Schoolboy's delight as he is handed 22ct GOLD SOVEREIGN instead of 1

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A youngster is quids in after receiving a rare gold sovereign in his change - worth 200.

Robert Hunt, 12, was mistakenly handed the Victorian age coin by a cashier while out shopping.

And after taking it to auctioneers Lyon & Turnball the teenager was over the moon when they valued it at such a high price.
Delighted: Robert Hunt was over the moon to have been handed a Victorian coin that has been valued at 200

Today Robert, from Glasgow, said: 'I had been shopping and I noticed that I had been given a very different coin in my change, I knew it wasn't a pound and I thought maybe it was a foreign coin.

'I took it home and showed it to my Dad. He thought it was a sovereign and we decided to take it to Lyon & Turnbull.

'When they said it was worth probably 200 I couldn't believe it.

The original English gold sovereign was last minted in 1604 but the name was used again with the minting of new sovereigns in 1817.

These new sovereign coins were minted in the United Kingdom from 1817 to 1917, in 1925, and from 1957.

Robert's sovereign will be sold at Lyon & Turnbull's Silver and Jewellery Sale which will be held in Edinburgh in March March 2013.

Colin Fraser, specialist at Lyon & Turnbull, said: 'This is a fine example of a Victorian gold sovereign from the 1890's.

'It is in good condition and is not worn in any way.

'It mustn't have been in general circulation very much.

'It is the first time I have heard of anyone finding one in their change.'

Robert added: 'I am looking forward to the auction and I will save most of the money I make, but I am going to spend some of it on buying computer games.'

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MSM at it again.
 
But think of all those poor people who have the family sovereigns sitting there or similar who will say - wow 200 quid - I could pay the gas with that.
 
Think of the poor person who had their kids nick one of their sovereigns to spend at the shops!
 
Mad valuation at 200 anyway. When I was in UK over Xmas I saw regular bullion Sovs going for 250 minimum from my trade contacts, so their off the mark there for starters. I did see a pair of Melbourne 1880's going for... asking price... 480 EACH... at possibly the UK's worst 'pawnbroker'... clueless thick-as-p*gsh*t staff... lowest /gramme of scrap... Albermarle & Bond...
 
VRS said:
Mad valuation at 200 anyway. When I was in UK over Xmas I saw regular bullion Sovs going for 250 minimum from my trade contacts, so their off the mark there for starters. I did see a pair of Melbourne 1880's going for... asking price... 480 EACH... at possibly the UK's worst 'pawnbroker'... clueless thick-as-p*gsh*t staff... lowest /gramme of scrap... Albermarle & Bond...
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I always visited their window to get a good laugh to send me on my way.
 
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