1887 sovereign, sold ebay for £442.96

[Elements]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Great-Britain-1887-Queen-Victoria-Jubilee-Head-Gold-Sovereign-/152918642804?hash=item239aa95074%3Ag%3AmO4AAOSwJr1ajviq&nma=true&si=nf4yOPHYo2bit05jh5miZJAJfNI%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

can anyone hazard a guess as to why this was so popular?

[BackyardBullion]

2 minutes ago, Elements said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Great-Britain-1887-Queen-Victoria-Jubilee-Head-Gold-Sovereign-/152918642804?hash=item239aa95074%3Ag%3AmO4AAOSwJr1ajviq&nma=true&si=nf4yOPHYo2bit05jh5miZJAJfNI%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

can anyone hazard a guess as to why this was so popular?

It is a very nice condition coin that is for sure...as to why so high - not sure!

I have had some great luck selling sovereigns on eBay. Just this week I sold a MS55 1873 Shieldback for £375. 

Even ungraded ones have done well in the past for me too. 

[JunkBond]

I would say grade, sydney ones are rare. 

[Elements]

Yes it does look good condition, just seems a bit steep to me given the common nature of the year. And @BackyardBullion yeah I’ve watch a few of your auctions esp the ones you did for a friend, they did well but were rare examples of shield backs so understandably commanded a decent price. Maybe here the bidders got overzealous! Good for the seller.

[BackyardBullion]

4 minutes ago, Elements said:

Yes it does look good condition, just seems a bit steep to me given the common nature of the year. And @BackyardBullion yeah I’ve watch a few of your auctions esp the ones you did for a friend, they did well but were rare examples of shield backs so understandably commanded a decent price. Maybe here the bidders got overzealous! Good for the seller.

Yes we have done well on these - still have about 12 to go - all of the ones we hand picked for grading with Numistacker. Fingers crossed some of the grading fee's will pay off! 

It could also be shill bidding on this coin - you never know who is ramping up the prices for poor sods who don't know any better. 

[Sovsaver]

That’s a good price, for the seller. If it was a scarce coin the seller would’ve advertised as such I’d imagine, he seems an experienced chap. I don’t study full sovs so much, is it one of those tail varieties? I was following the half sov he was selling, which looked at least AUNC, this looks good but the obverse seems to have quite a bit of wear down in the bottom third.

Who knows??

[sovereignsteve]

3 hours ago, Elements said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Great-Britain-1887-Queen-Victoria-Jubilee-Head-Gold-Sovereign-/152918642804?hash=item239aa95074%3Ag%3AmO4AAOSwJr1ajviq&nma=true&si=nf4yOPHYo2bit05jh5miZJAJfNI%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

can anyone hazard a guess as to why this was so popular?

no idea. common variety, can't see a mint mark. grade between gVF and eEF so not exceptional. no reason for it to go above £300 max.

sold from South Africa so I guess that must be the reason; sovereigns not as available outside the UK and they tend to fetch higher prices, certainly they do in Aus.

 

[Kman]

Maybe they thought they were getting two because of the main picture

[Elements]

If they were that desperate they could have had this on buy it now!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1887-GOLD-SOVEREIGN-IN-GOOD-VERY-FINE-CONDITION/152845680566?hash=item23964fffb6:g:oGcAAOSwnCFaRfxq