Sovereigns

[Guest Jayne Paterson]

Can anyone help. I have 4 sovereigns which are dated consecutively - from 1909 to 1912. I am considering selling the coins - but I wondered wether the coins are more valuable as a group or indivually.

Thanks for any advice

[Sylvester 15]

Can anyone help. I have 4 sovereigns which are dated consecutively - from 1909 to 1912. I am considering selling the coins - but I wondered wether the coins are more valuable as a group or indivually.

Thanks for any advice

Depends what condition they are in i think.

If it's lower grades then selling them separate or as a group won't make too much difference as they'd be sold on their bullion value, which would be the same either way.

If they are EF+ to mint state then it might be better to sell them separate.

[mint_mark 9]

I would suggest that selling as a group would make no difference because there is no reason to collect those four as a group. If they were the only four dates of a type or something then yes, but these are the end of Edward VII and the start of George V.

I think it would be better to sell them separately.

[Sylvester 15]

Do they have mint marks?

If you look on the side with St. George and the Dragon, above the date in the ground (you'll see what i mean) there might be a letter, S, M, P, C or no letter at all.

[Sylvester 15]

I would suggest that selling as a group would make no difference because there is no reason to collect those four as a group. If they were the only four dates of a type or something then yes, but these are the end of Edward VII and the start of George V.

I think it would be better to sell them separately.

Dunno some sovereign collectors collect by date you know!

[Peter 615]

always seperatly on Ebay 4x postage at £2.50 a time....albeit more work.

Take them to your local dealer (not jEWELLERS) and see what they offer...min £50 each ..do the deal.

[mint_mark 9]

Dunno some sovereign collectors collect by date you know!

Yes, but surely they would like to buy just the ones they need? Although I suppose a few spare sovereigns kicking about can't do any harm

[Guest jayne]

Do they have mint marks?

If you look on the side with St. George and the Dragon, above the date in the ground (you'll see what i mean) there might be a letter, S, M, P, C or no letter at all.

One of them has the letter M (1910) the rest have no marks

[Geoff T 3]

That means it was minted in Melbourne. At the height of the empire we set up colonial mints in places where there was a supply of gold. Melbourne, Sydney and Perth all had their own mints, as did - eventually - Ottawa and Pretoria.