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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rob Woodside, post: 4757244, member: 96187&quot;]<img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fhighway11.ca%2Fcontent%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F04%2FTM-15c-Virginiatown-Dollar.jpg&amp;hash=ae1038e32c1c97bf064679d3aeb4acf1" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="6"><b>1908 C Sovereign, Where was the metal mined?</b></font></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1908-c-sovereign-where-was-the-metal-mined.322261/#post-3178444" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1908-c-sovereign-where-was-the-metal-mined.322261/#post-3178444">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/1908-c-sovereign-where-was-the-metal-mined.322261/#post-3178444</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I finally figured out the Coin Fora and found where I should have posted the link above and discovered serdogthehound&#039;s great post. Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p>My only disagreement with serdogthehound is his contention that the gold used in Edward Sovs was imported to Canada. </p><p><br /></p><p>The problem was the London Mint assumed that local refiners would deliver pure gold to the Ottawa Branch as happened in London. There were no Canadian refiners, so there was a scramble to get the gold together as recounterd in Striking Impressions, Haxby&#039;s history of the Canadian Mint, page 83, &quot;Shipments of rough (unrefined) gold began to arrive at the mint in late 1908. The amounts were small- only 219 Troy ounces by the end of 1908. In the absence of a refinery the gold was handed over to the Assay Department for treatment&quot;. This was enough for the 636 sovereigns minted in 1908 from Canadian gold. The Assay Department continued to supply the refined Canadian gold until the mint finally had its new refinery in 1911.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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