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Great Britain Gold Sovereign Coin Old Queen’s – Varied Year and Design

Great Britain Gold Sovereign Coin Old Queen’s – Varied Year and Design

$592.62

These Circulated old Queen Gold Sovereign Coins (Random Year) contain .2354 troy ounces of fine gold and have been tested for gold content and purity. The date on these coins will be chosen at random from our available inventory, range from the early to late 1900’s, they also may include a combination of Queen Victoria and/or Elizabeth depending on our inventory at the current time.  Please note, we can not guarantee the design you will receive (Other specific dates/obverse portraits are available in a separate listing.) Each Gold Sovereign is struck to the same precise standard as every Sovereign since 1817.  Coins will be issued based on our current inventory and may contain queens of varied years and portraits.

  • Contains .2354 oz actual Gold weight.
  • Dates are of our choosing and determined by stock on hand.
  • All coins will be in Average Circulated Condition
  • Obverse: Depicts the Queen bust of the reigning monarch at the time the coin was struck.
  • Reverse: A rendition of St. George mounted on horseback slaying a dragon, designed by Benedetto Pistrucci.
  • Minted at the The Royal Mint and other Commonwealth Mints.
  • Numerous Queen designs may be included, such as:
  • 1 of 4 Queen portraits on obverse:
    • Elizabeth II Young Head 1957-1968
    • Elizabeth II Decimal Head 1974-1984
    • Elizabeth II Third Head 1985-1997
    • Queen Victoria Design 1871-1901 (Young head, Jubilee and Old Head)

Additional discount of $50.00 per Monster Box applied at checkout for purchases of 1500 oz or more. We will also provide further discounts for purchases above 100 oz of Gold or Platinum, please call 1-800-526-7765 for details. We will beat any competitor's price!

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

Product Type

Coin

Coin Year

Varies

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