Good evening fellow collectors, Just a short lesson in Icelandic coin history.... In the early 19th century sheep were sold to Great Britain from Iceland. And for the sheep they were paid in gold sovereigns. This is when coins “no matter the alloy “were almost none existing among farmers and the working man. So you can imagine the value of one of these coins. Because the sovereigns were almost none existing as almost all of the coins used in Iceland at the time was Scandinavian they got the same sheep´s gold or “Sauðagull “in Icelandic. This is a typical sheep gold coin and I know for a fact that this particular coin was used to trade of sheep due to the provenance. Sometimes grade isnt everything, history rules !!!! That was nerdy of me Siggi
Thanks for the interesting history lesson Siggi. I agree...history does rule. You know how I love researching the history part of coins, tokens and paper. Beautiful coin! Bruce
