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PCGS also acknowledge that particular variety, but it is a special request under the mint error submission, so can be a little expensive to do: https://www.drakesterling.com/news/post/pcgs-graded-sovereign-from-1872-m-with-medallic-die-alignment
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Small upsets like these happen frequently, especially amongst GV. It's the larger upsets (greater than 90 degrees) that are collectable. Here's one with a 180 degree upset: https://www.drakesterling.com/news/post/pcgs-graded-sovereign-from-1872-m-with-medallic-die-alignment
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Quick reply: The decision was made by David Iverson and Steve Hill during the initial publication of their Jubilee pamphlets. You mentioned that Steve Hill would include your discoveries in future publications, so it seems his position on the medium tails has changed. In any case, I defer to Steve Hill and David Iverson's views, as they are the academics who have done the hard work and research.
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Hi @DrK can we see images of the entire coin? The short and long tails coins wear differently, and can often be identified by the way the wear presents on the dragon. Various medium tails are known/alleged to exist and have been described in past editions of the McDonald catalogue. If you can find a copy of one, you can check there if they haven't already been described? I'll check when I'm back in the office next week too. The decision was made to not specifically describe medium tails as new varieties, as it was unclear whether the medium tail was a different die or simply one where the shallow incused tips of the tail had been filled in the die.
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Australian halves are generally harder to find in high grade than UK ones. This 1893 is from Sydney and is graded PCGS MS61.
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An 1872 Sydney St George sovereign in PCGS MS62. There are just 11 in this grade with PCGS, and one finer.
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Here's another early half sov. The 1864 comes in two varieties, one with a Roman 1 in the date, and the other with the Arabic 1 in the date.
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The first sovereign. This one is in low grade (PCGS VF20), but the date has been very popular with collectors the last few years.
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Here's an 1887 proof sovereign with something very special. Can anyone tell what makes it special? (Steve Hill and David Iverson would know.)
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Like some sovereigns, the 1864 Sydney Mint half sovereign can have a Roman "1" or Hindu-Arabic "1" in the date. The coin photographed has the Hindu-Arabic "1".
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This half is genuine. As for the weaker strike, possibly they saw the cracked reverse tooling, and decided to keep using it anyway, just at a lower strike pressure so that it wouldn't crack some more!
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An 1887 half sovereign from Sydney, graded PCGS MS62. This is one of two to have obtained this grade.
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