1879 sovereign
au-sovereign-1879
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.
Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1879 circulating
Coin - Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1879 circulating
Mintage
summed-from-components 4,106,594 pieces
Australia's whole coinage of this denomination for 1879, 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 1879. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,740,594 | Melbourne | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
888. ‘ —— 1,888,405 2,124.1 3 2.124,445 1,487,316 1,527,324 2,171,457 2.171.457 2.740.594 2.740.594 5305i 54 3.0534 1 2.465.181 42,009 107,522 wooooocoooooc 2 67.143 2.901131 2,850,424 2,830 |
| 1,366,000 | Sydney | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
-3; the Mint during the year amounted to 1,413,000/., of which August ~ - ~ 51% 1,366,000l. consisted of sovereigns, and 47,000]. of half—sovereigns, September - ' " 511—96 ‘; October — - ~ |
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.