1925 to 1932 Gold King George V Full Sovereign Set of Coins Graded and Slabbed

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COLLECTORS PRIZE ITEMS

SOUGHT-AFTER UNION COINAGE

THAT HAVE THE ADDED VALUE OF

BEING GRADED AND SLABBED

A STRIKING COLLECTION

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COINAGE OF HISTORIC VALUE

IN YOUR HANDS

COINAGE USED IN THE UNION PERIOD OF SOUTH AFRICA'S HISTORY BEFORE DECIMALISATION IN 1961

THE SOVEREIGNS OF SOUTH AFRICA

ARE COINS WITH A FINE PROVENANCE AND REGARDED TO BE OF

HIGHER COLLECTORS VALUE

THAN NUMISMATIC MARKETS REFLECT

 

SA

1923 - 1932King George V Series

NUMISMATIC COLLECTORS

SET OF 1925 -1932 GOLD

MINT STATE SOVEREIGNS

USED DURING THE

UNION PERIOD OF

SOUTH AFRICA

KEY DATE COINAGE

AN OPPORTUNITY TO OWN THIS IMPRESSIVE

SET OF GRADED GOLD SOVEREIGNS

HAVE THEM NOW

A SET OF NUMISMATIC GEMS

ADDED VALUE OF

SLABBING AND GRADING

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SET

GRADED BY

DATE

GRADE

       

1 SOVEREIGN

NGC

1925

MS 64

1 SOVEREIGN

NGC

1926

MS 64

1 SOVEREIGN

NGC

1927

MS 64

1 SOVEREIGN

NGC

1928

MS 64

1 SOVEREIGN

NGC

1929

MS 62

1 SOVEREIGN

NGC

1930

MS 63

1 SOVEREIGN

NGC

1931

MS 65

1 SOVEREIGN

NGC

1932

MS 65

PRICE FOR ALL 8 COINS IN THIS GOLD
SOVEREIGN SET

NOW ONLY

R 150 000

AN ASSET

WELL WORTH

OWNING

Details:

(Applies to all coins)

Union Pound (Sovereign)

Metal Content: Gold 0.9166, Copper 0.0834 ( 22ct )

Gold Content: 7.3224 gm

Mass: 7.988 grams 

Diameter: 22mm  

Info:

Obverse design initials: B M for Bertram Mackennal ( on truncation of the neck ) 

Reverse design initials: B.P. for Benedetto Pistrucci

( right hand side below the design )

Description:

The coins of the South African pound were part of the physical form of South Africa's historical currency, the South African pound. Prior to the Union of 1910, various authorities issued their own pounds, some as independent entities. After the Union but before 1923, coins in circulation were mostly British, but the coins of Paul Kruger's South African Republic remained in circulation. In 1923, South Africa began to issue its own coins, adopting coins that were identical in size and value to those used in Great Britain: 12 pence (12d) = 1 shilling (1s), and 20s = 1 pound (£1). On 14 February 1961, the Union of South Africa adopted a decimal currency, replacing the pound with the Rand.

EXTRACT

TAKEN BY KIND PERMISSION FROM

PROFESSOR FRANCOIS MALAN'S PRESENTATION TITLED

THE PRETORIA SOVEREIGN AND THE

GOLD STANDARD CRISIS

AT THE 2023 INAUGURAL NUMISMATIC SOCIETY MEETING

What happened to the 83 million SA sovereigns?

38.6 million shipped to the UK from 1925 to 1932 melted by Bank of England

82 million officially exported

Early in 1933 SA public tried to make profit from their sovereigns

Some melted down by jewellers no law prohibiting purchase of coins or melting them

The developments in South Africa during and after WWI

Gold standard not suspended during WWI gold coin circulated freely in South Africa

Embargo on the export of gold from November 1914

Problems started after wartime pegging of the dollar sterling exchange rate terminated in March 1919

British pound depreciated 85 shillings to 127 shillings per ounce by February 1920

South African Banks maintained parity between South Africa pound and British sterling

Resulted in extensive smuggling of gold coin out of South Africa

South African banks struggled had to buy gold coin in London at a premium and then pay it out in South Africa at par

Banks requested Government to be released from obligation to convert banknotes into gold coin

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THE S.A. STRUCK UNDER THE HIND HOOF OF THE HORSE ON THE REVERSE OF THE SOVEREIGN

THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN SOVEREIGNS MAKE THESE COLLECTABLE COINS OF PRIME NUMISMATIC SIGNIFICANCE. ALL THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD SOVEREIGNS OF THE UNION PERIOD WERE STRUCK WITH THE S.A. (SOUTH AFRICA) INITIALS

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