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Australian Fall of the Berlin Wall Silver Coin

One of my first political memories was President Reagan’s speech at the Brandenburg Gate where he asked President Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.”

Several years after President Reagan made this speech, the Berlin Wall fell.  Shortly after the Wall fell, I had the pleasure of visiting the Soviet Union as a student ambassador of the United States.  While I was not there to negotiate political treaties or nuclear arms treaties, I think that having the Soviet people meet every day Americans helped to ease tensions between our two nations.

I think that it is great that the Perth Mint has produced a Berlin Wall commemorative coin.  Prior to September 11, 2001, the fall of the Berlin Wall was the most important historic event in my lifetime.  Freedom and liberty had triumphed over totalitarianism.

This Australian silver proof coin is tribute to the Free world’s collective victory.  Western nations like Great Britain, Australia, Germany and France stood with the United States to put pressure on the Soviets to open their society.  I think that this Fall of the Berlin Wall Silver Proof Coin is a great way to commemorate this victory.

2009 Gold Proof Sovereign

The 2009 Gold Proof Sovereign is 7.99 grams of 22 carat gold.  As a collector coin, the 2009 gold proof sovereigns are perfect.  The Royal Mint is limiting production of the 2009 gold proof sovereigns to 12,500 coins.  I imagine that with the gold price today at over $1000 per ounce these British gold proof coins will sell out.

History of the British Gold Sovereign

As I mentioned above, the sovereign was first produced in 1489.  The Sovereign was the first coin to have a value of one pound sterling.  These first sovereigns start at around 7000 pounds.

The modern Royal Mint sovereign was first issued in 1816.  These new sovereign coins featured St. George slaying a dragon.  This image on the reverse of the sovereign was designed by Benedetto Pistrucci and is considered one of the best coin designs in the world.

The first gold proof sovereign was issued in 1979 and has been issued annually ever since.  Collecting gold proof sovereign coins makes a great collection.  If you love collecting gold coins, I highly recommend buying British sovereigns.

Do you own any gold sovereigns?  If so, please tell us what lead you to buy one.  If you would like to read more about gold coins, here is a recent article on buying gold bullion coins.  This article also discusses the gold British sovereign coins.