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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7Jags, post: 24492263, member: 78719&quot;]Here is a coin to look at, and with an interesting story. Rare would be it as well. This coin was struck in 1922 and is one of five, each of a different gold purity. You will note this has a mint counter stamped &quot;A&quot; on the reverse just to the left of the upper crown at edge, and was the accepted alloy at Au 0.875 or 21.6 kt.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1551797[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1551798[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>1922 &quot;accepted&quot; alloy pattern for Egyptian coinage</p><p><br /></p><p>Graham Dyer, ex-Royal Mint Historian wrote an article on this in about 1984 that stated 5 specimens were struck and each of a different weight and alloy and were patterns testing the best-appearing alloy for the 1922(?) upcoming new Egyptian gold coinages. This particular coin alloy was then accepted and stamped with the letter &quot;A&quot;. The whispy line at base of neck is on holder...</p><p><br /></p><p>There are an interesting putative set of Gold pattern coins of this era (1922-1927) that consisted of all the silver circulating coins of the time but struck in gold and seemingly most made it to the Pretoria Mint for reasons that I have not been able to find. So there is a threepence, a sixpence, a shilling, the florin and a half crown. I do not recall the rationale for striking the others however. About 18-20 years ago a certain seller in GB was offering one of each AND the 1935 Jubilee Crown struck in gold for what seemed like a huge sum - about $100,000 - and this nowadays would likely seem a piffling to the big spenders that have entered the fray....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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