2022 Memorial Quarter Sovereign PF70

The 2022  Memorial  Quarter Sovereign features the Royal Arms

‘to commemorate the life of  Devotion and Service of  HM Queen Elizabeth II

This Quarter Sovereign has achieved the

highest possible grade at NGC-PF70

The history of the sovereign can be traced back to the fifteenth century,

Four years after the Battle of Bosworth.

This was the decisive battle of the War 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 this magnificent coin

was a portrait of England’s monarch.

Every year a judicial ceremony called

‘The Trial of Pyx’ meets as it has done for over 700 years.

At the ‘trial’, an independent panel sworn in by HM Queen

ascertains whether the coins made by the Royal Mint

are the correct weight, diameter and composition of the coins.

As required by law.