How Can you Tell if An Antiques Gold Sovereign Is Real - Beginners Guide

Some good basic tips 👍. Interestingly though, the colour variation in genuine sovereigns isn't due to gold oxidation. It arises from the small amount of additional metals added to pure 24 ct gold to make into the (harder wearing) 22 ct coin gold. The old Victorian ones apparently had a fair bit of silver, giving a very yellow colour; others used more copper giving a rose hue. Modern sovereigns from the Royal Mint have a distinctly rose gold colour (still 22ct gold, of course) - but a lot a people prefer the older more yellow gold colour...

Very informative and interesting to watch……and you also seem like a very nice guy…many thanks 😊 🙏

Dear Sir, Thank you, thank you!! I just loved all the information you supplied in a short video. I’m in Utah, United States. I have 1916 St George coin like the one you have demonstrated. It belonged to my grandmother, who was born in 1900. It is inside a gold rim, and I wonder if there are other means to find out its value. I don’t quite know how to send you a picture of it.

Very insightful. Wondering. Do sovereigns increase in value at the same rate as the Britannia's (proportionate to the level of gold in them)? I ask given the variance in collectability of some designs being more popular than others, and given that the gold content is lower in the sovereign.

So glad I found this vid. I was on the electronic Bay and someone was selling 2 sovereigns from a "house clearance".Same date as well. I was watching but got busy and they sold for 26 quid. I felt sick thinking I missed out on a good deal. The coins being sold looked all shiny and thick just like the fake you display. I feel happy now and thank you.

A genuine sovereign should weigh 7.988 grams and the diameter should be 22.05 mm. The thickness should be 1.52 mm.

I always weigh and measure first. Great video, regards to the valleys.

Absolutely stunned by the amount of information you supplied in this video as I've seen quite a few, but no one else explained, as good as you did, in checking out genuine coins, ie: in this case sovereigns 😂. Great job ❤

Thanks for sharing the love, collecting and joy Walter🙂

As soon as he droped the 'proof' coin down onto the other coin I new right away. No collector would ever handle a proof this way :P.

Thanks for this info Great clear precise

Thank you very much for this short, very, very nice, informative Video and best rgds. from Germany to Wales!!!

Great video. I’m new to sovereigns so big help. Thanks

thanks for this! I just bought my first off eBay, I knew about magnets and I have scales, their photo has it on some scales and it's the correct weight, but I would check anyway, because it could have been a different coin haha. They had a good chunk of good reviews and 100% positive feedback, so I'm not too worried

Really enjoyed the video. Thanks

Thank you so much for a very informative programme on Detecting false Sovereins , Absolute magic

Thanks very much, great video, really helpful.

Thanks for the informative video

Thank you for sharing Walter

Hello sir I'm from India I got few of these coins similar to which you are showing in video with Victoria DG 1911 tiny in size could you please make me understand how does this make value for me?