Is this a full sovereign?

[silvernewbie]

Hi just this may be a stupid question but yesterday i got my first ever sovereign (full) and just checking its a FULL one which i ordered as it looks/feels smaller than i expected and thinking they may have sent 1/2 by mistake. 

I have added pics of it next to a 20p and 1/2 oz kruggerand? 

[Argentknight]

That's definitely a full Sov.

[silvernewbie]

Thanks thats a relief new to Gold coins didnt realise how little physical Gold £300 buys! 

[vicamy]

I assume you don't have a weighing scale which can measure down to grams; otherwise, the weight for a full sovereign is 7.98g and a half sovereign is 3.99g. Older coins may weigh less because of being circulated. 

If you have a ruler, the diameter for a full sovereign is 22.05mm, while a half sovereign is 19.3mm. 

By judging from the picture comparing with 20p coin and it looks a bit larger, this is a full sovereign size as a 20p's diameter is 21.4mm.

I would suggest you at least have a digital scale and a caliper at hand, they are very useful. 

[Miganto]

Simply:

A full sov is a bit bigger than a 20p

A half sov fits in the inner circle of the 20p

It is a very dense amount of cash

[Notafront4adragon]

2 hours ago, silvernewbie said:

Thanks thats a relief new to Gold coins didnt realise how little physical Gold £300 buys! 

Worse than that, it's only a pound face value...

 

You sir need a balance. Digital ones are only around £20 best investment you could make. You can even do standard gravity tests then and be extra confident.

[Serendipity]

Download and print this coin size chart and you will know if it’s a full sovereign or not.

[kimchi]

10 hours ago, silvernewbie said:

Hi just this may be a stupid question

There is never a 'stupid question' imvho when it comes to buying PMs, that is what we are all here for

[AuricGoldfinger]

Not a stupid question but it did make me laugh. Yep thats £300 worth of gold right there. 

A friend of mine ordered a gold bar and was bragging about this gold bar he had purchased to everyone. He doesn’t know i have any gold. It was a 1g gold bar and when it arrived he was very sheepish when i asked him about it and i think it was around 1000 times smaller than he expected - which is half the size of his little fingernail.

Don’t be discouraged by the size, it’s still worth what it’s worth!

[Notafront4adragon]

13 minutes ago, AuricGoldfinger said:

Not a stupid question but it did make me laugh. Yep thats £300 worth of gold right there. 

A friend of mine ordered a gold bar and was bragging about this gold bar he had purchased to everyone. He doesn’t know i have any gold. It was a 1g gold bar and when it arrived he was very sheepish when i asked him about it and i think it was around 1000 times smaller than he expected - which is half the size of his little fingernail.

Don’t be discouraged by the size, it’s still worth what it’s worth!

I think the half sovereign is particularly odd as it's similar in size and feel to a penny, which we're all so used to. My brain has a hard time realising it's worth literally 10s of thousands more than I've been used to. 

That's why I bought an oz size gold coin, purely for the feel of it. 

[AuricGoldfinger]

I agree really like the look and feel of 1oz

[Serendipity]

10 hours ago, Notafront4adragon said:

I think the half sovereign is particularly odd as it's similar in size and feel to a penny, which we're all so used to. My brain has a hard time realising it's worth literally 10s of thousands more than I've been used to. 

That's why I bought an oz size gold coin, purely for the feel of it. 

Yeah, I still can’t get my head around how much wealth can be compacted into so little gold. Gold coins always look underwhelming when compared to silver coins but pack a hell of a punch when you come to sell them. It’s a combination of the concept that all the world’s gold can sit in the middle of a football stadium in a big cube, media fascination with sovereign hoards behind sofas and gold heists that brings home the yellow metal’s extreme rarity.