Found This In My Grandfathers Old Coin Collection

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Its a nice example, but Edwardian gold coins are very common and really worth just a bit above bullion value.

Your coin is likely AU/BU and a London coin as it has no mintmark, almost certain yours is a sovereign rather than half, but anyway mintages are 15 million for soeverigns (Only 4 million halfcrowns minted in comparison that year) and 4 million for halves.

Both are BV for F/VF, yours is at least AU, so has about a 20% premium on melt.

It is not worth wasting $45 or so to get it slabbed.

Looks like a half sovereign from the diameter.
Just a friendly hint, but maybe don't touch the coins directly on the surface with fingertips!

Well I stand corrected. Yep half sovereign and probably more EF than UNC, my catalogue book has it at £140 in that condition as a coin to be sold. It may be higher now, solely because of Gold value.

I agree with the Captain, never handle a coin like that, hold them always by their edges. You can buy a pair of digital callipers and measure coins that way.

Seeing your other thread, I would actually sell that half sovereign and use the money to buy a huge collection of Australian pennies or halfpence and that would be a fun way to get into coins.

Just my opinion, I find gold frustrating and expensive, whereas pennies and silver coins offer endless and affordable fun. I pretty much started with grubby old 2 cent pieces and now have an Australian florin collection which is just pleasing me more every day. That can be you too in a few months.

Being on this forum too, will also be great as you have some real experts and serious numismatists (Hard core coin collectors) here and we all learn and feed off each other's knowledge and growing collections.

We are lucky too, we have this great Aussie and Kiwi section as well as a dedicated British area too.

The bullion value of a half-sovereign is currently AU$300. This one doesn't seem to qualify as being worth much more than bullion value.

And this one is definitely British (London mint). It's a pity it's not an Australian-minted half-sovereign (they look identical, except for a tiny P, M or S mintmark in the ground-line above the date). Australian half-sovs are much rarer than their British counterparts, and command a premium above melt, even in lower grades. A 1909-P half-sov in this condition is a scarce coin and would be worth AU$800 or so; 1909-M, around $400.