Description
2015 ROYAL MINT
GOLD FULL SOVEREIGN PROOF COIN
FIFTH PORTRAIT
FIRST YEAR OF ISSUE
THERE HAS ONLY EVER BEEN FOUR PREVIOUS PORTRAITS
OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, ON OUR COINAGE,
THE FIRST PORTRAIT WAS DESIGNED BY MARY GILLICK IN 1953,
FOLLOWING THE HM QUEEN’S CORONATION.
THIS LATEST PORTRAIT WAS DESIGNED BY JODY CLARK, AND SHOWS HER MAJESTY WEARING THE ROYAL DIAMOND DIADEM, WHICH SHE WORE ON HER CORONATION, AND WAS FEATURED ON THE PORTRAITS DESIGNED BY RAPHAEL MAKLOUF AND ARNOLD MACHIN.
THE HISTORY OF THE SOVEREIGN CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, FOUR YEARS AFTER THE BATTLE OF BOSWORTH,
THE DECISIVE BATTLE OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES.
THE NEW TUDOR KING HENRY VII CELEBRATED THE STABILITY OF HIS REALM WITH
‘A NEW COIN OF GOLD’.
THE SOVEREIGN WAS NAMED TO HONOUR THE KING. THE SOVEREIGN A STATEMENT OF WEALTH AND STRENGTH OF THE NEW TUDOR DYNASTY THE DEFINING FEATURE OF THE THIS MAGNIFICENT COIN WAS A PORTRAIT OF ENGLAND’S MONARCH.
THE SOVEREIGN ICONIC DESIGN OF SAINT GEORGE SLAYING THE DRAGON
BY BENEDETTO PISTRUCCI IS RECOGNISED THE WORLD WIDE.
THIS SOVEREIGN IS BRAND NEW AND SEALED IN ORIGINAL PACKAGING.
(photo’s shown is our own sovereign from our personal collection).
DENOMINATION: SOVEREIGN
METAL: 22 CARAT GOLD
WEIGHT: 7.98 GRAMS
DIAMETER: 22.05 MM
