I have just bought an 1893 half sovereign. when it arrived I thought there was something not right and I started looking at it more closely and noticed it doesn't have a milled edge although the size and weight are about right - it is very slightly lighter and very slightly smaller than my other half sovereigns. Is this a fake if it doesn't have a milled edge?
Slightly lighter, slightly smaller and milled edge missing - I'd say your coin is most likely genuine but has been given a good old-fashioned "clipping", either to fraudulently remove some gold shavings at government expense or in order to make the coin fit inside a bezel, pendant or mount of some kind.
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