Anyone know the story of this UK coin? (I added the rest of them)

Bithrate

I don't have a macro lens...

Anyone know anything about these coins?

Value?

Thanks!

britintexas

It's a sovereign, 0.2354oz of gold. It's in nice shape but still probably not worth too much more than melt.

Is that machine doubling on the left obv? I guess not but I'm no expert.

Bithrate

Thanks, britintexas. Yeah, I posted the same coin on the US coin forum and someone there pointed out the doubling. I hadn't noticed it before!

BCNumismatics

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Value?

Thanks! >>



Bithrate,
I can see traces of what looks like an 'SA' mintmark just below the horse's hoof.If it is,then it isn't a British Sovereign,but a South African Sovereign,which was struck at the South African Mint,Pretoria (which was then a branch mint of the Royal Mint).

The mintmarks on these coins provide a clue as to what country they belong to;

'M','P',& 'S' mintmarks - Australia.

'C' mintmark - Canada (The 'C' mintmark was that of the Royal Canadian Mint,Ottawa).

'I' mintmark - India (The 'I' mintmark was that of the Bombay Mint).

'SA' - South Africa (The 'SA' mintmark was that of the South African Mint,Pretoria).

British Sovereigns have no mintmarks whatsoever.

I hope that I was able to answer your question.

Aidan.

7Jaguars

1925 London Mint coin; this was a fixed date struck up through the 1940's, possibly later than that as well. A bit above bullion as it is a nice coin & would not be too concerned about slight surface issues. No "SA" mintmark on this though, just a slight imperfection in the specimen.

Bithrate

Thanks, guys. Much appreciated. Yeah, there's no mint mark on this coin. I have 11 of these and am not sure what to do with them. Are they keepers? Or should I look into replacing them?

Again, thanks!

BCNumismatics

Bithrate,
Can you please post up some photos of the other coins?

Aidan.

lordmarcovan

It IS a full-sovereign and not a half-sov, right?

Bithrate

Yup, it's a full sovereign. I'll try and get photos of the rest of them and post them here. I'll definitely make the pics smaller than the top ones.

BCNumismatics

Bithrate,
You can get a FREE photo editor off here to help you.

Aidan.

Bithrate

Thanks - I've got a photo editor.

I'm about to post the rest of the coins...

Bithrate

Here's the rest of them. I don't have a macro lens or a stand...I hope these are clear enough.

lordmarcovan

If you are shooting without a macro lens or a stand, I'd say you are doing pretty well.

I have macro, but no stand, myself. How do you get your shots so uniform in size and straight-on in angle like that?

You must not be shooting handheld, like I do. Tripod?

Bithrate

Hey lordmarcovan,

Actually, the ones that are uniform in size was just luck - I crop the photos and resize them by the same percentage, and hope for the best.

They were all shot hand-held. I have an SLR and put the coin on a flat surface (my couch ), lean over the coin, let the camera hang in my hands and snap the shot. Simple as that!

BCNumismatics

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Those are very nice coins.Have you looked closely at the mintmarks?

Aidan.

theboz11

World financial conditions make Gold a very safe place to hold your funds right now. I would recommend keeping those , unless you are very hard pressed for cash. You could easily see much larger returns if held a couple years.

Bithrate

BCNumismatics, yeah, the 1918 coins have an S (Sydney, Australia) mint mark, the 1925 coins don't have a mark and the 1928 coins have an SA (South Africa) mark.

Edited to add: what are these coins worth, generally? Do they command a premium over melt?