1919 sovereign
au-sovereign-1919
A coin of this date, photographed
Museums Victoria holds one 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, New South Wales, Australia, 1919 circulating
Mintage
summed-from-components 5,344,716 pieces
Australia's whole coinage of this denomination for 1919, summed across 3 branches (Melbourne, Perth, Sydney). Every part counts the same thing, issued, which is what makes the sum meaningful; it is still a report-year quantity and not a count of coins bearing the date 1919. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 514,500 | Melbourne | issued what Melbourne issued during a report year, not the number of coins bearing this datepositional reading |
Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
ch. 1918. 1 1919. 1 £ ‘1 £ _ Sydney 3,716,000 1 1,835,000 Melbourne 4,969,493 ' 514,257 Perth 3,812,884 3,052,002 Ottawa 430,768 171,042 Bombay 1, 296,033 1 — ' Totals 13,925,178 1 5,572,301 |
| 2,995,216 | Perth | issued what Perth issued during a report year, not the number of coins bearing this datepositional reading |
Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
lg of the ‘ ol- the Mint. Mint. cola ,, 5 t 1. LI L ,1: Sovereigns .. 3,812,884 2,995,216 85,197,202 \il f 436 I'lall’wsovereigns 56,786 31-1, 130 965 ‘ 1 963 3.191258471052002 85,511,332 90 |
| 1,835,000 | Sydney | issued what Sydney issued during a report year, not the number of coins bearing this datepositional reading |
Reports of the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, branch mint gold coinage tables
India were as follows :— 1 Branch. 1918. 1 1919. 1 £ ‘1 £ _ Sydney 3,716,000 1 1,835,000 Melbourne 4,969,493 ' 514,257 Perth 3,812,884 3,052,002 Ottawa 430,768 171,042 Bombay 1, 296,033 1 — |
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.