Indian 1900's gold coin

I do believe this is 24 carat gold. That is what my grandmother told me. We have two of them.

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one dated 1904 and other 1910 i believe. How much is each one worth if 24 carat gold?

 

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See below, not 24 KT

In 1816, there was a major change in the British coinage, powered by the Industrial Revolution. The Royal Mint moved from The Tower of London to new premises on nearby Tower Hill, and acquired powerful new steam powered coining presses designed by Matthew Boulton and James Watt. The reverse design was introduced featuring Saint George slaying a dragon, designed by a brilliant young Italian engraver, Benedetto Pistrucci. This beautiful classic design remains on our gold sovereigns today, almost two hundred years later. The specifications have also remained unchanged: 7.9881 grams of 917 fine (22 kt) gold, 22.05 mm. diameter.

Production at the Royal Mint stopped in 1917, although some were minted again in 1925.
The branch mints continued to produce sovereigns, Ottawa in Canada until 1919, Bombay in India in 1918, Sydney Australia until 1926, Melbourne and Perth Australia until 1931, and Pretoria South Africa until 1932.

 

You will need to take much steady photos - they are pretty blur. Try to use the macrozoom in your camera, usually denoted as the flower sign and use the timer function.

Mintmarks and year do vary so it's important to post clear photos. As much as I hate to say, there are some very convincing counterfeits made a long time ago while those coins circulated so let's hope yours isn't the case

 

Frank is right, they are 22k gold. Sovereigns are nice pieces of gold though, so hang on to your pair of them.

 

I am pretty sure they're real as my grandparents got them while in India. From these pictures what do you think they're worth? A broad range at least?

 

To price them we need a grade. To get a grade we need better pictures.

 

Okay well they're back in the safe with my grandparents. At very good condition (like they are) what would you price at?

 

The Indian,Canadian,& South African Sovereigns are actually slightly more scarce than either the British & the Australian Sovereigns are.

Aidan.

 

Sorry to bring up a dead thread. Thanks for the info, though. There are two of them, they are gold and very nice. $175? Not that I'd ever have them sold, but that's not too bad!