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Really nice coins and photos, Denis. What photography equipment and lighting setup do you use?
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Thank you. I wish the coins were mine, but they are from a private collection I photographed. Regarding my equipment and lighting, I used two sets up for the images shown here. For the front view, I use a hybrid axial lighting technique I discuss here on CoinTalk in this post: www.cointalk.com/threads/advanced-coin-photography.362765/

 

What is that? A full sovereign? The reverse looks like it. I don't have any pre 1900. Sorry if this is a dumb question. lol

 

Not a dumb question at all. I should have described the coin. It's a full 1898 crown with an elderly Queen Victoria on one side and Pistrucci's St. George slaying the dragon on the other. The edge has LXII on it, signifying the coin was struck in the 62nd reginal year of Victoria. Graded MS63 by PCGS.

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I was curious because I have about 3 dozen British commonwealth sovereigns with the same exact reverse. I don't know much about them other than they are gold quarter ounce coins. Thanks!

 

Benedetto Pistrucci’s design of St. George slaying the dragon appeared first on sovereigns minted for George III. His initials, B.P., usually appear below the image. The design has appeared on various British coins, including some Commonwealth coins, to this day.

Some Commonwealth sovereigns, depending on year, nation and condition, have value way beyond melt. You should research your collection … might be some real gems in there.

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I have a 1917 King George sovereign. I almost had a heart attack, until I saw it was a Perth mint and not a mintmarkless London mint. Sad panda!

 

I have seen several examples where PCGS (especially) has World Coins upside down in the HOLDER itself.

Example:

 

Benedetto Pistrucci’s first sovereigns had more than just his initials; they had his full last name. This silver coin, one of the first from 1819, has it written below the bust and the same below the ground line on the reverse of St George.