1909 Ottawa Sovereign PCGS MS64

I imagine Canadian sovereign collectors must envy their Australian counterparts. We have the second largest range of sovereigns in the world (after the English series, of course), and can collect the dates across three mints, three monarchs, and eight distinctively different designs, including one that was created exclusively for Australia. Canadians, on the other hand, have only ten different sovereign dates to collect. However, what Canada’s sovereigns lack in range, they make up for in rarity: All Canadian sovereigns were manufactured in small numbers. The consequence is that they are very tightly collected, regardless of grade. A high-grade Canadian sovereign is therefore a collecting trifecta: The coin has rarity, quality, and is in demand. The 1909-C sovereign, photographed above, is one such trifecta. Take its low mintage of only 16,273 pieces, combine it with its high grade (PCGS MS64, equal-fourth finest graded by PCGS), and you have a very desirable coin. The example photographed above is one of the nicest Edward VII currency issue sovereigns I’ve ever seen, full stop. In fact, if you glanced at the coin cursorily, you might think it was a specimen! Icy satin fields, sharp strike, and one of the nicest, frostiest renditions of Edward VII I’ve ever seen, this coin, photographed above, must certainly be one of the finest currency issue sovereigns from that era. For it to have survived in this state of preservation for over a century, it would not be far-fetched to say that it might have been an early strike that was put aside in 1909 as one of the Dominion of Canada’s first circulation sovereigns. RARE this nice, and worthy of a premium price. Professional Coin Grading Service is the global leader in coin authentication and grading. With over 60 million coins graded and counting, PCGS is trusted by collectors, dealers, and investors to certify authenticity, protect value, and elevate market confidence. This is a direct conversion of the 70-point PCGS grade to a 10-point scale, intended to present the grade in a more intuitive format for newer collectors. It is not our personal opinion or an attempt at regrading the coin to a different standard. To understand how the 70-point scale converts to a 10-point scale, [click here](https://drakesterling.com/en/page/the-ten-point-coin-grading-scale). I imagine Canadian sovereign collectors must envy their Australian counterparts. We have the second largest range of sovereigns in the world (after the English series, of course), and can collect the dates across three mints, three monarchs, and eight distinctively different designs, including one that was created exclusively for Australia. Canadians, on the other hand, have only ten different sovereign dates to collect. However, what Canada’s sovereigns lack in range, they make up for in rarity: All Canadian sovereigns were manufactured in small numbers. The consequence is that they are very tightly collected, regardless of grade. A high-grade Canadian sovereign is therefore a collecting trifecta: The coin has rarity, quality, and is in demand. The 1909-C sovereign, photographed above, is one such trifecta. Take its low mintage of only 16,273 pieces, combine it with its high grade (PCGS MS64, equal-fourth finest graded by PCGS), and you have a very desirable coin. The example photographed above is one of the nicest Edward VII currency issue sovereigns I’ve ever seen, full stop. In fact, if you glanced at the coin cursorily, you might think it was a specimen! Icy satin fields, sharp strike, and one of the nicest, frostiest renditions of Edward VII I’ve ever seen, this coin, photographed above, must certainly be one of the finest currency issue sovereigns from that era. For it to have survived in this state of preservation for over a century, it would not be far-fetched to say that it might have been an early strike that was put aside in 1909 as one of the Dominion of Canada’s first circulation sovereigns. RARE this nice, and worthy of a premium price.