1915 half sovereign
au-half-sovereign-1915
A coin of this date, photographed
Museums Victoria holds 3 of these and photographs each one, which is a documented proof that a coin bearing this date exists. It says nothing about how many were struck, and is not counted as a mintage anywhere here.
What they hold: circulating.
Coin - Half Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1915 circulating
Coin - Half Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1915 circulating
Coin - Half Sovereign, Western Australia, Australia, 1915 circulating
Mintage
summed-from-components 261,883 pieces
Australia's whole coinage of this denomination for 1915, summed across 2 branches (Melbourne, Perth). Every part counts the same thing, issued, which is what makes the sum meaningful; it is still a report-year quantity and not a count of coins bearing the date 1915. 2 parts are POSITIONAL readings of a table the transcription flattens, with nothing to check against, so the sum is no firmer than that. The branch figures are on their own pages.
| Figure | Mint | What was counted | Source, and its own words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125,664 | Melbourne | issued what Melbourne issued during a report year, not the number of coins bearing this datepositional reading |
Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
,307 9 1 9.355880, 37,085 4 27,457 14 1 7037020 48759000} 203037 8 1 ._ 1 1 _ 1 125,664 , 1 1 sove- 1 Total value. Weight. 1 Value. 1 ‘ 1 1 1 2 s. d. 4: 3.01. 2 34,401 13 3 48,601 8 5 91,301 |
| 136,219 | Perth | issued what Perth issued during a report year, not the number of coins bearing this datepositional reading |
Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
44 , 84-20 J 1 85-75 - l. 2 4,635,287 , 4 4,815,657 1 86-81 3 4,374,135 , 88-36 136,219 - ' Sovereigns Half-sove— reigns... 9,261,563-06 6,671,700-90 71,767-34 Totals 45,071'74 72-04 522,574 |
What this page does not tell you
It does not tell you what the coin is worth. A catalogue can honestly report how many were struck, what metal is in one, and what the documents say. It cannot report a market price without either inventing it or copying someone who might have. So this catalogue reports the first three and stays quiet about the fourth.