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Sell sovereigns.Check the year first.

Most sovereigns are worth the gold in them. A few years and mints were struck in small numbers, though, and those deserve a closer look. The sovereign checker tells you which you have before you sell.

Check a sovereign Price your gold
Cast gold bars and sovereigns on the counter tray.
15.98g

A double sovereign, 22 carat

7.98g

A full sovereign, 22 carat

3.99g

A half sovereign, 22 carat

1.997g

A quarter sovereign, 22 carat

Sovereign 3.99g22ct916.7

How rare is the year?

Pick the coin (double, full, half or quarter), then the year and the mint. The checker shows how many were struck, from the official mint records, a rarity rating read from that number, whether the coin is worth grading (having its condition assessed by a specialist), and the gold in it at today’s price. For modern doubles and quarters the Royal Mint publishes no count, only the limit on each proof issue, and the checker says so.

A lot of old gold on the scales, the weight on the display.

A common date is worth its gold.

There is 14.65g of pure gold in a double sovereign, 7.32g in a full, 3.66g in a half and 1.83g in a quarter. If the checker says a coin is worth a look, bring it in before you sell it for its gold. Our offer stands for 24 hours.

Royal Mint 31.1g24ct999.9

Bring it in, or post it.

Post it: open an account and do the one-off ID check, and we send you a free pack, whatever the amount. Put your gold in, seal it and take it to a post office counter. It goes on our prepaid Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed by 1pm label, addressed to our returns address: BE, Suite 53, 101 Clerkenwell Road, London, EC1R 5BX. Keep your proof of posting. It is tracked and signed for. Please don’t post anything to our Hatton Garden office. Accept an offer by 3pm (UK time) on a working day and we send the payment that day by instant bank transfer. Accept later, or on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday, and we send it the next working day. A visit is by arrangement at 34–35 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8DX. Call 020 4569 2010 first, and bring photo ID.

Questions

Which sovereigns do you buy?
Full, half, double and quarter sovereigns, any year and any mint.
Is my sovereign worth more than its gold?
Most are not, but one struck in small numbers can be. The checker’s rarity rating and grading line tell you whether it is worth a look.
How am I paid?
Accept an offer by 3pm (UK time) on a working day and we send the payment that day by instant bank transfer. Accept later, or on a Saturday, Sunday or bank holiday, and we send it the next working day.
Can I swap sovereigns for a bar?
Yes. An exchange takes coins as old gold, from 20g, into fine gold bars at a flat 8%, with no bar fee, except 1% more on a 5g bar and 3% more on a 2.5g bar.

Check yours first.

The sovereign checker Arrange a visit

Check your identity

We check everyone before they can accept an offer, buy from us or be paid. This keeps stolen gold, fraud and money laundering out. It takes about two minutes. You'll need photo ID (passport, driving licence or ID card), a recent proof of address, and your phone or webcam for a short selfie. Please also confirm you are 18 or over and live in the UK.

The check is run for us by Sumsub, our identity-verification provider. Sumsub also uses some of this data for its own purposes (see below). The face match uses biometric data, so we ask for your explicit consent. If you prefer, call us and we will check your ID in person instead.

If a check doesn't pass, a member of our staff reviews it before we decide anything. You can ask us to explain, give us your side, or ask for a person to look again. See our Privacy notice, section 4.

I have read Sumsub's Notice. I understand that Sumsub also uses my data, including biometric data, for its own purposes as an independent controller, including fraud detection across its clients and developing its services (including AI model training) for up to 5 years. Read Sumsub's Notice · Read our privacy notice, section 4.3