1873 sovereign
au-sovereign-1873
A coin of this date, photographed
Museums Victoria holds 2 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, proof.
Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1873 circulating
Proof Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1873 proof
Mintage
summed-from-components 2,230,199 pieces
Australia's whole coinage of this denomination for 1873, summed across 2 branches (Melbourne, Sydney). Every part counts the same thing, unstated, which is what makes the sum meaningful; it is still a report-year quantity and not a count of coins bearing the date 1873. 1 of 2 part is confirmed by its own table: the sovereign and half sovereign figures imply the total value, which the table prints. 1 part is a POSITIONAL reading 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 752,199 | Melbourne | unstatedchecksum confirmed | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
12 2/1 3.8( l 12 TIP: col—1 ,_, J H l HC'fimOCI 1—1 No. ' No. 748,180 —- 748.180 752.199 165,034 834,716 1.373.208 - 1,373,298 1,888. ‘ —— 1,888,405 2,124.1 3 2.124,445 1,487,316 1,527,324 2, |
| 1,478,000 | Sydney | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
08,898 1 1,434,871 3 1,487,678 12 10 IDWOOION .2 25,917,500 2,814,000 1,815,000 1,478,000 1,899,000 2,122,000 1,613,000 1,590,000 1,259,000 1,366,000 1,459,000 .3 ,629,500 1787000 126500 30, |
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.