Gold Market Insights

Category: Gold coins and bars

  • Australian Gold Sovereigns Mint Guide.

    Perth Mint. On the West Coast of Australia, the Perth Mint was set up. This is the only one of the original mints still in operation. The Perth mint used the letter p in production. The discovery of gold was first officially recorded in Western Australia in 1884, and in the fiercely independent style typical of many…

  • Australia Perth Mint Gold Sovereigns Guide.

    Australia Perth Mint Gold Sovereigns Guide.

    The Australian Mint was one of three mints set up in Australia to help with the problem of shipping gold to England, minting sovereigns and then shipping them back to Australia for use in commerce there and in the Far East. On June 20th 1899, Sir John Forest’s vision became a reality, and the third…

  • Australia Melbourne Mint Gold Sovereigns Guide.

    Australia Melbourne Mint Gold Sovereigns Guide.

    The Royal Mint at William Street in Melbourne was a lovely Victorian Complex around a verandaed courtyard.This was in fact a branch of the Royal Mint in London and not originally an Australian company. It was built in 1871-1872 and the central administrative wing is based on the Palazzon Cafferelli-Vidoni by Raphael in Rome. The…

  • The German Mark: a gold coin steeped in history.

    The German Mark: a gold coin steeped in history.

    The German mark, created in 1873, is a coin with multiple facets. Closely linked to the political history of Germany, this often forgotten coin nevertheless has many other benefits. The German Mark origins. In 1861, after the years of the Napoleonic Wars, Wilhelm I accedes to the throne of Prussia, which at the time dominated…