Brisbane tradie finds rare gold coin under tree (https://www.9news.com.au/national/brisbane-tradie-finds-rare-gold-coin/8c1eb2c6-4033-4057-9cb5-ef7b6cb116a0)
"Worth more than $2,000." A touch of hyperbole there I think.
Ah good luck to him but I doubt it would have been there that long. Probably lost from a theft haul and ended up partly buried.
1.48 million minted that year, less than Melbourne - but so were most Sydney coins.
Still nice and golden - but not rare.
I should reach out to the guy and make a swap, as i seem to have 2 Melbourne sovereigns from 1885, but no Sydney ones.
Its getting close now, Gold at US $ 4,200.00 per ounce now which is $1,750.00 NZ for a sovereign, thats about $1,600 Aussie.