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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Zonker, post: 4955226, member: 84143&quot;]Regarding the Australian mint marks - it&#039;s likely that the decision to use the city initial instead of country was because at the time Australia was made up of six separate colonies and did not become a commonwealth until 1901. Also at the time, both Sydney and Melbourne were competing to become the first mint so the city mint mark made sense. The Royal mint most likely only intended to open a single mint in Canada, India and South Africa, so the country mint mark made sense. </p><p><br /></p><p>Re: This left the London 1917 and Canadian 1916 as the rareest of sovereigns.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect you meant during the war years. If not, you have to consider the 1920 Sydney and the 1923 South Africa as being rarer than either the 1917 or 1916 C.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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