Australia 1916-S sovereign
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This specimen was lot 1320 in Goldberg Sale 137 (Los Angeles, January 2024), where it sold for $504. The catalog description[1] noted, "Australia. Sovereign, 1916-S. Weight 0.2355 ounce. George V. Head left. Reverse: St. George and dragon. PCGS graded MS-62. The Highland Estate." This date, from a type struck 1911-31 at Perth, Melbourne and Sydney (shown here), is common.
Recorded mintage: 1,242,000.
Specification: 7.99 g, 0.917 fine gold, .2354 troy oz AGW, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S.4003; Fr-38; KM-29.
- McDonald, Greg, The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed., Lavington, Australia, 2017.
- Pitt, Michael, ed., Renniks Australian Coin and Banknote Values, 32nd Edition, Matraville, New South Wales, Australia: Renniks Publications, 2023.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
- [1]Goldberg, Ira, Stephen Harvey and Vera Kan, Goldberg Sale 137: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, featuring the Peh Family Collection, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2023.
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