's how I see it. I've got 4 similar coins of various years slabbed by PCGS and all say B.P.

Only inspection with a 30x loupe will categorically confirm.

Recived from USA !
1866 shieldback sovereign NGC MS63 
1879s shieldback sovereign NGC MS62 (top grade for now..)
Happy with them  

Nice coin

1880 (1B) Half Sovereign courtesy of auction site, better images to come when received.
 

My wife's dad who used to be a dustman found a bag of coins in the rubbish and he recently gave them to me. Found these two in the bag.

There was one in The Bentley Collection and I have one.

Both have a double stamped but rotated RIA and don't look like the picture posted in my opinion. If I'm right, NGC have it wrong I'm afraid.

There was one in The Bentley Collection and I have one.

Both have a double stamped but rotated RIA and don't look like the picture posted in my opinion. If I'm right, NGC have it wrong I'm afraid.

Yours is definitely different and I can see that it couldn't have been produced during striking. I haven't seen such a clear photo of this variety and I'm sure you're right.

There was one in The Bentley Collection and I have one.

Both have a double stamped but rotated RIA and don't look like the picture posted in my opinion. If I'm right, NGC have it wrong I'm afraid.

1861 shieldback sov
NGC XF45 RIA/RIA in victoria 
only 3 been graded by NGC each
 
2002 full proof sov

Nice shieldback sov arrived from Athens 

Looks like a normal day after work to me: a pint and fish and chips (at least on the menu) with the highlight of this lovely proof sovereign 

Lovely. 1937 full to go with the half and double......quintuplet...one day....one day.....
 

3  Bullion lucky dip Half Sovereigns , 1906 , 1907 and a 1914 .

No photo will ever do this justice. Thank you again@Numistacker for sending this to NCS.

The coin had definite finger marks on it before it went and I would have rated it PR65 at best.

No fingermarks and a PR67 - speechless!

No photo will ever do this justice. Thank you again@Numistacker for sending this to NCS.

The coin had definite finger marks on it before it went and I would have rated it PR65 at best.

No fingermarks and a PR67 - speechless!

No photo will ever do this justice. Thank you again@Numistacker for sending this to NCS.

The coin had definite finger marks on it before it went and I would have rated it PR65 at best.

No fingermarks and a PR67 - speechless!

No photo will ever do this justice. Thank you again@Numistacker for sending this to NCS.

The coin had definite finger marks on it before it went and I would have rated it PR65 at best.

No fingermarks and a PR67 - speechless!