Today I Received.....

[augur]

1 hour ago, sovereignsteve said:

Love that 1837

personally think it's slightly undergraded, should be AU55

Obviously I didn't mean to question your authority on this subject either ?

[sovereignsteve]

12 minutes ago, augur said:

Obviously I didn't mean to question your authority on this subject either ?

when and what authority?

[Roy]

The 1837 is indeed gorgeous.

How could a coin that old remain in that condition? 

[sovereignsteve]

9 minutes ago, Roy said:

The 1837 is indeed gorgeous.

How could a coin that old remain in that condition? 

It's in a slab

[Roy]

I asked for that! lol 

[augur]

15 minutes ago, sovereignsteve said:

when and what authority?

When @sovereign asked about his 1837 shield back and me, someone utterly unknowledgeable in matters of sovereigns, replied...

5 hours ago, augur said:

I always considered you the authority in sovereigns (well the nickname is sort of a giveaway) but that shield is rather lovely ? 

 

[Roy]

Crossed lines....no harm done 

[PureGold]

To keep me up to date

1 oz Gold Queen's Beast Red Dragon

1 oz Gold Queen's Beast Unicorn 

 

[Sovereign]

2 minutes ago, PureGold said:

 

To keep me up to date

 

Expensive date run ?

looking lovely thought  

[PureGold]

22 minutes ago, Sovereign said:

Expensive date run ?

One coin a year they said?

[Goldmick]

38 minutes ago, PureGold said:

To keep me up to date

1 oz Gold Queen's Beast Red Dragon

1 oz Gold Queen's Beast Unicorn 

 

Very nice

[sovereignsteve]

1 hour ago, augur said:

When @sovereign asked about his 1837 shield back and me, someone utterly unknowledgeable in matters of sovereigns, replied...

 

Fellow forumite and sovereign lover (I hope), I have never and will never claim any authority concerning sovereigns or anything else for that matter. I like to think I know more than a little about sovereigns and am happy to freely give my opinions whether welcome or not!

It is for others to decide whether my words have any merit or otherwise and act upon them as they see fit. I am always happy to be contradicted and will be the first to admit when I am wrong. At least I think I will but as it hasn't happened yet, I don't really know

If people on here think others know more than me about soveriegns, that is fine by me and I am happy to learn from them also.

You will certainly not upset or offend me by claiming other people deserve the title of "authority" rather than me.

 

 

[PureGold]

5 minutes ago, MrGeorge said:

Very nice mate. Can i ask where u got them from ? I got the lion the other day and probably going to get the dragon and unicorn next week. So looking around the now for best prices 

I got them both from Chards, however the Dragon was the last one they had in stock 

Edited October 17, 2017 by PureGold

[Sovereign]

1 hour ago, sovereignsteve said:

sovereign lover

I know a liitle about sovereign compared to you  

[Jay2]

Just received a fun coin today. Allegedly a two headed silver Morgan peace dollar. I'm curious how these were made, but I'm more concerned that it's really silver. It has coin orientation. Both heads are 1922 but have different levels of wear. I can see a slightly raised edge on one side which suggests a second head was just pressed or melted into a hollowed cavity, but I can't get a scalpel in there. Seems like a smooth seam in fact other than the telltale thickness.

 

Edited October 19, 2017 by Jay2

[sovereignsteve]

2 hours ago, Jay2 said:

silver Morgan dollar

silver Peace dollar

[Murph]

It must be difficult to hollow out one coin so well and to make the other fit exactly into the hollow.

[Lr103]

A platinum Griffin

 

[Jay2]

Does anyone think there's even a chance this was minted this way, rather than fabricated?

[augur]

13 minutes ago, Jay2 said:

Does anyone think there's even a chance this was minted this way, rather than fabricated?

Minted maybe but in the Far East...

[Sovereign]

1863 PCGS AU58 Arabic 1 

seen Roman 1 

wich one is rarer ? ?

[MickB]

2 hours ago, Murph said:

It must be difficult to hollow out one coin so well and to make the other fit exactly into the hollow.

I've seen 2 pence pieces that were done on a lathe but I wouldn't have the patience myself to set a coin up so it would be perfectly balanced to hollow out to fit exactly.

There maybe tell-tale signs on the edge where the jaws of the chuck would have left a mark.

[Xander]

25 minutes ago, Sovereign said:

1863 PCGS AU58 Arabic 1 

seen Roman 1 

wich one is rarer ? ?

Baldwin's have a1863 sov with Arabic figure 1 over an inverted Arabic 1 giving the impression of a Roman 1 for £650. They had one with the Roman 1 a couple of weeks ago at £1,000. Not sure if the more expensive one relates to it being rarer. I'm sure someone on the forum will know.

[KevinG]

Japan 47 Prefectures Miyagi  Silver Proof Coin 

 

 

[Goldmick]

Think the red dragon is my favourite so far