‘1942’ sovereign

[Panicbuying]

Hi all,

I bought a couple of bullion sovereigns the other day from a respected seller and noticed that one of them clearly showed the year 1942 on the front... I contacted the seller and they ‘thought it was a re-strike and definitely passed the gold test’. They were happy to exchange it, but was wondering if I should keep it as an oddity? Any thoughts?

Cheers,

P

[Roy]

Respected seller...thought it was a re-strike?

Oxymoron.

 

[NRSovereign]

Pictures? 

[QStack]

Who was the seller? Do you have a photo?

[Panicbuying]

I know it’s not in good state and don’t really mind as I bought it as bullion. 

 

[trozau]

Personally, I would NOT keep it (even for just its gold content).

[MickB]

George V died in 1936 and they never made any in 1942

[Zhorro]

It is certainly an oddity!  But is it gold?  Is the weight correct?

[QStack]

Are those rust spots on it?

[Panicbuying]

No, it's dirt that comes off easily

[NRSovereign]

The two looks totally different to the rest of the numbers and looks as if it’s rusting 

[watchesandwhisky]

please let us know this respected seller.

[MickB]

Middle East or Indian forgery possibly. Might even be 24 carat.

[Panicbuying]

It's not a seller on this forum, I'll leave it at that. 

I'll exchange it for another one, thanks for the feedback though!

[h103efa]

1 hour ago, MickB said:

Middle East or Indian forgery possibly. Might even be 24 carat.

I've got quite a few similar to this in good state (they are real 22 & 24 carat gold). I'll dig them out and take a photo. Received during wedding and kids births (customary with my asian heritage)

[NRSovereign]

Why do people gift a copy of a coin with the same amount of gold/ same price as buying a real one? 

[h103efa]

3 minutes ago, NRSovereign said:

Why do people gift a copy of a coin with the same amount of gold/ same price as buying a real one? 

in most cases they don't know the difference - they are just buying the gold content!

Ive got 1/4 and 1/8 "sovereign designs"!

[NRSovereign]

Wow upload pictures when you get a chance!

[MickB]

21 minutes ago, h103efa said:

I've got quite a few similar to this in good state (they are real 22 & 24 carat gold). I'll dig them out and take a photo. Received during wedding and kids births (customary with my asian heritage)

Will be interesting to see.

[dicker]

That is a very odd looking Sov!

[stonedywankanobe]

This is my first post on the big board and I'm using it to say I'd have ran from that thing like me life depended on it.

spooky lookin

[stonedywankanobe]

: late edit. I didn't mean that metaphorically, I'm talking about a 1200 meter dash.

[Goldhooked]

13 hours ago, Panicbuying said:

 

Is it the angle of the photo or is there something wrong with his nose?!  Looks like he’s done a few rounds with Mike Tyson!