1887 QUEEN VICTORIA GOLD FIVE POUNDS SOVEREIGN

[jrtv]

That's got a brass mount attached, will this effect the value, its in very good condition and in its original box

[shoota]

Unusual to mount a gold coin in brass - you sure it isn't gold?

[dotty.]

on dickinson's real deal today the dealer paid £1400 for 3 gold sovereigns and 3 half sovereigns and david dickinson said it's because they don't sell for scrap value they sell to sovereign collectors, these were george v too i think

[shoota]

As long as the mount hasn't damaged the coin it won't affect it's value - but don't just chuck it away until you are sure it's brass......

[dotty.]

http://www.goldsovere...uk/1887sovereign.html

[jrtv]

It looks like brass although I'm not sure, it's a different colour than the coin, it's a mount at the top so you can put it on a neck chain.

[shoota]

You might find that the mount is 9 carat and the coin 18 so they will look different. A good jeweller should advise you.

[jrtv]

Thanks for that link dotty

[shoota]

Thanks to google: the £5 coin is 22 carat so will be much richer in colour than a 9 carat mount.

[jrtv]

Thanks shoota, I'm going to have to take it somewhere, I don't seem to know the difference between a £5-00 gold coin and a full sovereign, some go for £350 on ebay and others £2000, they look the same to me

[horseshoes]

VERY likely to be a 9 carat gold mount.

[jrtv]

There are 2 letters methyl but I can't make them out, they look like 2 7

[jrtv]

Hi methyl, I took the coin into town and had it checked, it was a £2 Gold Sovereign ( not £5 ) the mount was 9 carat just as shoota said, the coin is 22 carat and I was offered £450, thanks guys