AUSTRALIA GOLD SOVEREIGN COIN, 1914-P PERTH

AUSTRALIA GOLD SOVEREIGN COIN, 1914-P PERTH

Australian Gold Coins Gold Sovereign, Melbourne Mint 1894 Queen Victoria "Veiled Head"

Australian Gold Coins - Queen Victoria Gold Sovereign

Australian Gold Coins - Queen Victoria "Veiled Head" - Australian Gold Sovereign, Melbourne Mint, 1894.
COIN CONTAINS .2354 OUNCES OF PURE GOLD

Obverse Description: Crowned bust of Queen Victoria facing left, veiled and draped, wearing ribbon and Star of Garter; around, VICTORIA . DEI . GRA . BRITT . REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP . T.B. the artist's initials, T.B. are below the bust.
Reverse Description: St. George on horseback holding short sword in right hand, wearing a flowing cape, helmet and boots; the horse rearing to right over fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; the date, 1894 in the exergue. The mint mark M is in the ground above the middle of the date.
Edge Description: Milled
Inscriptions: Obverse: VICTORIA . DEI . GRA . BRITT . REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP . T.B.
Reverse: 1894 M

Issued By:  HM Queen Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Mint: Melbourne (Mint)
Artist: Thomas Brock - Royal Mint, London.
Artist: Benedetto Pistrucci - Royal Mint, London.

Great Britain Gold 1/2 Sovereign coin of 1982 Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II, Great Britain Half Sovereign Gold coin of 1982

Obverse: Crowned head of Queen Elizabeth II. right.
Legend: ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRA REGINA . F : D :
Reverse: St. George, wearing Attic helmet, right on horse, holding sword in preparation to dispatch prostrate and wounded Dragon below.
Comment: Broken shaft of lance to left on ground, engraver´s initials (B.P.) below ground to right.
References: KM-922.
Denomination: Half Sovereign
Mint Place: Royal Mint London
Material: Gold (.917) .1176 Oz. ASW
Diameter: 19 mm, Weight: 4gm

Benedetto Pistrucci (May 29, 1783 – September 16, 1855) was a talented engraver of gemstones, cameos, coins and medals. Born in Italy, he moved to London in 1815 and was employed at the Royal Mint as an engraver, where his most famous work is his portrayal of St. George & the Dragon used on British gold sovereigns and crowns first created during the Great Recoinage of 1816. He also engraved the dies for many other coins, medals, and medallions, including the Waterloo Medal, which took him over thirty years to complete. He refused to copy the work of any other artist or engraver, and insisted that all his work was his own original work. Because of his Italian origin, he was not officially recognised as the chief engraver at the Royal Mint, and there were rivalries with other engravers including the Wyon family.

King George III Sovereign Gold Coin of 1817

George III Gold Sovereign Coin of 1817.
Obverse: King George III
Reverse: Saint George & Dragon
1817 is the first year that the Modern Gold Sovereign was issued.

How to invest in gold.

The premium on gold coins such as Sovereigns and Krugerrands is quite wide. This means you have to pay more than their weight in gold to buy these investments. 
However, they are portable and easily stored, as well as being a collectable. You are, in effect, buying a piece of history.

Australian Gold Coins Gold Sovereign, Melbourne Mint, 1884 Young head of Queen Victoria

Australian Gold Coins - Full Sovereign Gold Coin dated 1884, Young head of Queen Victoria (M - Melbourne mint).

Obverse Design: Young head of Queen Victoria facing to left, with a plain band and fillet around hair. The mint mark M below; around, VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D: The artist's initials W.W. on the truncation of the neck.
Reverse Design: St. George on horseback holding short sword, the horse rearing to right over a fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; in exergue, the date, 1884 and the artist's initials B.P., it was created by a talented and young Italian, Benedetto Pistrucci.

Weight: 7.9881 grams of Gold (0.2354 oz., 0.917 GOLD), Diameter: 22 mm
Reported Mintage: 2.942.000
Krause-Mishler Catalog: KM# 7
Edge Description: Milled
Inscriptions: Obverse: VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR: REG: F:D: M W.W.
                        Reverse: 1884 B.P.
Issued By:  HM Queen Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mint: Melbourne (Mint)
Artist: William Wyon - Royal Mint, London
Artist: Benedetto Pistrucci - Royal Mint, London
Bibliography: [Book], Mr William Mullett - Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, Gold Coinage and Refining at the Melbourne Mint, 1991

GREAT BRITAIN GOLD SOVEREIGN of 1910

GREAT BRITAIN Full Sovereign Gold Coin of 1910, Edward VII (London Mint)

Obverse Design: Portrait of Edward VII
Reverse Design: St. George slaying dragon


Reported Mintage: 12.380.000
Weight: 7.9881 grams of Gold (0.2354 oz., 0.917 GOLD), Diameter: 22 mm
KM (Krause-Mishler) Catalog: KM# 805