Sovereign Errors, Overdates and Varieties

[Britannia47]

No, couldn’t find one (1) either, or for that matter any earwax!….Whoops, think that’s on another thread!😁
 

[Esjayc]

Any ideas about this one - n 1857.

To me, it looks as if the 5 may be over something else? Also it looks like an 8 over 8?

A seller's photo:

[bazbigfoot]

bought some sovereigns last week one 1875 london mint poor stamping then 1846 sydney lovely crystal clear was it just london mint who made errors ? because lots of london mint coins i have are not mint 

[bazbigfoot]

correction sydney mint not 1846 just old mans problem its called confusion or trying to do to much wrong way round but 1846 coin very crisp details other coin overstamped ☹️

[Allgoldcoins]

4 hours ago, bazbigfoot said:

bought some sovereigns last week one 1875 london mint poor stamping then 1846 sydney lovely crystal clear was it just london mint who made errors ? because lots of london mint coins i have are not mint 

I think you are saying the photos above come from a 1875 Sydney struck sovereign?

Dies were prepaired in London and shipped to Australia at this time. The coin shown above is almost certainly a result of a striking error rather than a die error.

[Spyder]

So what do people think of this 1887 Jubilee head sovereign with this rather strange die flaw on the head.  Apart from that it is in very good condition. Would that effect the grade as it came from the mint like that

[paulmerton]

5 minutes ago, Spyder said:

So what do people think of this 1887 Jubilee head sovereign with this rather strange die flaw on the head.  Apart from that it is in very good condition. Would that effect the grade as it came from the mint like that

Is that artefact recessed or does it stick out?

[Spyder]

33 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Is that artefact recessed or does it stick out?

It is recessed like a chunk of gold been removed

[paulmerton]

6 minutes ago, Spyder said:

It is recessed like a chunk of gold been removed

That won't be a die flaw then.

[Allgoldcoins]

6 minutes ago, Spyder said:

It is recessed like a chunk of gold been removed

To my eye, that is exactly what it is.

[Orpster]

Most likely to be a foreign object between die and blank

[bazbigfoot]

do people think this sovereign which ive discussed previous is more valuable than normal sovereign its an 1860 shieild with faults not mentioned in marsh, and if so will i be able to retire and live comfortably in the south of france ? 😄

[Orpster]

22 minutes ago, bazbigfoot said:

do people think this sovereign which ive discussed previous is more valuable than normal sovereign its an 1860 shieild with faults not mentioned in marsh, and if so will i be able to retire and live comfortably in the south of france ? 😄

The small die errors add no value I'm afraid.

That does appear to be the large 0 version (not the O for 0) which is quite common.  Check the O in Victoria as I believe there is a variant where there is an O over C which can be hard to spot, I still need one of those.

[bazbigfoot]

picture of the 1860 o and an 1861 o . It looks like i will be staying in my cave in north of england then ☹️

[shawy2510]

Finally got a result for this & is infact an error.