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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John the Jute, post: 544246, member: 17740&quot;]Does anyone know just how rare the 1927 Melbourne sovereign is?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It might seem somewhat hopeful to ask this on a predominantly North American forum. But the forum also has a wide international readership ... some of the North Americans here know an awful lot ... and North America is home to some of the most obsessional geeks anywhere outside the City of Oxford. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The records from the Melbourne Mint say that 310,156 were issued--tiny quantities compared with the 2,000,000 a year it was minting 10 years earlier--but how many have survived?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;The Gold Sovereign, by Michael A Marsh, which I regard as being the definitive short modern book on the subject, describes it as being &quot;very rare&quot;. This means I guess that a few hundred coins should still exist in collectable grades.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But Australian Stamp &amp; Coin</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.australianstamp.com/Coin-web/aust/sovereig/sovgeov1.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.australianstamp.com/Coin-web/aust/sovereig/sovgeov1.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.australianstamp.com/Coin-web/aust/sovereig/sovgeov1.htm</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>a dealer in Melbourne, says that none are know to exist to collectors.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Does anyone know which is right?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Later,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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