Australia 1905-M sovereign

Stack's Bowers November 2022 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74299

This specimen was lot 74299 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2022), where it sold for $504. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AUSTRALIA. Sovereign, 1905-M. Melbourne Mint. Edward VII. PCGS MS-62. A few scattered field marks that define the grade, yet with brilliant luster, and a sharp strike for this normally weak struck issue." This date, from a type struck 1902-10 at Perth, Melbourne (shown here) and Sydney, is common.

Recorded mintage: 3,633,000.

Specification: 7.99 g, .917 fine gold, .2354 troy oz AGW, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-3969; Fr-400; KM-805.

Source:

• McDonald, Greg, The Pocket Guide to Australian Coins and Banknotes, 23rd ed., Lavington, Australia, 2017.
• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The November 2022 Collectors Choice Ancient & World Coins Auction, Featuring the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• 1902-M sovereign
• 1906-M sovereign
• 1906-P sovereign
• Coins and currency dated 1901