Category: Investment gold coins.

  • Gold Sovereign « Victoria DG Britt Reg » 1893.

    Gold Sovereign « Victoria DG Britt Reg » 1893.

    Minted in 1893 in London, and at the Australian branch mints in Melbourne and Sydney under the reign of Queen Victoria, almost 9.5 million gold sovereign coins were minted (originally a circulating coin, now a bullion coin). The 1893 Queen Victoria “Jubilee Head” Gold Sovereigns, are now VAT free in UK and provided they were minted after 1817 and a legal tender…

  • 1887 Gold Sovereign « Victoria DEI GRATIA » with St George Back.

    The sovereign 1887 is a British gold coin minted under the reign of Queen Victoria at the colonial Australian branch mints in Melbourne and Sydney. The 1887 Queen Victoria “Young Head” with St George Back Gold Sovereigns, (originally a circulating coin, now a bullion coin) are now VAT free in UK and provided they were minted after 1817 and a legal tender coin, free from Capital Gains Tax for UK residents. They…

  • Gold Sovereign 1932 « GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT» . 

    Only the Pretoria Mint issued sovereigns in 1932, the Melbourne and Perth Mints having stopped the previous year. This was not only the last gold sovereign issued for George V, it was the last sovereign made by a branch of the Royal Mint outside of Britain and the last sovereign to be issued for a…

  • Gold Sovereign 1931 « GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT».

    The sovereign 1931 is a British gold coin minted at the colonial Australian branch mints in Perth and Melbourne and Pretoria in South Africa. Almost 10 million gold sovereign coins were struck this year. Minted under the reign of Goerges V, the 1931 King George V Small Head Gold Sovereigns, (originally a circulating coin, now a bullion coin) are now VAT free in UK and provided they were minted after 1817…