bigjarofwasps Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Mint Mintmark London None Sydney S Melbourne M Perth P Ottawa C Bombay I Pretoria SA 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 (edited) Bombay Mint, IndiaThe Indian Mint at Bombay only struck gold sovereigns for one single year 1918.Dates ProducedBombay Mint sovereigns were produced in the following year:- Date Mintage 1918 1,294,372 Total 1,294,372 http://www.cruzis-coins.com/sovs/1918i.htmlDuring World War I, as a unique and temporary wartime measure, gold sovereigns were struck in India at the Bombay mint. Prior to this time and afterward, the Bombay mint only produced the gold blanks upon which sovereigns were struck at other British mints. Featuring the distinctive “I” mint mark on the reverse, just below the horse’s hooves on the ground line and just above the date, these are the only British Gold Sovereigns struck in Britain’s largest and most important colony. Although the striking took place between August 15, 1918 and April 22, 1919, all coins struck bear the 1918 date. A total of 1,295,000 coins were struck, but most have been lost to the ravages of time, making this an especially scarce issue. Edited July 21, 2006 by bigjarofwasps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Ottawa Mint, CanadaThe Canadian Mint at Ottawa only struck gold sovereigns for ten years between 1908 and 1919.All of these are scarce, some rare, and two of the dates are extremely rare.The Ottawa mint was set up to coin the gold, which had only recently been discovered in British Columbia and the Yukon, into gold sovereigns. It opened on January 2nd 1908, and this was the first date of British gold sovereign to be minted in Canada, although it is one of the two extremely rare dates.Naturally the mint produced other coins in silver and base metal, the first coin struck at the Canadian Mint was a fifty cent piece. The mint still operates today, and is known as The Royal Canadian Mint. It was made a Crown Corporation on April 1st 1969.Dates ProducedCanadian Mint sovereigns were produced in the following years:- Date Mintage 1908 646 1909 16,300 1910 28,020 1911 257,048 1913 3,717 1914 14,900 1916 6,119 1917 58,875 1918 106,570 1919 135,957 Total 628,152 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Perth Mint, AustraliaThe Australian Mint at Perth only struck gold sovereigns for 33 years from 1899 and 1931.Some of these are scarce, some rare.Dates ProducedPerth Mint sovereigns were produced in the following years:- Date Mintage 1899 690.992 1900 1,886,089 1901 2,889,333 1902 4,289,122 1903 4,674,783 1904 4,506,756 1905 4,876,193 1906 4,829,817 1907 4,972,289 1908 4,875,617 1909 4,524,241 1910 4,690,625 1911 4,373,165 1912 4,278,144 1913 4,635,287 1914 4,815,996 1915 4,373,596 1916 4,096,721 1917 4,110,286 1918 3,812,884 1919 2,995,216 1920 2,421,196 1921 2,314,360 1922 2,298,884 1923 2,124,154 1924 1,464,416 1925 1,837,901 1926 1,313,578 1927 1,383,544 1928 1,333,417 1929 1,607,625 1930 1,915,352 1931 1,173,568 Total 105,694,846 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Links to other mints.....http://www.cruzis-coins.com/sovs/1923m.htmlhttp://www.museum.vic.gov.au/coins/1865/me..._sovereign.htmlhttp://www.cruzis-coins.com/sovs/1911s.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjarofwasps Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Pretoria Mint South AfricaThe Pretoria Mint in South Africa issued gold sovereigns from 1923 to 1932. It uses the mintmark "SA". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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