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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 88364, member: 669&quot;]I&#039;m sorry, I forgot to say&nbsp; <img src="http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/schilder/142.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> to CoinTalk when I answered your other thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you were told in that thread, making a coin into jewelry just about destroys any numismatic value, but a precious metal coin is always worth its melt value +/- 10%, so if you can determine the weight of the coin (without the bezel) just multiply the fineness of the gold by the current bullion value of gold, which you can find at <a href="http://www.kitco.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kitco.com" rel="nofollow">www.kitco.com</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mexican piece is Krause #KM481, a 41.6866g .900 fine gold coin commemorating the centennial of Mexico&#039;s independence from Spain in 1821.&nbsp; They were minted at the Mexico City Mint every year from 1921-31, and again in 1944-47.&nbsp; The catalog values are outdated, as the bullion value of the 1.2057 ounces of gold in the coin is around $590, but the catalog value of the 593,000 dated 1944 is stated to be only $500 in Uncirculated condition. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t understand Guy&#039;s comment on your Sovereign.&nbsp; My Krause catalog values the 1908 7.9881g .9170/22 karat gold coin (KM#805, mintage 3,997,000) at $130 Unc.&nbsp; Bullion value of its .2354 ounces of gold is about $114.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have quite a few coins, I suggest a visit to your local public library, where you will undoubtedly find the Standard Catalog of World Coins by Krause &amp; Mishler, which will enable you to identify, and roughly value, all of them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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