Booky586

Looking at the 2 photos side by side you can see from the reflection on the highlights that the light is coming from different directions - from north-west on the photo on the left and from the east on the photo on the right. You'll get different shadows/highlights. The angle of the 2 photos is different too, first one is directly above and the second is from below-right. The second photo is taken from a further distance away, which is going to smooth out details. I think it could be just a photographic anomaly.

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Hi, do the hoop earrings (1.32g, £27) have UK hallmarks?

Real or myth...... I'll be looking out for it 😀

No, unfortunately I've never even heard of this one but I've not been collecting long. Just thinking aloud, possible trial piece or something similar to the 827 variety? Do you have any photos?

Looks like a 9 over 9 but I can't explain the blob at the top of the 9 as well. May be there's a die crack in there too?

5% below spot on a 1oz Brit is £1,514.05 (hope my maths is right 😀) Chards, at £1577.80, is much better. But your going to get a better price selling on here 👍

Here's a 2015 Mule error - bullion obverse and frosted proof reverse. However, the obverse has some marks on it (circled in red) that I don't recognise. What's happening here? I was considering grading it but not sure now. Any information and help appreciated!

Ok, if it's this then Numista values it at 42p, a base metal token. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia270839.html

Is this what you suspect your coin is? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces15155.html

Better quality photos would be more helpful. I'd suggest you do some thorough research on this before purchasing, you don't want to buy a fake. I'm not familiar with this coin but the design looks very primitive and poorly stuck.

It's a lovely tradition, I pass on a piece of silver to all the new born in my family. My Mum recently passed her silver "Hansel" coin to me, she'd kept it all her life, a Victoria jubilee crown. Some coins are for keeping.

Yes, could be. It looks like the marks were in the blank and not made after striking.

There's been a few lamination errors posted recently but I'm unfamiliar with this type of error. Here's a 1926SA half sovereign, there's a few marks on the obverse (beard and neck). Would you think this is a lamination fault?

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If I could go back in time I'd.... enter Vernon's and Littlewoods football pools then.... buy all the rare sovereigns with the winnings! 😀

All the above, especially The Gold Sovereign by Marsh, that has to be top of any list. These are great references too, but they're specifically about the 1887 Jubilee Head issues:

It's a pleasure and your welcome, I hope you enjoy the rest of the forum!

I hope you were the lucky buyer 😃

Having done some scouring around for information there's little out there. There are no entries for it in "The Gold Sovereign" or Spink "Coins of England and the UK". I've searched for previous sales at "The Coin Cabinet" and "London Coins" and can't find any record of this error passing through there either. NGC and PCGS don't have any entries that I can find in their databases. The Bentley Collection Auction had one for sale which sold for £920, over 10 years ago: On the All Gold Coins website it states: "Value wise I would expect the 'DEE' sovereign to be a minimum of £1000 in anything above Fine with £2000 more likely for a nice strong VF, and very rare with few examples known." https://www.allgoldcoins.co.uk/pages/18-the-queen-victoria-shield-reverse-sovereign-1850-59 You've got a very desirable coin and seemingly very rare.

This one had the error attribution on the slab This one didn't have the description on the slab

Value is based on how striking the error is and the grade.

I've seen a few on eBay go through the auction not identified by NGC and the seller. I have also seen 2 coins sold on TCC recently, both had the same error, both with the error described correctly by TCC. The coin with the higher grade sold for less than the lower grade coin, all because the lower grade coin has the error attributed on the slab. Crazy! Yes, very likely. I suspect some just go unspotted too.

Can I take 1869, top right please?

Wow, that was quick!