This was a few weeks ago now, an eBay purchase of a 1900 gold sovereign that didn't feel right. The coin was ever so slightly larger in diameter but the strike and the details on the coin looked pretty legit. The weight was pretty much spot on too, so simply measuring the weight would not have...
Here’s another one for the gold sovereign and half sovereign brains trust
Got me an 1883-S half, looked up in my trusty Marsh revised book, looks like the Obverse 5 variety with the wide QV head. Notice how the hair touches the text in the legend.
1883-S mintage was 221,000 and this variety...