oversize sovereign

[mrbritish1976]

i have a half sovereign i removed from a necklace mount 

all looked ok to me but when i went to put it into a 19.5mm capsule like the rest of my halfs 

it was slightly too large to fit .

weight is correct 

could i have a fake or could being in the mount have squashed it slightly ?

will post pics shortly 

[Pipers]

You need to measure it with calipers!  Then weigh it then

I myself suggest if it was taken from a from a mount it maybe a fake though a lot of fakes are 22 CT or 900/1000 anyway.   You may be ok and it it a good one.

[mrbritish1976]

[mrbritish1976]

[mrbritish1976]

Sorry for bad images my camera with macro lens is playing up had to take with my phone.

It's The Sidney mint 1915

as you can see it's just too big to fit in 19.5 capsule

another image on top of another half to see size difference and a few others for comparison .

thoughts?

[Roy]

I've got some oversize Sydney halves too.

A 1912 and a 1916 from memory? Maybe a '15 too?

edit: Yes to the Ss, but it's a 1915P

[mrbritish1976]

Great was this common for some to be over sized? 

I thought it may have become misshaped from being in the mount for years.

1915p?

[Roy]

Well, I don't know!

We've talked about this before and other coins came out of the woodwork. We're not the only ones 

I think they are probably fakes but certainly gold. I'll sell them to a gold dealer (eg. HGM) rather than a stacker/collector. They were the right money.

1915P- Perth Mint.

[mrbritish1976]

Not a bad fake if it is

I thought 30 years in a mount may have mishapened it or even the mounting process.

1915 Perth mint

it had the S above the date

is this what you mean by Perth very new to sovereigns

[Roy]

Small confusion-yours is a 1915S, I have a 1915P.

It's very frustrating!

I bought mine off reputable guys and they were probably convinced they were real too but the sovereign is such an exact coin that if it's the right weight and the right thickness but too large in diameter then it has to be considered 'wrong'