1905 sovereign
au-sovereign-1905
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, 1905 circulating
Coin - Sovereign, Western Australia, Australia, 1905 circulating
Coin - Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1905 circulating
Mintage
summed-from-components 11,288,031 pieces
Australia's whole coinage of this denomination for 1905, 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 1905. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,633,838 | Melbourne | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
. 4 Branch. Sovereigns. H alt-sovereigns. Total. '13 Sydney 2,778,000 Melbourne 3,633,838 3,633,838 Perth 4,876,103 4,876,103 Total 11,288,031 11,288,031 The maximum effect of these large is |
| 4,876,193 | Perth | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
897 4,536,771 11,266,668 11,042,000 22,308,668 1905 144,000 2,778,000 3,633,838 4,876,193 11,288,031 7,300,000 18,588,031 1906 4,091,500 2,946,000 3,698,874 4.829,817 11,474,691 12,565,000 2 |
| 2,778,000 | Sydney | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
1110, , ‘ i _ fi_fi\ 00M— :9 £ £ £ .5. (1. £ 1‘. (1 £ .1, d, Sovereigns 2,086,000 2,778,000 105,071,500 140 o 100 1, ‘ Half-sovereigns — _ 3,025,000 200 102 o £827,409 00 Total... 2,986,000 2, |
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.