Sovereign Sized Vintage World Gold Coin Collection

What about the US half eagle?

Building a gold type collection can be a rather pricey exercise. Forget about modern collector only NCLT British decimal sovereigns after 1971, there are just too many types.

I actually completed an Australian gold type collection of seven Half sovereigns and nine sovereigns. My collection also included the Adelaide Pound, as a tenth coin.

Australian Sovereign type set:-
1. Sydney Mint wreath type reverse young head
2. Sydney Mint wreath type reverse with Victoria wearing a garland of banksia in her hair
3. Young head shield reverse
4. Young head St George reverse
5. Jubilee head St George
6. Veiled head St George
7. Edward V11
8. George V small head
9. George V large head

British type set:
1. George 111
2. George 1V shield
3. George 1V St George
4. William 1V
5. as per (3) above
6. as per (4) above
7. as per (5) above
8. as per (6) above
9. as per (7) above
10. as per (8) above
11. as per (9) above
12. Edward V111 (v. rare pattern)
13. George V1 (proof only)
14. Elizabeth 11 St George

South Africa:
1. Pond, Kruger obverse, single shaft only
2. George V1, springbok reverse
3. Elizabeth 11, springbok reverse
4. Two Rand Jan Van Reibek obverse

other South African, Indian and Canadian as per British types of equivalent date.

- Canada 5 dollar
- Cuba 5 peso
- various other 5 peso coins from Latin America

Isle of Man sovereign (has a different reverse to the standard type)

I compiled a list years ago which you may find interesting.

Some of these are more modern, and some are extremely rare/expensive:

Alderney, 25 Pounds, 2001 - 2005
Australia, $25, 2009 - 2012
Azerbaijan, 100 Manat, 1996
Bahamas , $20, 1967, 1971
Bermuda, $20, 1970
Biafra, 2 Pounds, 1969
Canada, Sovereign, 1908 - 1919
Colombia, 5 Pesos, 1913 - 1930
Cyprus, Sovereign, 1966
Cyprus, 20 Pounds, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2004
Danzig, 25 Gulden, 1923, 1930
Ecuador, 10 Sucres, 1899 - 1900
Guernsey, 25 Pounds, 2002 - 2004
Hutt River Province, Sovereign, 1985. 1986
India, Sovereign, 1918
India, 15 Rupees, 1918
Iran, Azadi, 1979, 1984 - 1996
Iran, Pahlavi, 1931, 1941 - 1979
Isle of Man, Sovereign, 1965, 1973 - 1986, 1988
Israel, 20 Lirot, 1960
Jersey, Sovereign, 2000
Jersey, 25 Pounds, 2002, 2004
Lesotho, 2 Maloti, 1966, 1969
Macao, 500 Patacas, 1988, 1991, 1993 - 2007
Morocco, Sovereign, 1371 (1952)
New Zealand, $10, 2005
Peru, Libra, 1898 - 1969
Philippines, 2500 Piso, 1994
Rhodesia, Pound, 1966
Saudi Arabia, Guinea , 1950, 1957, 1947
South Africa, 2 Rand, 1961 - 1983
South Africa, Pond, 1874, 1892 - 1900
South Africa, Pound, 1952 - 1960
South Africa, Sovereign, 1923 - 1932
Sri Lanka, 5000 Rupees, 1998
Travancore, Sovereign, 1881

Hate to go off topic but, IMHO, the "lower gold prices" are already here.