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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 26085061, member: 4626&quot;]Best I can figure is it might be genuinely made of gold, just not a genuine coin.&nbsp; This is sometimes done because import taxes, fees, or other laws and regulations treat coins differently than bullion, rather than being something done to fool collectors.&nbsp; Fakes of impossible dates are usually for this reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other possibility is maybe it&#039;s a fantasy piece made by someone that wanted to commemorate 1919 for some personal reason.&nbsp; (Why not just get a genuine 1919 full sovereign, I don&#039;t know, but it&#039;s slightly plausible.)</p><p><br /></p><p>There were full sovereigns minted in 1919 (but only in Australia and Canada), but no half sovereigns.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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