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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prestoninanus, post: 684412, member: 20205&quot;]You are right that Bombay (&#039;I&#039; mintmark) only exists for the year 1918, however, Melbourne, Ottowa, Sydney and Perth also minted sovereigns for that year.</p><p><br /></p><p>As has previously been said, London Mint 1917 sovereigns are extremely rare because the vast majority were melted down in America when they were sent as payment for war materials. </p><p><br /></p><p>Because of this rarity, forgeries exist in high numbers, either in the form of a completely forged coin or as an altered genuine sovereign from one of the colonial branch mints where an attempt has been made to eliminate the mintmark to make it appear to be a London mint specimen. For this reason, 1917 London mint specimens should be treated with extreme caution unless properly authenticated and/or slabbed....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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