Why are half sovereigns not as collectible as full sovereigns?

[Pete]

A word of caution to all newbies - can you honestly tell the difference between a half sovereign and a full sovereign if someone gave you one to examine ?

Forget the scales and the ruler - if you haven't seen or handled both for a year or so it is an interesting test.

[sovereignsteve]

25 minutes ago, fehk2001 said:

21st century now you know????  sympathetically????? 

take off SYM and ALLY and start again 

I'll never get used to your sense of humour......

[fehk2001]

42 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

I'll never get used to your sense of humour......

This is how cruel is this world nowadays , no respect 

[sovereignsteve]

1 hour ago, fehk2001 said:

This is how cruel is this world nowadays , no respect 

So I guess the best I can hope for if they just ignore me and leave me in the corner with my harmless rants.

[BigDave84]

20 hours ago, Pete said:

A word of caution to all newbies - can you honestly tell the difference between a half sovereign and a full sovereign if someone gave you one to examine ?

Forget the scales and the ruler - if you haven't seen or handled both for a year or so it is an interesting test.

Good shout. I bought a half on ebay that was advertised as a full. Seller was fine about resolving it immediately, so I don't think it was deliberate. We agreed a partial refund to equal the correct cost. Some people simply do not know the difference.

[Sovereign]

Full Sovereign been ‘the sovereign’ that everyone collect , half sovereign always the second option ,,

like what you said @BigDave84 the half sovereign still carry a small premium 

but the full sells for same price as the double Sovereign if not more 

2012 proof full sov going that way 

[sovereignsteve]

On ‎04‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 00:40, Pete said:

A word of caution to all newbies - can you honestly tell the difference between a half sovereign and a full sovereign if someone gave you one to examine ?

Forget the scales and the ruler - if you haven't seen or handled both for a year or so it is an interesting test.

I would expect an experienced collector to be able to tell blindfolded