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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ian, post: 119024, member: 283&quot;]I&#039;m a tad confused by the image provided. Is it a black and white photo or is it natural (in which case the item is not a sovereign)? </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also struggling to make out what the date is. It looks to me to be 1951, but there weren&#039;t any gold sovereigns issued that year. (?) There was however a copper nickel crown issued for George VI commemorating&nbsp; the `Festival of Britain&#039;. Is that the coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>I re-read your original post and you make mention of gold and silver `sovereigns&#039;. Just for clarity, when the term `sovereign&#039; is used, it usually relates to the gold coin of that name. There is no coin minted in silver called a `sovereign&#039;. In which case&nbsp; you must be talking about collecting the range of gold sovereigns AND silver crowns (dollar size coins) bearing the George and Dragon reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>If that is the case, the silver crowns of Queen Victoria from 1887 onwards make a challenging but very do-able set of coins to obtain. The gold sovereigns are also very do-able. The double sovereigns and five pound gold coins however are usually costly when found, but can be pretty difficult to unearth in the first place.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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