1906 sovereign
au-sovereign-1906
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, 1906 circulating
Coin - Sovereign, New South Wales, Australia, 1906 circulating
Coin - Sovereign, Western Australia, Australia, 1906 circulating
Mintage
summed-from-components 11,279,670 pieces
Australia's whole coinage of this denomination for 1906, 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 1906. 1 of 3 part is confirmed by its own table: the sovereign and half sovereign figures imply the total value, which the table prints. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3,657,853 | Melbourne | unstatedchecksum confirmed | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
6’000 t during the year amounted to 49,756,045 pieces, as compared Melbourne... 3,657,853 41,021 3,698,874 with 49,956,508 in 1905, and, as will be seen below, the per- - centage of light so |
| 4,829,817 | Perth | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
38 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 24,039,691 ~ - mv—A—«—.W~-M.m-—N...m_.~fl Total 69,907,280 111,042,500 109,403, |
| 2,792,000 | Sydney | unstatedpositional reading | Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
33), ' the Mint. the Mint. £ £ £ £ .1. (1. £ 8. (1. £ 3. 11. (fold—- Sovereigns 2,792,000 2,539,000 110,402,500 188 239 }828,838 Half-sovereigns 151,000 — 3,179,000 238 201 Total... 2,946,00 |
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.