georgiv gold coins

[nyarkoni]

Hi all,

I have one Georgivs from 1926 and one 1923 22 karat Gold.
The Jewellery one is undamaged.
any insights would be happily accepted

Thanks very much
Neta

[cheaver]

Hi Neta
Do you think these are half sovereigns or full sovereigns? Hard to tell
from pictures without the diameters.
Are there any letters underneath? What are they? I think I can see letters
to right of 1923 date..... not sure about 1926...

[nyarkoni]

Thanks for you reply. They both are full sovereigns, 22 mm, 8 gr
on the 1923 coin there is a "p" above the date. and on the right side it says: "B.F."

the 1926 has no mark as far as the eye can see (with magnifying glass)
Neta

[cheaver]

Perth Mint. 2,124,154 mintage in 1923. But you probably knew that lol!

Edit: 1926 ~ an enigma? There should be a mintmark & there isn't one?

Found more info you might like:

Re 1923

From 1917, only the branch mints continued to issue sovereigns, and by 1923
only the three Australian mints in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth were issuing them.
The Pretoria mint in South Africa only came into production in 1923.
Melbourne & Perth Mints, Australia
The Perth Mint issued 2,124,154 sovereigns in 1923, Melbourne 511,129, Sydney 416,000 and Pretoria only 584.
Many of these may have been melted down.

re 1926

In 1926 a total of four mints issued sovereigns, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in Australia, and Pretoria mint South Africa.

Branch Mints

Since 1871, British sovereigns were struck at branch mints, in addition to the Royal Mint in London.
The first branch mint to strike sovereigns was Sydney in Australia. It made good sense to produce British
sovereigns close to the gold mining source areas, rather than ship the gold to London to be made into coin,
then possibly ship it back again.
In 1872, the Melbourne mint followed.
The Perth, Australia mint started production of sovereigns in 1899, and the Ottawa mint in Canada started in 1908.
The Bombay mint in India struck sovereigns in just one year, 1918, and the Pretoria mint in South Africa started
production in 1923.

It would appear that the 1926 "coin" is not an actual sovereign, a jewellery replica maybe?
Have you had it gold tested?

[cheaver]

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Additional info:

B.P. Initials on Gold Sovereigns B.P. - Benedetto Pistrucci
They are the initials of the designer of the St. George and dragon design on the
reverse of gold sovereigns. It also appears on some half sovereigns and crowns.
It is a common practice for designers or engravers to place their name or initials
on the side of any coin they have designed.

From my coin book:

George V (1911-36)
(Extra care should be exercised when purchasing as good quality forgeries exist
of virtually all dates and mintmarks)