Sovereign Rarities Sale, Thoughts?

[Sovereign Rarities Sale, Thoughts?]

10 hours ago, 1887jubilee said:

No prizes for guessing which 1887 penny I got driven up to buy. But at least I know its pedigree right back to Murdock and it is after all unique.

What 1887 penny was it? I had a look on their site and could only see a June auction.

[Little coins big prices]

On 9/20/2022 at 3:55 PM, 1949threepence said:

Remember that odd mini craze for 1974 sets a year or two back?   

What caused that?

[1892S pattern half sovereign]

On 9/4/2022 at 9:28 AM, Rob said:

Nothing in the obvious places - Nobleman, Huth, Dangar etc

Thanks - I saw nothing in the Murdoch collection.

I might reach out to Eric Eigner too.

[Royal Mint 2022 Unc set]

Surely they've been for sale all year and anyone who wants one has one?

[R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth]

Rest in peace.

[1892S pattern half sovereign]

I know there aren't many half sovereign collectors but does anyone here know of any sales of/listings of/references to a proof or pattern 1892S half sovereign?

I've been able to find sales or listings of all of the other pattern half sovereigns of the same era. I doesn't seem to exist in any institutional collection either.

[1897M half sovereigns in Murdoch collection]

I tracked down the catalogue in question: https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=511728&AuctionId=525399

But it makes no reference (that I can easily see) of Murdoch arranging to have the coin struck for him.

[1897M half sovereigns in Murdoch collection]

Does anyone happen to have a catalogue of the Murdoch Collection from 1903-1904 handy? I saw on another site that three 1897M half sovereigns were financed by and struck for John G. Murdoch but no citation was given. I assume the auction catalogue is the source of this information but I couldn't find an accessible version online (I think there was a link available only in the USA).

[DISH 504 half sovereign]

Yes that's it - thank you.

Did the brochure accompany a sale? I couldn't find a catalogue.

edit: I see there's a listing at the end of the brochure but they're the same small images.

[proposed heating payments this winter]

Sorry wrong thread - please delete.

[DISH 504 half sovereign]

Does anyone have an image of a DISH 504 half sovereign? David Iverson and Steve Hill's publication just has a close-up of the initials and the only image I can find is https://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=166&searchlot=901&searchtype=2 which isn't particularly clear.

[2015 britannia £2 rarity]

Nice - is it a circulation only coin?

[1860 Penny Attribution Help - Die crack between 8 and 6 of date]

Looks like a Holland D* as well (sub-variety of Freeman D).

Paul Holland has looked at some die cracks in his articles but they're in-depth (not just documenting the different cracks).

[New variety of Victorian Penny reverse D]

Has anyone found one of these 1860 pennies with the two extra lines in the shield?

[Silver Coins]

9 hours ago, VickySilver said:

I don't really know about the BM and possible internet accessibility. That collection is absolutely incomprehensible...

Yes I just had a play with the search - it didn't return anything obvious. Lots of British West African pieces are photographed but not British pieces.

[The Elusive 2002 Jamaica Proof Set Remains So]

I think I found second 1982 Solomon Islands proof set (no case, just the coins) for sale on ebay for $5 or thereabouts. I had no need but the mintage is unknown (but likely less than 200).

I'm sure the set would normally cost around $200.

Other than that it has been a struggle to find even one of the Cook Islands or Solomon Islands rarities.

[Silver Coins]

On 6/28/2022 at 2:39 PM, VickySilver said:

I had heard that as well - about the shell casings - but then recall that the research did not yield the WW I casings to be of that alloy (??), and that it was speculative. The British Museum have an interesting collection of different alloy strikes from the time that are designated for anyone interested.

Are they photographed on their website?

[Ebay's BEST Offerings]

On 7/5/2022 at 7:57 AM, 1949threepence said:

Incidentally, high time we had a new book on pre 1860 copper, including the top quality pics that are easily available today. Can't quite understand why we've had several on post 1860 bronze, but none the other way. Maybe it's a period which never quite captured the numismatic imagination.  

I suppose it was before we were all born, so we have no fond memories of it, but was there any copper book similar to Freeman's when decimalisation rolled around? I assumed that bronze varieties were popular because they were cheap (to pull from change at least) but also because there was a readily available reference book that got to the point.

[Is this error or bad designed?]

Is the coin rusted? Looks like it may have been buried.

[The Elusive 2002 Jamaica Proof Set Remains So]

I would too - I've seen a few scarce Solomon Islands things come up and have bought duplicates.

[Counterfeit Georgian Copper Coins R Coleman]

It is a good read - I think Michael Gouby said he used it as a starting point and when he asked Graham Dyer about where the bronze figures came from, he said they were best effort at the time when O'Sweeny contacted him.

[Jubilee head sixpence die pairings]

Also that's on a Jubilee head rather than a young head right? And where did you get the images? Are they from an auction? I've had no luck looking for a "wide date" 1887 sixpence.

[F38 having 2 different obverse dies]

Ah understood - thanks.

[Jubilee head sixpence die pairings]

Oh, maybe like the 1887 half crown - do you have a picture of the whole coin? Odd that a pattern would have such an overdate though.

[Panama Rarity: 1982 FM One Balboa (U) “Ley 0.500”]

I don't know the history of the Franklin Mint but I thought it went out of business or similar and continues to exist in name only. Not outside the realm of possibility that staff kept or sold old dies.