Andrew writes:

We numismatists like nothing more than to study the items we own or are considering to work out where it fits into the grand scheme of things,some among us are often so bamboozled by the existence of an outlier that they go on to answer the question that Julius Sumner Miller would so oftenpose to kids like myself in the 1970's and 1980's - why is it so?

David Iverson has surely gone above and beyond the call of duty in answering those questions as they can be asked of the Jubilee Head series ofBritish Commonwealth gold coins - his research into the sovereign series was edited by Steve Hill and published in 2015, and now in June of 2019 hisresearch into the half sovereign series has been published.

David has now definitively identified each of the major obverse and reverse varieties in the Jubilee Head half sovereign set, and has provided uswith a comprehensive social history that explains just how they came to be. The dedication to technical accuracy is clear, and is matched by therespect and class in which the research has been presented.

Research such as this generally unleashes a wave of demand for the items that it covers, so now is an excellent time to be active in the marketfor these coins.

To read the complete article, see:
David Iverson'sResearch Into Jubilee Head Half Sovereigns Now Published(https://www.sterlingcurrency.com.au/research/david-iversons-research-jubilee-head-half-sovereigns-now-published)

To download a copy of the research from the Sovereign Rarities website, see:
https://www.sovr.co.uk/pdfs/david-iverson-jubilee-hd-half-sovs.pdf