Australia 1879S Half Sovereign PCGS F12
While other dealers and Ebay sellers won’t go to the trouble of sending such a low grade coin to PCGS, I believe it’s worth our while as collectors to bring such coins out of the margins into mainstream PCGS graded collections.
Despite the low grade, it is one of only 7 coins available. I will continue to source and provide collectors further PCGS graded coins of this level as they become available.
Walter Eigner at Numistip has more on this date: http://numistip.com/Museum/1879-S_Half_Sovereign_594.html
This coin caught my attention and was the subject of a blog article. See the following: http://topendcoins.com.au/2018/10/15/1879s-half-sovereign-an-itch-that-had-to-be-scratched/
You can verify the certificate by clicking on the link below (opens in a new tab):
