1918 Half Sovereign Perth Mint
COIN
1918 Half Sovereign Perth Mint
QUALITY
Choice Uncirculated
PROVENANCE
Monetarium Sydney
PRICE
$ 15,000
COMMENTS
This is the coin that has it all. The 1918 Half Sovereign struck at the Perth Mint is a key coin. It is extremely scarce and historically important as the nation’s last half sovereign. And we have managed to acquire an example that is supreme for quality: in fact the second only Choice Uncirculated example that we have ever handled.
STATUS
Sold December 2015
The scarcity of the 1918 Perth Half Sovereign is tied to the original mintage. While records indicate that no half sovereigns were struck in 1918, it is believed that approximately 300 examples made their way into circulation.
The George V Half Sovereign Series is comprised of nine coins, all of which are unquestionably aesthetically pleasing. But the chart below clearly shows the extreme rarity of the 1918 Perth Half Sovereign relative to other dates in the George V Half Sovereign Series.
Well struck and brilliantly preserved, the outstanding quality of this piece is a further guarantee of its rarity.
| Half Sovereign | Mintage |
| 1911 Sydney Mint | 252,000 |
| 1911 Perth Mint | 130,000 |
| 1912 Sydney Mint | 278,000 |
| 1914 Sydney Mint | 322,000 |
| 1915 Sydney Mint | 892,000 |
| 1915 Melbourne Mint | 126,000 |
| 1915 Perth Mint | 138,000 |
| 1916 Sydney Mint | 448,000 |
| 1918 Perth Mint | 300 |
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