Featured Greysheet Pricing for February: Australian Gold Sovereigns

This month’s featured pricing is a comprehensive price listing of Australian gold Sovereigns. This pricing project was done in collaboration with an advanced collector and researcher of the series. Auction records and other pricing data from sales in the United States, Europe, and Australia were consulted and aggregated to establish this collector pricing. The Sovereign was the standard gold coin of the British Empire throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, and they contain just under a quarter of an ounce of actual gold weight (AGW .2354 ozt.) The British authorities opened branches of the Royal Mint in Sydney in 1855, another in Melbourne in 1872, and a final facility in Perth in 1899. All three mints struck Sovereigns, commencing the year the Sydney Mint was opened. Many dates of this long series are affordable and can be had for a modest premium over the intrinsic value, although the series is replete with condition rarities for those collectors who seek top grade examples. As a reminder, we are always looking for advanced collectors and dealers with whom to collaborate with world coin pricing.