Change of fortune: Schoolboy's delight as he is handed 22ct GOLD SOVEREIGN instead of £1 coin



Robert Hunt was given the Victorian coin in his change while out shopping in Glasgow

He has had it valued at £200 by auctioneers Lyon & Turnbull

The 12-year-old has said he will spend the money on computer games

Remarkably, the coin is not worn in any way

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.



Eye on the prize: Robert plans to spend the proceeds of his find on computer games

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.'

Timeless: Robert couldn't believe his luck when he spotted he had been given a gold sovereign in his change when he was out shopping

Valuable: The eagle-eyed youngster spotted that this was certainly not a £1 coin



