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[Augustus1]

hi, , well theses are the sovereign's I have inherited form my granddad  and started me buying more & then silver and ending up here  , hope they are of interest an if anyone can advise any of particular interest/ rarity etc  in the bunch would be helpful to a newbie.

dean.m

Oh dates from left to right ,1871,1891,1892,1896,1905,1912,1920,1911

 

[Micky9776]

Nice collection @Augustus1  have you checked to see if you have any mintmarks?

it might be worth buying the gold sovereign book by Marsh which has lots of information and also lists all the mintages for each head/mintmark etc

[Augustus1]

see thats what I mean , "mintmarks" I don't know what they are so I will research! thanks for info

ta dean.m

[Micky9776]

No worries, the mint marks are 

M - Melbourne 

P - Perth

S - Sydney

C - Ottawa Canada

I - India (only minted in 1918)

SA - South Africa

if you have any of the above let me know and I will check the mintages for you  

you will find them above the date, see the example pic of a 1914 Canada sov

[Augustus1]

hi micky

thank you kindley. I must get a loop ! but from what I can see with my magnifying glass there is no mint marks on any of the 1800s ones, they all have two tiny marks to the left of he date but cant make out what they are.

 cant get a good image with my phone

deano

 

[OlliesSilverBars]

12 minutes ago, Augustus1 said:

hi micky

thank you kindley. I must get a loop ! but from what I can see with my magnifying glass there is no mint marks on any of the 1800s ones, they all have two tiny marks to the left of he date but cant make out what they are.

 cant get a good image with my phone

deano

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LED-Jewellers-Loupe-40-x-25mm-Glass-Jewellery-Magnifier-Hallmark-Eye-Lens-/152096305733?hash=item2369a57245:g:7xIAAOSwxehXPdFo

[Micky9776]

Not a problem, happy to help, the two tiny marks on the right of the date are B.P which are the initials for the designer Benedetto Pistrucci.

It will definitely be worth while getting hold of a loupe, the mint marks are very small and hard to see especially if the coin is worn 

[Augustus1]

loop on its way, thanks Ollie1016 for the heads up

dean.m

[westminstrel]

Quick tip... if you have an iPhone and you press the Home button thrice, the camera opens up as a magnifier. I've found this very useful (in the absence of a loupe) when trying to look at details on coins.

That's a lovely collection to inherit. It must feel extra special.

[Augustus1]

4 hours ago, westminstrel said:

Quick tip... if you have an iPhone and you press the Home button thrice, the camera opens up as a magnifier. I've found this very useful (in the absence of a loupe) when trying to look at details on coins.

That's a lovely collection to inherit. It must feel extra special.

cheers yes so even if just bullion they have sentimental value , I am a android man, oh and also  old & a bit of a  technophobe  so no i phone , however my sons  have them ( well they would ) so will ask them to look as well.

[Augustus1]

hi guys, micky , just a quick up date

 loop purchased, but to no avail, only one sovereign out of the collection  has a mark and that's the  1920 one with  P-  perth mint, the rest are all worn, so must have been purchased as gold bullion, never mind I,ll keep the day job ,

cheers dean.m

[Micky9776]

Hi @Augustus1 

i have had a look through the gold sovereign book by Michael A Marsh and your coins as follows -

1871 - There where 2 reverses minted for this year, a st George and dragon design and also the shield design, their mintages are combined together so we won't know how many of each were minted. The total for this year is 8,767,250. If you have the shield back it is classed as common, if you have the st George back, that is also classed as common and if you have a st George back with the large B.P (designers intialls, as mentioned in my post earlyier) it is classed as scarce. 

1891 - 6,329,476 - common

1892 - 7,104,720 - common

1896 - 3,334,065 - common

1905 - 5,910,403 - common

1911 - 30,044,105 - common

1912 - 30,317,921 - common

1920 P - 2,421,196 - common

 

Hope this helps!

[Augustus1]

3 hours ago, Micky9776 said:

Hi @Augustus1 

i have had a look through the gold sovereign book by Michael A Marsh and your coins as follows -

1871 - There where 2 reverses minted for this year, a st George and dragon design and also the shield design, their mintages are combined together so we won't know how many of each were minted. The total for this year is 8,767,250. If you have the shield back it is classed as common, if you have the st George back, that is also classed as common and if you have a st George back with the large B.P (designers intialls, as mentioned in my post earlyier) it is classed as scarce. 

1891 - 6,329,476 - common

1892 - 7,104,720 - common

1896 - 3,334,065 - common

1905 - 5,910,403 - common

1911 - 30,044,105 - common

1912 - 30,317,921 - common

1920 P - 2,421,196 - common

 

Hope this helps!

thank you very much, yep as I thought all common , bit like me really , will put up my inherited 1887 11 coin box next for info /opinions , ta

dean.m

[Micky9776]

1 hour ago, Augustus1 said:

thank you very much, yep as I thought all common , bit like me really , will put up my inherited 1887 11 coin box next for info /opinions , ta

dean.m

No worries, happy to help! Yea post up a pic and I'm sure someone will be able to help out 

[sovereignsteve]

2 hours ago, Augustus1 said:

thank you very much, yep as I thought all common , bit like me really , will put up my inherited 1887 11 coin box next for info /opinions , ta

dean.m

The 1887 11 coin is a very nice and valuable set, proof and £5 down to 3d.

Would love to see it.

[Pete]

On 25/05/2017 at 03:40, westminstrel said:

Quick tip... if you have an iPhone and you press the Home button thrice, the camera opens up as a magnifier. I've found this very useful (in the absence of a loupe) when trying to look at details on coins.

Tried this and I get multiple pictures or other open Apps stacked on screen - what am I doing wrong ?

IGNORE - found the solution - you need to turn a feature on in settings first.
Thanks for the tip though !!

[westminstrel]

5 hours ago, Pete said:

Tried this and I get multiple pictures or other open Apps stacked on screen - what am I doing wrong ?

IGNORE - found the solution - you need to turn a feature on in settings first.
Thanks for the tip though !!

I forgot that I had specifically turned on that feature in my settings. Thanks for reminding me (and everyone).

[Murph]

I doubt that loupe is really 40x mag.  You'd have a tiny field of view and have to hold it something like 5mm from an object at that magnification.

If you want a half decent loupe you can pick up a Belomo for around £20+ which is cheaper than the likes of Zeiss and Schneider but almost as good