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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;andyscouse, post: 1009416, member: 27100&quot;]The sovereign was (since its inception in 1489) a UK gold coin with a value of 20 shillings (£1) - always was, and still is. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For much of their time, many UK coins didn&#039;t specify their value on them, but they were (and are) worth that value ... eg, halfcrowns (2/6) didn&#039;t have the value inscribed on them until 1893 -but those minted before then were most assuredly coinage worth 2/6 (12½p decimal, approx 19¢) as much as those after. So, in the case of the sovereign, it never has stated its value - but it is a coin because it was minted to a set weight, alloy, size etc, as defined by the Royal Mint (and UK government, where to this day, the &#039;Trial of the Pyx&#039; is carried out annually to assure the quality of UK coins). The UK also is the only country to not have its name on the coin either (like stamps). Doesn&#039;t make them less of a coin though.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Kruger, on the other hand, is a non-circulating &#039;coin&#039; minted purely for bullion purposes, with an attributed token value. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So what I&#039;m saying is that a coin with no value inscribed thereon such as above is still a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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