Australia 1918-M sovereign

from the Stack's Bowers Collector's June 2022 Choice sale, lot 70247

This specimen was lot 70247 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $456. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA. Sovereign, 1918-M. Melbourne Mint. George V. PCGS MS-63. A Choice beauty, this Australian Sovereign is replete with a dancing luster and sharp strike detail." This type, struck 1911-31 at Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, is identical to the ordinary British sovereign in every respect except for the mintmark.

Recorded mintage: 4,969,000.

Specification: 7.99 g, .917 fine gold, 0.234 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: S-3999; Fr-39; KM 29.

Source:

• 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.
• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• McDonald, Greg, The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed., Lavington, Australia, 2017.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Links to:

• Great Britain 1917 sovereign
• 1917-M sovereign
• 1917-P sovereign
• 1917-S sovereign
• Australia 1918-I penny
• 1918-M threepence
• 1918-M sixpence
• 1918-M shilling
• 1918-M florin
• Australia 1918-P 1/2 sovereign
• India 1918-I sovereign
• 1918-S sovereign
• 1919-M sovereign
• Coins and currency dated 1918