1982 golden half sovereign - Black spots

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Hello all,

Bit of a new comer to collecting coins - got some Britannia's, Maples, Krugerrand's,  bars, and as of today took receipt of a golden half sovereign i  recently i just bought from BullionByPost.

The coin is quite old (1982) and i just wanted to ask a quick question from you all as you have much more knowledge than i do! 

The coin im assuming due to its age has black spots and marks all over it, is this normal? what is it? 

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipPyjsFvPhSU-klzKfWdHfktyVI0BHXEIO6t8F6H

https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipNaNhyzifp83qRZs-gbzdFsnX2OpC92_9PYdTJt

Many thanks,

Adam

[richatthecroft]

I have a 1980 Proof Half that’s spotty- the 1980’s were a decade of spots- my acne was terrible back then...

Your links don’t work, so I cannot see the Sov, but No need to worry, here’s what NGC says, there’s an informative article on the Chards old website too, but I cannot find it right now

https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/1197/gold-coin-grading/

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Thanks for getting back to me Rich! appreciate the info

Hoping like you say its nothing but here are the images (not sure why the first links failed!)

Cheers again!