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<p>[QUOTE="giorgio11, post: 1306003, member: 17094"]Well I just got my second 1913-C sovereign, MS63 PCGS, I sold the first one a few weeks back. This is <i>such a rare coin, </i>I never dreamed I would have one, much less two! Mintage was 3,717 pieces, according to Michael A. Marsh in <i>The Gold Sovereign. </i>Only a handful appear at auction every year. I think I'm just gonna put this one back for a rainy day ... if this were a U.S. coin it would be ten times the price. </p><p><br /></p><p>The sovereigns were introduced to replace the guinea in 1820, and seven different mints made them, in the days when the "sun never set on the British Empire" -- London, Perth, Melbourne, Syndey, Pretoria, Bombay, and Ottawa. (If I have any of this wrong I hope my British friends will correct me.)</p><p><br /></p><p>So ... post your gold sovereigns, everybody! </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>1913-C Sovereign MS63 PCGS</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]146717.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]146718.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]146719.vB[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="giorgio11, post: 1306003, member: 17094"]Well I just got my second 1913-C sovereign, MS63 PCGS, I sold the first one a few weeks back. This is [I]such a rare coin, [/I]I never dreamed I would have one, much less two! Mintage was 3,717 pieces, according to Michael A. Marsh in [I]The Gold Sovereign. [/I]Only a handful appear at auction every year. I think I'm just gonna put this one back for a rainy day ... if this were a U.S. coin it would be ten times the price. The sovereigns were introduced to replace the guinea in 1820, and seven different mints made them, in the days when the "sun never set on the British Empire" -- London, Perth, Melbourne, Syndey, Pretoria, Bombay, and Ottawa. (If I have any of this wrong I hope my British friends will correct me.) So ... post your gold sovereigns, everybody! [CENTER][B]1913-C Sovereign MS63 PCGS[/B] [ATTACH]146717.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]146718.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]146719.vB[/ATTACH] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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