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2023 Great Britain Gold Sovereign (BU)

2023 Great Britain Gold Sovereign (BU)

$539.94

This flagship coin from The Royal Mint has represented monarchial strength since its inception in 1489. In 2023, The Royal Mint struck this coin with a new reverse design honoring The Platinum Jubilee, a remarkable moment in British history.

Coin Highlights:

  • Contains .2354 oz actual Gold weight.
  • Multiples of 25 are packaged in tubes. Lesser quantities will be in protective packaging.
  • Obverse: Depicts the definitive effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
  • Reverse: Features an updated design for 2023 to honor the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen. For this design, Timothy Noad has reinterpreted the Royal Coat of Arms.
  • Sovereign coin backed by the British government.

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Description

One of the oldest coins still produced today, The British Sovereign was first struck over 500 years ago in 1489, named to honor the king and has been a symbol of strength and prestige ever since. During the nineteenth century, the gold Sovereign was a recognized currency in more than 20 countries.

The tale of Saint George and the Dragon was brought back to Western Europe by returning crusaders. It would serve as inspiration when Pistrucci was commissioned by The Royal Mint to work on new designs as a reform of the coinage was undertaken in 1816, the government intervening to re-stabilize the currency after the Napoleonic Wars.

Pistrucci’s interest in St George had been aroused by Lady Spencer, to whom he had been introduced by Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society and friend of William Wellesley Pole, then Master of the Mint. Her Ladyship showed Pistrucci a wax model of Saint George and asked him to make another ‘in the Greek style’. Lady Spencer had no time for a figure dressed in gothic armour, an appealing sentiment to the Italian, whose favorite maxim was said to be ‘study Greek originals day and night’. Pistrucci’s iconic design first appeared on The Sovereign in 1817, instantly distinctive it became a classic and still endures 200+ years later.

A circulating coin, it was struck in 916.7 fine gold to withstand daily use and it is struck from that same durable, 22 karat gold today. Adorned by the renowned engraver Benedetto Pistrucci’s iconic Saint George and the dragon design, which has endured for 200 years.

Additional information

Weight 0.2354 oz
Metal

gold

Weight

.2354 oz

Coin Year

2023

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