Anyone know about these gold coins?

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I think my dad was a pirate. Looking through one of his drawers I found some treasure. I know absolutely nothing about coins but biting them they appear to be made out of gold. Before my mum sticks them in her purse with her other shrapnel is it worth finding out anything about them? A quick Google says they are sovereigns. The question is are they just standard sovereigns or should I send her off in an UBER to Antiques Roadshow?

Thanks

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nikaiyo2 said:

Sooo do not let your mum put them in the parking meter

hehe

That probably explains now why the grandkids always want to go to nana's house to get some money for sweeties

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Thanks for replies.

We won't be selling them until my mum needs some more money for gin. In fact I quite like the idea of keeping hold of them so will probably buy them off her. I was more interested in if they were any kind of special sovereign - will check for the shield type, thanks

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dartissimus said:

Check the dates, some years have a lot more value.

Also if they have a letter above the date, it denotes they were made somewhere other than London; Australia, Canada or India.
These are also worth more.

The ones with links attached are scrap only unless the links can be removed without damaging the milling.

Keep an eye on gold prices, there can be quite a variation in prices

Thank you. Interesting point re links attached.. is removal of these best left to a jeweller or could anyone with a decent mini-pliers kit be able to gently snip them off? I'll try and (online) research the dates too

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MortyC137 said:

I'd hold a soldering iron onto the links and melt them off, then get some desoldering braid to mop up with. It's very likely any solder used to attach them will be lead or silver based, and have a much lower melting point than gold, and I don't think any soldering iron I've seen would go high enough to do any damage, so should be quite safe.

Actually, I wouldn't, as I quite like the earrings and pendant. Keep them like that

Sorry, missed your reply. Thanks for advice. You never know.. might come back in fashion one day

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TorqueDirty said:

A few nice early Victoria sovereigns there and worth some money for sure. Previous post saying that the ear ring ones are scrap is possibly true - but scrap gold is still valuable of course.

Don't clean them I'd suggest. Condition is pretty important for coins and badly cleaned coins lose value.

I dug these two up a couple of years ago. Just wiped them with a cloth and that was it.

Bit older than yours and worth a few quid - but I won't sell them. Lovely things.

Edited by TorqueDirty on Tuesday 21st September 09:26

Wow. What an amazing find! You must of had butterflies in your stomach seeing them!