RARE COINS: 1918-P Half Sovereign - Mysterious, Rare and Enigmatic

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[@frankad157]

You are very lucky to handle this kind of rarities NUMI !
Beautiful coin ! Thank you for sharing !

[@Numistacker]

Thanks very much hope you enjoyed the video

[@marksmith3209]

Absolutely love this type of video Numi, love the history lesson love the background the intrigue,everything, beautiful coin and keep these type of videos coming.

[@Numistacker]

Mark Smith thanks I always enjoy making these types of videos and if lots of people enjoy them I will make more

[@realryal8317]

Great video info and presentation! This adds some great easily accessible colour and interest to the hobby for me, much appreciated

[@Numistacker]

Thanks very much

[@officeguy3]

Great video Numi. Incredible coin and history.

[@cyclopsstaxx2849]

A beautiful coin with a great story behind it. Well done as usual Numi. Thanks✌️

[@meteoman7958]

Thanks Numi for that interesting story. A similar mystery involves the 1916C sovereign.
From the Canadiana Collection
George V gold Sovereign 1916-C, KM20, MS65 PCGS, bust left/St. George slaying the dragon, date in exergue below. Among Canadian sovereigns, while the Specimen-only 1908-C and regular-issue 1913-C have smaller mintages than the 1916-C, the 1916-C is assuredly the most valuable. Only a tiny fraction of the 6,111 pieces in the stated mintage have ever turned up, and the vast majority must be considered lost. The following appears in Charlton's Catalogue:
"The 1916-C issue is rare, with about fifty or so pieces known. Most of the small mintage may have been melted, accounting for the rarity, although this is by no means an established fact. ... Another tale told about the 1916-C sovereign is that the mintage was lost at sea on its way to England during World War I, as part of an international settlement. This is not established fact, only rumor."
The passage goes on to note dryly, "If there was to be a gold exchange between Canada and England in 1916, the gold needed only to be deposited with the New York Federal Reserve for the account of Great Britain, and not subjected to a perilous sea voyage during a time of war."
This elegant example has a rich, original "skin" on it, with ample patina over warm butter-yellow surfaces. The luster is soft but pleasing, and the strike is above-average. Most remarkable about this coin is its surface quality; there are no individually mentionable abrasions, and the best pedigree marker is a tiny dot of alloy just to the right of the horse's head. A wonderful Gem, tied with just one other example for finest certified by PCGS (7/09).

[@karlgbrown]

Great video, love the coin and the information you've shared, you should be known as a public service broadcaster...

[@Numistacker]

Thanks very much

[@tomcat2395]

Is that coin yours ? Great video and very nice half sovereign

[@Numistacker]

Tom cat yes it’s mine

[@gArroyo1099]

Awesome history with that coin thanks for sharing with us

[@SilverLimey79]

lovely coin! wow great history too

[@scotmacc]

The Australian Sovereign book I have says there are around 200-300 1918 1/2 sovereigns and that the 1919, 1920 1/2 Sovereigns were struck using the 1918 dies, then the majority of them were " re-melted" before being released for circulation. Interesting video...where did you say that temple was? Cheers.

[@Numistacker]

I have ready 3 different estimates of remaining quantity from 25 to 300 most people feel 100-150 is probably it

[@britjapan8017]

I showed this video to my freind and he was so impressed that he bought this coin from me and I immediately used that money and added a few thousand more pounds and bougth the next grade upup (ms63) and then i noticed Drakesterling have an MS64 which i would love to own so if anyone want this 1918-p sovereing MS63 please let numi know and then I can try to raise $14,500 for the MS64

[@ss-mp8zu]

4 or 5 years ago vault under a temple in South india was opened
They did find 22 billion dollars worth of gold coins and prescious stones

[@Numistacker]

Yes and it’s possible these coins are still there ))

[@jdcoins1124]

Thanks for the info. Great video and a nice coin

[@markclarke8150]

Love this, wow I wish I could afford that!!

[@sergionotarpippo7660]

Beautiful been looking, for a long time be nice to own one top video like always

[@1954307]

nice interesting viseo numi

[@Numistacker]

Thanks very much

[@mrinaljain3208]

I have one. Recently got it graded by NGC. It's MS 61

[@Prassannabala]

What is the current price range ?

[@mrinaljain3208]

@@Prassannabala This grade should be 4L +. Auction house prices could be close to USD9k

[@JASN-oj5qu]

Very cool provenance and nice pickup. looks undergraded to me.

[@TheJoshGalt]

Who checked eBay after watching this?

[@Numistacker]

Josh I’m sure they didn’t find even one ))

[@garrycroft4215]

If they find any they will be Chinese Knock-offs. Lol

[@667hodge]

I'll bet the rest of them are somewhere deep in some vaults in India

[@Numistacker]

Maybe under a temple maybe melted to bars?

[@667hodge]

@@Numistacker more than likely