2017 strike on the day platinum sovereign

[soverignstacker]

Hi

Does any one know if you an get both the 2017 platinum and sapphire sovereigns graded by NGC ?

 

[terakris]

Looks like you can, what you need to make sure is that the coin is different in some way from a normal sovereign so they know its a SOTD not just a regular one. I think for these later ones its ok cos they are usually different somehow and as others have done it, should be ok.

[soverignstacker]

Thank you 

[kimchi]

8 hours ago, terakris said:

Looks like you can, what you need to make sure is that the coin is different in some way from a normal sovereign so they know its a SOTD not just a regular one. I think for these later ones its ok cos they are usually different somehow and as others have done it, should be ok.

If it's the two I'm thinking of (only distinguishable by the difference of the reeded edge) the first one graded fine as it was (at the time) unique. Then the second came along, none of the experts noticed the reeding was different, so they then only accepted Mint-sealed parcels for grading.

So, for a time, it was thought 'raw' coins could not be differentiated, but some had already been graded, and Mint-sealed stuff was still OK. Then the difference in edge was spotted, published in a magazine, and now it's possible to do - you just need to make clear the variety when you submit.

There are posts on here about the difference but sorry I don't have an idea how to search for that. Possibly by the Sov's title, looking for the most recent posts?

[terakris]

20 minutes ago, kimchi said:

If it's the two I'm thinking of (only distinguishable by the difference of the reeded edge) the first one graded fine as it was (at the time) unique. Then the second came along, none of the experts noticed the reeding was different, so they then only accepted Mint-sealed parcels for grading.

So, for a time, it was thought 'raw' coins could not be differentiated, but some had already been graded, and Mint-sealed stuff was still OK. Then the difference in edge was spotted, published in a magazine, and now it's possible to do - you just need to make clear the variety when you submit.

There are posts on here about the difference but sorry I don't have an idea how to search for that. Possibly by the Sov's title, looking for the most recent posts?

This video talks about them: 

and this one talks about the difference between the 2 in question at the very start

 

 

[kimchi]

Thanks @terakris but the last I read a few weeks back Numi wasn't aware of the difference, I watched that first video and he thought they were still regarded as the same - ?

The original info was on here six months ago or more iirc, so should be on the relevant threads in the latest comments with the right search

[terakris]

3 minutes ago, kimchi said:

Thanks @terakris but the last I read a few weeks back Numi wasn't aware of the difference, I watched that first video and he thought they were still regarded as the same - ?

The original info was on here six months ago or more iirc, so should be on the relevant threads in the latest comments with the right search

The second video shows the difference right at the start  

[kimchi]

1 minute ago, terakris said:

The second video shows the difference right at the start  

Soz should have checked, missed that - good to hear he's in the know now and super helpful to the OP - a very good contrast between the before/after identification distinction

I think it also shows how careful we have to be with some issues when this only came to light after some months when even the experts missed this for a long time!

 

[soverignstacker]

Thank you for the information guys