Today I Received.....

[shawy2510]

New Half Sovereign

[shawy2510]

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[HyHy]

21 hours ago, augur said:

A stunning quality dragon. With all the shortcomings at the Royal Mint, this one is definitely worth its PF70. The picture actually doesn't do it justice. Thanks @Skelator88

Why didn't you show the others the obverse XD need to hype it out i order to drive up the price man XP

[Sovsaver]

15 hours ago, matrawr said:

Congrats on your first win! Especially considering the date looks in very good condition to me

That’s a belter, congratulations ?

[Sovsaver]

15 hours ago, JunkBond said:

1892 Jubilee Head Half Sov, first ebay win!

 

That’s a belter, congratulations ?

[Sovsaver]

Double post

Edited March 28, 2018 by Sovsaver

[MikeSol]

1880-S Inverted A for V Sovereign

[sovereignsteve]

1 hour ago, MikeSol said:

1880-S Inverted A for V Sovereign

oh yes, that's a cracking A

[TheGoldSovereign]

1 hour ago, MikeSol said:

1880-S Inverted A for V Sovereign

Love this Mike!

[MikeSol]

1 minute ago, sg86 said:

Love this Mike!

 

2 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

oh yes, that's a cracking A

Any ideas on value? I picked it up at Spot + 30%

[TheGoldSovereign]

5 minutes ago, MikeSol said:

Any ideas on value? I picked it up at Spot + 30%

Probably about 5k (in ~EF)

Edited March 28, 2018 by sg86

[MikeSol]

6 minutes ago, sg86 said:

Probably about 5k (in ~EF)

It's probably about VF but not a bad buy then!

[sovereignsteve]

It's a known variety, R2 in Marsh

[TheGoldSovereign]

1 minute ago, MikeSol said:

It's probably about VF but not a bad buy then!

Great buy for sure, lovely clear A as @sovereignsteve mentioned, hardly any Branch overdates really so nice one to have in the collection!

[sovereignsteve]

10 minutes ago, MikeSol said:

 

Any ideas on value? I picked it up at Spot + 30%

worth about £600 - 750 imo

[FlorinCollector]

[Sovsaver]

2 hours ago, shawy2510 said:

New Half Sovereign

I noticed this one on eBay, had considered it but got distracted. Just checked my watch list, well done, great buy?

[TheGoldSovereign]

While on the topic of overdates, just came across this whilst sorting through some coins.

C over rotated C, and an R over lower R on same coin, way too many ales at lunch for this one

 

Edited March 28, 2018 by sg86

[JohnA]

Did the mint go over coins manually with a stamp to correct these errors? And what era did they stop this and instead just send the errors back to the foundry, or whatever?

[TheGoldSovereign]

1 minute ago, JohnAnsink said:

Did the mint go over coins manually with a stamp to correct these errors? And what era did they stop this and instead just send the errors back to the foundry, or whatever?

It's the die not the coin that is corrected or changed. There are various reasons as to why it may happen (eg using dies from the previous year to save costs), but ones like above are just mistakes and poor quality control

[Sovsaver]

Dupe post, again

Edited March 28, 2018 by Sovsaver

[sovereignsteve]

How can anyone not love sovereigns?

[Cornishfarmer]

3 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

How can anyone not love sovereigns?

The royal mint were making cock ups back them also??.  Perhaps all the coins they send out with dents, scrapes and dinks we should keep and they may be errors in 125 years!!!

[lubi29]

A few gold 1/4 oz Lunar 1 , but now have to look for rest of series. If anyone got them please PM.

[Sovsaver]

Picked up a 2002 half Sovereign on eBay. There was only one photo and no really good look at the coin’s surfaces.

I got lucky, probably will get it graded.

 

 

 

Edited March 28, 2018 by Sovsaver