2005 Uncirculated Gold Sovereign
We Last Sold This Item For: | $700.00 |
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Last Sold On: | 30/10/2019 |
# Sold In Past 12 Months: | 0 |
2005 Uncirculated Gold Sovereign
The mintage figure belies just how scarce this coin is.
To mark the 150th anniversary of Australia's first official gold coins being struck, the Perth Mint released a book titled "Australia's Sovereigns" in 2005.
The technical specifications of the 2005 proof gold coins were modelled on the Sydney Mint sovereigns of 1855 - the weight, purity, diameter and alloy were exactly the same.
Demand for this product was quite strong outside Australia, the first 1,000 coins struck were shipped to a distributor in the United States, and were graded by NGC.
Few of these coins make their way back to Australian collector market, they are an interesting adjunct to a set of Australian gold coins.
Information on this specimen version is incredibly hard to come by - this is just the third example we've had.
It isn't listed in either of the printed Australian price guides, nor in the Perth Mint's list of published mintage figures, however Perth Mint staff have advised that “the declared mintage for the 2005 Bullion Sovereign is 9,875 (separate from the 3,909 proofs).”
SKU: 20035
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