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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Teddydogno1, post: 2000653, member: 71226&quot;]My last full sovereign was a Melbourne mint 1899 and I paid $339 (melt was around $310 at the time).&nbsp; So fairly common full sovereigns can be had for a little bit over melt (.23xx oz) and halves at a little higher premium over their melt (half the gold content).</p><p><br /></p><p>Full (random year, from Apmex on ebay)&nbsp; $317 ish (would likely be a post 1950 issue...my random was 1987)</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/British-Sovereign-Gold-Coin-Random-Year-Coin-SKU-17-/121399049661?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item1c43f27dbd" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/British-Sovereign-Gold-Coin-Random-Year-Coin-SKU-17-/121399049661?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item1c43f27dbd" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/British-Sovereign-Gold-Coin-Random-Year-Coin-SKU-17-/121399049661?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item1c43f27dbd</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Half (random modern, Apmex on ebay)&nbsp; $172</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Great-Britain-1-2-Sovereign-Elizabeth-II-Gold-Coin-Random-Year-BU-PR-/141430837585?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item20edef5151" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Great-Britain-1-2-Sovereign-Elizabeth-II-Gold-Coin-Random-Year-BU-PR-/141430837585?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item20edef5151" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Great-Britain-1-2-Sovereign-Elizabeth-II-Gold-Coin-Random-Year-BU-PR-/141430837585?pt=US_World_Coins&amp;hash=item20edef5151</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For a little more per coin, you can &quot;pick&quot; a year, typically.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a 1911 minted in Canada for $357.</p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1911-C-Canadian-Gold-Sovereign-Coin-George-V-AU-Unc-SKU-27958-/111422449399?pt=US_Canadian_Coins&amp;hash=item19f14ba6f7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1911-C-Canadian-Gold-Sovereign-Coin-George-V-AU-Unc-SKU-27958-/111422449399?pt=US_Canadian_Coins&amp;hash=item19f14ba6f7" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1911-C-Canadian-Gold-Sovereign-Coin-George-V-AU-Unc-SKU-27958-/111422449399?pt=US_Canadian_Coins&amp;hash=item19f14ba6f7</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can also buy direct from Apmex, too, and I have.&nbsp; (I mention Apmex here because they are a big player and you know what you get is guaranteed genuine).&nbsp; If they have what you want on their eBay store, the price is basically the credit card price from the direct website, but includes shipping.&nbsp; For cash/wire/check, the direct website is a little cheaper, but then you have to pay shipping unless they are having a special.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rob[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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