Australia 1861S Half Sovereign PCGS VF20
C over E – a new variety discovered
Top End Coins recently assisted Token Publishing with Steve Hill’s excellent update to The Gold Sovereign, now in its 2nd edition. Assistance from passionate collectors and dealers of Australia’s scarcest circulating denomination resulted in seven new confirmed varieties being placed on the collector’s radar. I’d like to present the eighth variety. It’s a tentative double error; possibly G over C in REG and easily seen C over E in VICTORIA. See image below.
The first variety of this type handled by TEC and a must have for half sovereign collectors chasing important variants.
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