{"title":"Historic Gold Coins","description":"\u003cp\u003eGold coins that circulated as money: Sovereigns from the reigns of Victoria, Edward VII and George V, and American Double Eagles struck before Roosevelt withdrew gold coin from circulation in 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are offered as historical issues, not as individually catalogued specimens. Most listings cover a range of dates within a reign or a type rather than one particular coin, so the date, mint and mintmark you receive will vary and cannot be chosen. Condition varies as well — coins that circulated carry wear, and some have been cleaned at some point in their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAge on its own does not make a coin scarce. Most surviving Sovereigns of these reigns are common, and they are priced accordingly. If the date, mintmark or condition of a particular coin matters to you, ask before ordering and we will tell you what is actually on the shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern restrikes of historical designs are not listed here, even when they carry an earlier date. The Austrian four ducat is dated 1915 whenever it was struck, so it sits under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/world-gold-coins\"\u003eWorld Gold Coins\u003c\/a\u003e instead.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"20-dollars-double-eagle-liberty-head-gold-coin-mixed-years","title":"20 Dollars Double Eagle Liberty Head Gold Coin (Mixed Years)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty dollars in gold, and for most of the nineteenth century the largest coin in American circulation. The Liberty Head — also called the Coronet Head — was designed by James B. Longacre and struck from 1850 until 1907, when Saint-Gaudens' design replaced it. Nearly an ounce of fine gold in a coin that actually circulated, and one that carried a great deal of America's monetary gold before 1933.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow this listing is supplied.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a Liberty Head Double Eagle supplied by type across mixed years, not a particular dated coin. The date and mintmark — Philadelphia, San Francisco, Carson City and others struck these — will vary with what is on the shelf and cannot be chosen. These circulated, so expect the wear normal for the type. The photograph shows a Double Eagle of this type, not the individual coin you will receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf a particular date, mint or standard of preservation matters to you, \u003ca href=\"mailto:wgholdingsltd@outlook.com?subject=Liberty%20Head%20Double%20Eagle\"\u003eask before ordering\u003c\/a\u003e and we will tell you what we actually hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriced against the live London market and dispatched fully insured within the UK, in plain packaging. We buy back anything we sell, at the market, on the day you ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable class=\"wg-spec\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 oz (0.9675)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePurity\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e.900 (21.6 carat)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eFine gold content\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30.09 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eType\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLiberty (Coronet) Head, designed by James B. Longacre\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eStruck\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1850–1907\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eMint or refiner\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnited States Mint (USA)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDenomination\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 Dollars USD\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDate and mintmark\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVaries — supplied by type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eTax standing\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVAT exempt (investment gold) · CGT applies\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"WG Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63469062685002,"sku":null,"price":3488.12,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0518\/0234\/files\/20-dollars-liberty-head-obverse.png?v=1788910316"},{"product_id":"20-double-eagle-st-gaudens-head-gold-coin","title":"$20 Double Eagle St Gaudens Head Gold Coin","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty dollars in gold, struck to Augustus Saint-Gaudens' design from 1907 until Roosevelt withdrew gold coin from circulation in 1933. Commissioned by Theodore Roosevelt, who wanted American coinage to look like the high-relief coinage of antiquity, and generally held to be the finest thing ever put on a United States coin. Nearly an ounce of fine gold in a coin that actually circulated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow this listing is supplied.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle supplied by type, not a particular dated coin. The date and mintmark will vary with what is on the shelf and cannot be chosen. These circulated, so expect the wear normal for the type. The photograph shows a Double Eagle of this type, not the individual coin you will receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf a particular date, mint or standard of preservation matters to you, \u003ca href=\"mailto:wgholdingsltd@outlook.com?subject=Saint-Gaudens%20Double%20Eagle\"\u003eask before ordering\u003c\/a\u003e and we will tell you what we actually hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriced against the live London market and dispatched fully insured within the UK, in plain packaging. We buy back anything we sell, at the market, on the day you ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable class=\"wg-spec\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 oz (0.9675)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePurity\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e.900 (21.6 carat)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eFine gold content\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30.09 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eType\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSaint-Gaudens, designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eStruck\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1907–1933\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eMint or refiner\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnited States Mint (USA)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDenomination\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 Dollars USD\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDate and mintmark\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVaries — supplied by type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eTax standing\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVAT exempt (investment gold) · CGT applies\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"WG Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63469062750538,"sku":null,"price":3594.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0518\/0234\/files\/1914-20-Double-Eagle-St-Gaudens.jpg?v=1788910316"},{"product_id":"gold-sovereign-victoria-jubilee-head","title":"Gold Sovereign Victoria – Jubilee Head","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sovereign has been struck, on and off, since 1817, and Pistrucci's St George has ridden across the reverse for most of that time. Seven and a third grams of fine gold in twenty-two carat. The Jubilee Head is Joseph Boehm's portrait of Victoria, introduced for the Golden Jubilee of 1887 and used until 1893 — a short-lived design, and a widely disliked one at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow this listing is supplied.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a Jubilee Head Sovereign supplied by portrait type, not a particular dated coin. The year and the mintmark will vary with what is on the shelf and cannot be chosen. These circulated as money, so expect the wear normal for a coin of the period. The photograph shows a Sovereign of this type, not the individual coin you will receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf a particular date, mint or standard of preservation matters to you, \u003ca href=\"mailto:wgholdingsltd@outlook.com?subject=Victoria%20Jubilee%20Head%20Sovereign\"\u003eask before ordering\u003c\/a\u003e and we will tell you what we actually hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriced against the live London market and dispatched fully insured within the UK, in plain packaging. We buy back anything we sell, at the market, on the day you ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable class=\"wg-spec\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSovereign\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePurity\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e.9167 (22 carat)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eFine gold content\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.32 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eMonarch and portrait\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVictoria, Jubilee Head (1887–1893)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDenomination\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 Pound\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDate and mintmark\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVaries — supplied by portrait type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eTax standing\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCGT exempt (UK legal tender) · VAT exempt (investment gold)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"WG Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63469068747082,"sku":null,"price":904.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0518\/0234\/files\/queen-victoria-jubilee-head-gold-coin-reverse.png?v=1788910348"},{"product_id":"gold-sovereign-victoria-old-head","title":"Gold Sovereign Victoria – Old Head","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sovereign has been struck, on and off, since 1817, and Pistrucci's St George has ridden across the reverse for most of that time. Seven and a third grams of fine gold in twenty-two carat. The Old Head, or Veiled Head, is Thomas Brock's portrait of Victoria used from 1893 until her death in 1901 — the last of the three portraits to appear on her Sovereigns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow this listing is supplied.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is an Old Head Sovereign supplied by portrait type, not a particular dated coin. The year and the mintmark will vary with what is on the shelf and cannot be chosen. These circulated as money, so expect the wear normal for a coin of the period. The photograph shows a Sovereign of this type, not the individual coin you will receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf a particular date, mint or standard of preservation matters to you, \u003ca href=\"mailto:wgholdingsltd@outlook.com?subject=Victoria%20Old%20Head%20Sovereign\"\u003eask before ordering\u003c\/a\u003e and we will tell you what we actually hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriced against the live London market and dispatched fully insured within the UK, in plain packaging. We buy back anything we sell, at the market, on the day you ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable class=\"wg-spec\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSovereign\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePurity\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e.9167 (22 carat)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eFine gold content\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.32 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eMonarch and portrait\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVictoria, Old Head (1893–1901)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDenomination\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 Pound\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDate and mintmark\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVaries — supplied by portrait type\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eTax standing\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCGT exempt (UK legal tender) · VAT exempt (investment gold)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"WG Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63469068779850,"sku":null,"price":904.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0518\/0234\/files\/sovereign-victoria-old-head-gold-coin-reverse.png?v=1788910349"},{"product_id":"sovereign-edward-vii-gold-coin","title":"Sovereign Edward VII Gold Coin","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sovereign has been struck, on and off, since 1817, and Pistrucci's St George has ridden across the reverse for most of that time. Seven and a third grams of fine gold in twenty-two carat. Edward VII reigned from 1901 to 1910, and his Sovereigns carry De Saulles' bare-head portrait — a short reign, so a comparatively short run of dates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow this listing is supplied.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is an Edward VII Sovereign supplied by reign, not a particular dated coin. The year and the mintmark will vary with what is on the shelf and cannot be chosen. These circulated as money, so expect the wear normal for a coin of the period. The photograph shows a Sovereign of this type, not the individual coin you will receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf a particular date, mint or standard of preservation matters to you, \u003ca href=\"mailto:wgholdingsltd@outlook.com?subject=Edward%20VII%20Sovereign\"\u003eask before ordering\u003c\/a\u003e and we will tell you what we actually hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriced against the live London market and dispatched fully insured within the UK, in plain packaging. We buy back anything we sell, at the market, on the day you ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable class=\"wg-spec\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSovereign\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePurity\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e.9167 (22 carat)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eFine gold content\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.32 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eMonarch\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eEdward VII (1901–1910)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDenomination\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 Pound\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDate and mintmark\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVaries — supplied by reign\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eTax standing\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCGT exempt (UK legal tender) · VAT exempt (investment gold)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"WG Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63469069926730,"sku":null,"price":883.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0518\/0234\/files\/sovereign-edward-vii-gold-coin-reverse.png?v=1788910354"},{"product_id":"sovereign-george-v-gold-coin","title":"Sovereign George V Gold Coin","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sovereign has been struck, on and off, since 1817, and Pistrucci's St George has ridden across the reverse for most of that time. Seven and a third grams of fine gold in twenty-two carat, in a coin small enough to close your hand around. George V reigned from 1910 to 1936, and Sovereigns of his reign were struck in London and also at the branch mints — Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Ottawa, Bombay and Pretoria — each with its own mintmark above the date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow this listing is supplied.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a George V Sovereign supplied by reign, not a particular dated coin. The year and the mintmark will vary with what is on the shelf and cannot be chosen, and we do not record which mint a given coin came from. These circulated as money, so expect the wear normal for a coin of the period. The photograph shows a Sovereign of this type, not the individual coin you will receive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf a particular date, mint or standard of preservation matters to you, \u003ca href=\"mailto:wgholdingsltd@outlook.com?subject=George%20V%20Sovereign\"\u003eask before ordering\u003c\/a\u003e and we will tell you what we actually hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePriced against the live London market and dispatched fully insured within the UK, in plain packaging. We buy back anything we sell, at the market, on the day you ask.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ctable class=\"wg-spec\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSovereign\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePurity\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e.9167 (22 carat)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eFine gold content\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e7.32 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eMonarch\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGeorge V (1910–1936)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eDate and mintmark\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVaries — supplied by reign\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eTax standing\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eVAT exempt · CGT exempt (UK legal tender)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"WG Coins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63469069959498,"sku":null,"price":882.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0518\/0234\/files\/sovereign-georges-V-gold-coin-reverse.png?v=1788910354"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1078\/0518\/0234\/collections\/wg-plate-loupe.jpg?v=1789107204","url":"https:\/\/wgcoins.com\/collections\/historic-gold.oembed","provider":"WG Coins","version":"1.0","type":"link"}