Today I Received.....

[TheGoldSovereign]

1887 Jub head half sovereign, nicest condition half sov i have right now

It looks like a I.E.B variety to me, considerably more rare? I'd like some opinions here as i don't yet have Marsh's half sov book, and google returns a little info but more on the Sydney variety of which there are only 3 examples of this

Edited November 12, 2016 by sg86

[MickB]

A 2017 silver Britannia from Yorkshire bullion on eBay. Got a 1oz Asahi silver bar from them the other day as well.

[K_theepan]

10* 2 oz proof lunar Rooster 

2* 2 oz proof lunar Monkey 

Roll Rooster 

Quarter sovereign. It's so tiny, bought it as Christmas present 

Australian horse 

[sovereignsteve]

5 hours ago, sg86 said:

1887 Jub head half sovereign, nicest condition half sov i have right now

It looks like a I.E.B variety to me, considerably more rare? I'd like some opinions here as i don't yet have Marsh's half sov book, and google returns a little info but more on the Sydney variety of which there are only 3 examples of this

Nice half, aEF IMO. There are several versions of the 1887 and the literature isn't too helpful. Marsh describes them all but doesn't give an indication of rarity or value. Spink gives prices but not for all variations.

Yours is the normal sized JEB with loop of J missing and a high shield, probably one of the most common types. Note the JEB letters not in line, occurs with this type. Also the colon after DEF is slightly slanting inwards, this only occurs in the 1887 but the rarity of different combinations is unclear.

The ones with small JEB are probably the rarest, two types; letters together and spread.

[TheGoldSovereign]

8 hours ago, sovereignsteve said:

Nice half, aEF IMO. There are several versions of the 1887 and the literature isn't too helpful. Marsh describes them all but doesn't give an indication of rarity or value. Spink gives prices but not for all variations.

Yours is the normal sized JEB with loop of J missing and a high shield, probably one of the most common types. Note the JEB letters not in line, occurs with this type. Also the colon after DEF is slightly slanting inwards, this only occurs in the 1887 but the rarity of different combinations is unclear.

The ones with small JEB are probably the rarest, two types; letters together and spread.

Thanks for this, yes it is hard to find info. Do you have any pics of what an IEB should look like at this kind of resolution? I can only find really bad ones and they just look like mine. I need to take some fully focused on the J/I St some point I think 

Regarding the high shield, I thought you said when I posted the others that the high shield was scarcer than the low? Or is that dependant on date

[sovereignsteve]

18 minutes ago, sg86 said:

Thanks for this, yes it is hard to find info. Do you have any pics of what an IEB should look like at this kind of resolution? I can only find really bad ones and they just look like mine. I need to take some fully focused on the J/I St some point I think

Not sure why you would want a photo, yours is perfectly good. If it's to compare, I can have a search around or it might be better if I dig mine out and photograph them, I've got several.

22 minutes ago, sg86 said:

Regarding the high shield, I thought you said when I posted the others that the high shield was scarcer than the low? Or is that dependant on date

Dependant on date. Were we talking about the 1892 before? The 1887 is in a league of it's own re: variations.

[TheGoldSovereign]

25 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Not sure why you would want a photo, yours is perfectly good. If it's to compare, I can have a search around or it might be better if I dig mine out and photograph them, I've got several.

Dependant on date. Were we talking about the 1892 before? The 1887 is in a league of it's own re: variations.

Just trying to see what an IEB does look like, if you say this is no one

Yea the others were 1892. I'll get some books for half's I think 

[sovereignsteve]

No I'm not saying that, yours is an IEB if that's what you want to call it, although it's not generally referred to as such, but as an imperfect J

[TheGoldSovereign]

26 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

No I'm not saying that, yours is an IEB if that's what you want to call it, although it's not generally referred to as such, but as an imperfect J

Ah with you! Everywhere I googled about the types it was called IEB so just went with it

[sovereignsteve]

57 minutes ago, sg86 said:

Ah with you! Everywhere I googled about the types it was called IEB so just went with it

Understandably people type what the letters look like, so maybe that's how new names and vocabulary start.

Nobody really knows whether a I punch was used instead of a J or whether it's the result of a faulty master die or whatever.

Lots of them about though.

Marsh refers to them as "imperfect J" and Spink doesn't differentiate them from "normal JEB large".

[TheGoldSovereign]

Bought "the half gold sovereign", so that should help a little with any new pickups!

[morezone]

Splashed out last week so we can call it an early Xmas/Birthday pressie to myself.

1 oz 2010 and 2011 Somali Elephants.  Mintage is supposed to be 1850.  Paid a hefty premium.

1 oz 1981 Libertad.  Different design to the modern coin so wanted this variant for the collection.

Some 1/10ths.  2017 Somali Elephant, 2007 Isle Man Cats, Apmex round.

[mondy41]

Did the 2017 1/10 Ellie come from the US morezone

[morezone]

4 minutes ago, mondy41 said:

Did the 2017 1/10 Ellie come from the US morezone

Yep. Thought I'd tag it on since I was already paying for postage.

[mondy41]

Couple of King Tut 5oz from Scottsdale Mint - New Relic Series.

[sebmasch]

1914 full Sovereign from the HGM lucky dip. Also pictured is the 1/4 2013 Panda bought from a member last month.

Picking up more gold than silver these days.

[SilverStan]

33 minutes ago, mondy41 said:

Couple of King Tut 5oz from Scottsdale Mint - New Relic Series.

Everytime i see that coin lol

 

[Sovereign]

Today i recived 1829 full gold sovereign 

George IV

Might flip it on ebay  

 

Edited November 14, 2016 by Sovereign

[Rich99]

Thanks to Oliversw5 for this lovely 2001 Britannia!

 

[TheGoldSovereign]

6 hours ago, mondy41 said:

Did the 2017 1/10 Ellie come from the US morezone

Atkinsons have them in, just ordered 2

[mondy41]

2 minutes ago, sg86 said:

Atkinsons have them in, just ordered 2

It's a good price unfortunately Atkinsons charge £18 to post to Ireland - will have to wait until coininvest get them in - Cheers for the info though.

[sovereignsteve]

1 hour ago, Sovereign said:

Today i recived 1829 full gold sovereign 

George IV

Might flip it on ebay  

 

Nice bare head, is anything happening down on the rim to the left of the 18 ?

[Sovereign]

31 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

Nice bare head, is anything happening down on the rim to the left of the 18 ?

thanks mate  

nothing that i can see 

more photos on ebay 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262718928872 

item number 262718928872

no rush for selling it i like it  

Edited November 14, 2016 by Sovereign

[Roy]

Wow, nice coin!

That will look great in your Sovereign collection 

I don't blame you for not selling it, it's a keeper 

[sovereignsteve]

27 minutes ago, Sovereign said:

thanks mate  

nothing that i can see 

more photos on ebay 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262718928872 

item number 262718928872

no rush for selling it i like it  

ebay link doesn't work