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Message:: [QUOTE="1934 Wreath Crown, post: 2779730, member: 76965"]A little while back I posted my purchase of an 1879 London Mint sovereign which is a reasonably rare coin and hard to find. The oft-forgotten but equally desirable smaller sibling, the half sovereign, was very often produced in smaller numbers and in many cases, is rarer than the full sovereign. When I first started collecting sovereigns, I was led to believe that the full sovereign was the more favoured denomination amongst collectors. I later realized that whilst this might be true for particular years of issue, other denomination like the 5 sovereign and sometimes the double sovereign could also command very high prices e.g. 1902, 1911, 1937 etc. I was recently successful in bidding on this Australia 1879s half sovereign. I know it’s a difficult coin to find and the most recent sale I found, was in 2011. That was an AU53 and sold for a shade under $2,000. My purchase is an AU55 and although it shares the top spot with 4 other coins, NGC have not graded any coin higher. If my search of past records is accurate, then I have done rather well with this purchase……. I quite like the reverse shield design. Please post your half sovereigns here <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> [ATTACH=full]642726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]642727[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]