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jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 655 Posts	Posted 02/26/2023 11:29 am Hello. I've been looking at many sovereigns, noticed a few oddities. I noticed a correct weight, well struck with correct details 1913 sovereign that has the reverse slightly off axis compared to others of George V. Forgeries are, I believed, easy to spot. Softer details, wrong weight. But this one became suspicious to me due to the axis misalignment. Can this happen in legitimate sovereigns? If it can, until what era? Victoria, when mint quality control was worse? Report this Post to the Staff

jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 655 Posts	Posted 02/28/2023 1:50 pm Answering myself, after comparing more sovereigns. Shifted axis by a few degrees may happen up to early Victoria jubilee sovereigns. But after the 1880s they seem very consistent in orientation. . Report this Post to the Staff
jecz79 Pillar of the Community Portugal 655 Posts	Posted 03/17/2023 02:17 am I asked this, should add some more information I found. At minute 24 in this video 4KEkRg8cE1w there is a useful comment about this. From someone who handles many sovereigns. 'they do not align perfectly in a lot of cases'. This about a 1922 sovereign. A little axis misalignment is not a good reason to suspect an old sovereign. Report this Post to the Staff
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