Historic coins.
Lasting interest.
Explore Sovereigns from Victoria to the current year, historic world gold and selected modern coins. Every listing sets out what the coin is and how it is supplied, with free insured UK delivery.
Gold that circulated
Sovereigns from the reigns of Victoria, Edward VII and George V, and American Double Eagles struck before 1933. Supplied as historical issues by reign or type — the date and mintmark vary with what is on the shelf.
The Sovereign, in every size
Half, full, double and quintuple, from Victoria's reign to the current year. All are UK legal tender, so all are free of Capital Gains Tax for UK residents.
How we describe what we sell
WG Coins sells British and world gold coins online. Sovereigns are the centre of the range — Victoria, Edward VII and George V alongside current Royal Mint issues — with Britannias, the Tudor Beasts series, Krugerrands, Maple Leafs and pre-1933 American gold.
Every listing states the fineness, the fine gold content and the tax position. Where a listing covers a range of dates rather than one particular coin, it says so, and the date and mintmark you receive will vary. We do not publish grades, catalogue references or provenance we cannot evidence.
If something about a coin matters to you — the dates currently on the shelf, how worn they are, whether a particular reign is available — ask before you order and we will tell you what we actually hold.
Struck outside Britain
Krugerrands, Maple Leafs, pre-1933 American Double Eagles and the Austrian four ducat. Free of VAT as investment gold, but not UK legal tender — so a gain on them can be liable for Capital Gains Tax.
Collector guides
What we know about buying, holding and selling gold coins in Britain, written plainly and without a sales pitch.
Two hundred years of the same coin: why 22 carat, why Pistrucci's St George, and why it still leads the catalogue.
Investment gold is VAT free in the UK. What that covers, and why it is a different exemption from Capital Gains Tax.
UK legal tender coins are exempt whatever the gain. Foreign coins are not. Exactly what qualifies, and why it decides what is worth buying.
Why it is a proportion rather than a sum, whether to buy at once or gradually, and which pieces to buy first.
Selling a coin or a collection
We buy gold coins — single pieces, accumulations and whole collections — and we buy back anything we have sold, at the market on the day you ask.
The calculator on the selling page estimates what we would pay for the fine gold content of a coin. That is the right figure for ordinary bullion-grade material. It is not a valuation of collecting interest and it does not account for date, mintmark or condition. If you believe a coin is worth more than its gold, say so when you write and tell us what you have.
Four steps, start to finish
No account to open and no call-back before you are told a price. Every price published on this site is available to everyone; larger orders may receive a separate quotation.
Choose
Every listing shows its purity, its fine gold content and its tax position, and says whether it is one particular coin or a range of dates. The price you see is the price you pay.
Ask
If the date, the reign or the condition matters to you, email before you order. We will tell you what is actually on the shelf, or say if we cannot.
Delivered
Free, fully insured and signed for within the UK, in plain packaging that does not say what is inside.
Sold back
Whenever you like. We buy back anything we sold you at 98% of the live gold price, calculated on fine gold content — the calculator on the selling page shows the figure first.
Orders are paid in full at the time of ordering, because the gold price moves. Your card details go straight to the payment provider — we never see them.