1917 London Sovereign In Upcoming London Coin Auctions December Sale -

[Coinery 1,153]

With there's a confirmed 1 and rejected 5, CGS have set a worrying precedent but, fortunately, they must, as a result, know what they're doing, suggesting they are 100% confident in this sovereign, which is why we can buy it and get it slabbed by CGS?

They'll never stick it in a slab, of course, because they know 100% that they are trying it on, and loath the attentions of 'bodies' such as these!

I feel certain that LC would not miss out on the hyper-value that's attached to a slabbed coin of this rarity, unless they were sapless to take it on...it's pennies to them, for christ's sake!

I truly hope any winning bidder reads this thread, and then submits it, and then has the balls to string them out to dry!

Any serious buyer of a 1917 London Mint Sovereign will find this thread, and good on them!

They can simply reject it on the ground that it has been previously cleaned!

I am not certain it makes much difference if it get slabbed by cgs or not as LC states that they will give a full refund if any of their auction items turns out to be a fake.

If one wants to make a point, then send it to PCGS aftwards to see if it get certified as "genuine".

And you know that's just hilarious! How do you prove it a fake to L, and get a hearing, other than by offering them bad publicity in a very important market such as here? If it won't make the slab on account of cleaning, they are happy bunnies in every respect...they get another £20+ off of you, just for telling you to p**s of* and take your cleaned coin elsewhere!

With only 1 in 5 coins slabbed by them, they would've leapt on this like heather on a Mc'cartney, for profit...for certain!

[VickySilver 830]

Ouch, I would have LESS confidence in this piece without them having slabbed it but quite frankly whether they slab it or not I would NOT accept it as the real thing. If they thought it legit as was hinted at by Coinery, then the increased monies it would bring at auction would be considerable - this leads me to believe that they do not have full confidence in it, and rightly so except that they have listed it in the first place.

[Hastur 0]

Not an expert in making photo.....

Weight 7,99

Diameter 22.05

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[VickySilver 830]

Mount plus graininess, not a great picture. From the bit I can make out, generally a thumbs down but not necessarily worse than the LCA example...

[Coppers 58]

Any further word on this coin?

[Peter 615]

Quite frankly I was surprised to still see it there.

All I can say is Cromwell.

It would be interesting to know the vendor and provenance.

[Hastur 0]

Was his coin sold at the end?

[VickySilver 830]

Yes, believe it was in the 4700 quid range....Whoever bought it might want to prepare for a nasty surprise when they see it or try to pass it on!

[Coinery 1,153]

Yes, believe it was in the 4700 quid range....Whoever bought it might want to prepare for a nasty surprise when they see it or try to pass it on!

Yes, as I believe this forum is big enough to fair pretty well in a 1917 Sovereign search! Imagine being the purchaser, or future purchaser, of that coin and stumbling upon this thread?

Research is king, and this forum has significantly added to the 1917 Sovereign pot!

[rpeddie 119]

for those of you that missed it and i thought my bid of £7000 was going to do the job of a half decent snipe

1917 sovereign

[VickySilver 830]

Ouch! Well,guess time for me to retire with bits like this doing crazy price performance tricks....

[azda 979]

Makes you wonder why it was'nt put into a major auction