United Kingdom Gold Sovereigns -- Date Set
1872

Owner Comments:

S-3853B, Marsh 56, Die #9

Acquired from: 1817 Co, Bedale, UK
Means: Direct sale
Date: 3 August 2022

Critique: I bought this cheap coin based on a hunch. The pic on the website was low resolution and very fuzzy, but there seemed to be something strange about the number 2 in the date. I was wondering if perhaps this was a London mint version of the famous 1872/1 overdate from the Melbourne mint, so I bought it. Once it was in my hands, I determined that there's not really a 1 under the 2, so too bad about that. However, while studying my higher resolution pix, I noticed something else very odd about this coin. It's possible that it is an extremely rare unreported mint error, perhaps R5 rarity. Won't know until after I send it off to NGC to get a very high resolution PhotoVision pic made. But it looks very exciting for now.