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$4,377.10
The Gold Britannia is the Royal Mint’s one-ounce bullion coin, .9999 fine since 2013, and exempt from UK capital gains tax for British residents.
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| Total weight | 31.103 g |
|---|---|
| Fineness | .9999 (99.99%) |
| Pure gold content | 31.100 g (0.9999 ozt) |
| Years struck | 1987–present (.9167 until 2012, .9999 from 2013) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Face value | £100 |
Britannias dated 2012 or earlier are 22 karat and weigh 34.05 g for the same one ounce of gold; from 2013 the coin is four-nines fine and weighs exactly one troy ounce. Either way the gold content is a full ounce. As UK legal tender, Britannias are free of capital gains tax for UK residents — the main reason British investors pay their premium over imported coins.
Its melt value is about $4,377.10, based on 0.9999 troy ounces (31.100 g) of pure gold at a spot price of $4,377.60 per troy ounce. That is the metal content only — the coin may be worth considerably more to a collector.
The coin weighs 31.103 g in total and is 99.99% fine (.9999), so it contains 31.100 g of pure gold — 0.9999 troy ounces.
Not exactly. Melt value is the raw metal content at spot. Scrap buyers and refiners typically pay 80–95% of melt to cover refining and margin, while recognised bullion coins and collectable dates usually sell for more than melt, not less. Melt is best treated as the floor under a coin’s price.
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