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New Member
Italy
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hi I've found this sovereign, I will ask if it could be a mule or only a fake sovereign. the date is 1919 but the obverse is queen elizabeth and not george V king thanks   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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 To the CCF It is a fake. It should have King George V on the Obverse and that is Queen Victoria, not Queen Elizabeth. Next please increase the size of your photos. Those are so small it is hard to make anything out. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
725 Posts |
You wouldn't have a mule that many years apart - Victoria died in 1901. It's such an obvious mistake I would guess it was done on purpose, so no-one would try to sell it as a genuine coin.
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New Member
 Italy
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 Better photo |
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New Member
Italy
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Other face  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1610 Posts |
I would also hazard a guess that it's light in hand as I doubt it would be gold.
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New Member
Italy
4 Posts |
It's surely gold the weight is correct
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
There were a lot of fake sovereigns made good quality gold, of around 20 carats fine or thereabouts. Nevertheless, without any doubt, this coin which may well be of good quality gold, is a fake. It was due to the large production of coins such as this one, that the British Royal Mint decided to flood the market with genuine sovereigns, all dated 1925, to protect the good reputation of the sovereign and to suppress this sort of fake issue. More than 3.5 million genuine sovereigns all dated 1925 were minted to suppress the manufacture of low grade gold fake sovereigns. Edited by sel_69l
09/22/2021 10:04 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
have someone xrf it. then let us know what it is..How much did you pay for it?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Comical fake, gold content aside. But I's be curious what something like this is worth.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
857 Posts |
Fake or not, if it's gold, then I'd say it's pretty cool. What did The Royal Mint do with the left over obverse dies after Vickie passed? Any chance one was left over and this is a back door job? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2869 Posts |
I think it is one of those purposely made bullion round sovereigns.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
2180 Posts |
Quote:What did The Royal Mint do with the left over obverse dies after Vickie passed? Any chance one was left over and this is a back door job? Unlikely to be deliberate mule. Most working dies would have been destroyed, most master dies would have been retained though I'd guess. I have a copy of Hocking somewhere which would probably confirm that. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
In 50 years of being familiar with Aussie sovereigns, I have never heard of a Vikkie mule with a date not in her reign period. A bit like a Trade dollar with an impossible date - both would be fakes. |
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Posted 09/22/2021 5:21 pm
