Does anyone have 1895 "M" Gold Full Sovereign Coin

[Tape]

I just seen some outrageous prices for an 1895 M British Victoria Veiled Head Gold Full Sovereign Coin

or am I mistaken.

[sovtsf]

I have a 1895M graded in 62+

[sovereignsteve]

The 1895 melbourne is a bit of a mystery. It has been thought that no coins were struck that year with a 1895 date but were all dated 1894. Marsh does say this but in fact the coin is readily available. I haven't seen it for sale at high prices but perhaps some sellers do rely on this alleged scarcity?

[Nick1368]

I have one which I purchased on the forum from a very reliable seller, I am planning to send it to NGC for grading soon, hopefully it will come back as genuine 😆

[Booky586]

Chards have one for sale at £560 (current spot at £1466), graded uncirculated:

https://www.chards.co.uk/1895-gold-sovereign-victoria-old-head-melbourne/6680

[MickB]

I bought one from Sharps Pixley a few years ago and somebody on the forum mentioned my purchase a while later. I didn't realise there was anything special about it at the time.

[dicker]

Hi

There is another thread on the forum and I believe Lawrence Chard reviewed another edition of Marsh and It was confirmed as common. 
 

Best

Dicker

[Britannia47]

Can't see how Steve Hill came to the conclusion that  " No coins dated 1895 were minted,".... in the 2017 revised edition ( Marsh 155)  when clearly many do exist.  Earlier versions of Marsh -  Editions one and two, both show the mintage as 4,165,869 with a C rating. To confirm the coins' non-existence Marsh 155 is omitted from the Price Guide (Sept. 2017) This  revised edition of Marsh by Steve Hill is an excellent and comprehensive 'bible' for the Sovereign collector but will inevitably contain errors. Numerous extra varieties have been discovered since Michael Marsh' s last edition so it must be an enormous undertaken to keep all entries correct and up to date. One of my own sovereigns Marsh 17A  was wrongly annotated as R5  when it should have been  R3  I am told this will be amended in the next edition. 

Lastly I have a question for others relating to varieties. Who determines a new Sovereign variety when its found? Is it a panel of experts perhaps who then agree to give it official recognition? or is it simply the author? .....