Sovsaver

1880 Half Sov 1B die (129) with obverse 4, probably a VF received this morning. Ebay BIN, seller had a bit of a high price, but agreed to my substantially lower offer, which might still have been a bit high, too late now ? 325 down to 200 offered.
I was looking for an 1880 low relief obverse 4 variant, not 100% sure this is it, but if Marsh is right, it ought to be as the others are obverse 5. In any case, I like it for what it is, a presentable young head half sov.

1880 Half Sov 1B die (129) with obverse 4, probably a VF received this morning. Ebay BIN, seller had a bit of a high price, but agreed to my substantially lower offer, which might still have been a bit high, too late now ? 325 down to 200 offered.
I was looking for an 1880 low relief obverse 4 variant, not 100% sure this is it, but if Marsh is right, it ought to be as the others are obverse 5. In any case, I like it for what it is, a presentable young head half sov.

Any good?

A couple of ebay buys

Received today from HGM. Not bad for bullion coins.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nice coin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Monster box of 2018 Britannias.
Silver just seems stupidly cheap at the moment so loading up.

London coin fair buys today 

Wasn't going to look around for more half sovereigns, ebay sent £15 voucher, so I bought a 1878 half sovereign, whoops!
Ebay never sent those vouchers before? I blame them.

Nice shieldback sov arrived from Athens 

Took this as a buy it now using £15 voucher. After looking around for Victorian half sovereigns this one took my eye, the seller's photos weren't the best but it seemed to have enough about it for me. I'm still finding my feet regarding grading but I feel it's what I thought it was from the seller's images, which is VF. I'm happy to be told it's a little better (which I guess it might be on the obverse) or a little worse. It's in the collection now anyway.
I paid £150 after the discount, happy to be chastised for paying too much