1904 sovereign
au-sovereign-1904
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 - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1904 circulating
Coin - Sovereign, Western Australia, Australia, 1904 circulating
Coin - Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1904 circulating
Mintage
summed-from-components 11,236,653 pieces
Australia's whole coinage of this denomination for 1904, summed across 3 branches (Melbourne, Perth, 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 1904. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,743,897 | Melbourne | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
vereigns. Half—sovereigns. Total. .8 £ £ Sydney 2,986,000 — 2,986,000 Melbourne 3,743,897 — 3,743,897 Perth 4,506,756 30,015 4,530,771 Total 11,236,653 30,015 11,266,668 New gold coin was re |
| 4,506,756 | Perth | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
ring the year were as follows :— Gold coin (including Pyx pieces)— £ Sovereigns 4,506,756 Half-sovereigns . . 30,015 Gold bullion .. 424,415 Total £4,961,186 - ,::i‘, .-,. The percentage of |
| 2,986,000 | Sydney | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
500 140 o 100 1, ‘ Half-sovereigns — _ 3,025,000 200 102 o £827,409 00 Total... 2,986,000 2,773,000 108,096,500 910 211 827,409 Silrer— Crowns — — 700 ‘ 369 1:1 440 10- Double-florins — — 000 |
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.