Gold Sovereign

1872 Gold Sovereign – Young Head Shield Reverse - Young Head. In 1872 you can find gold sovereigns with St George reverse or Shield reverse. The shield versions have the date on the obverse, where the St George has the date on the reverse.

1900 Gold Sovereign Melbourne - 1900 Gold Sovereign Melbourne Mint, shows Queen Victoria’s Old head (also known as the Widow head or Veiled head), designed by Thomas Brock RA.

1866 Gold Sovereign – Victoria - You can see the die number on the reverse in the space below the wreath (on this coin die is number 45). SCBC: 3853. There is a variant with an overdate of 6/5.

1872/1 Gold Sovereign – Melbourne 2/1 Overdate - This was the first year that Melbourne Mint struck coins. There was a worry that the new dies may not arrive from London, so they modified the unused 1871 dies so as they would read 1872.

2002 Gold Sovereign Proof - In 2002 Elizabeth II was in her 50th year as Queen making it a Golden Jubilee year. This coin has Timothy Noad’s Shield design depicted on the reverse.

1911 Gold Sovereign Canada - 1911 Gold Sovereign minted at the Canadian Mint. A small ‘C’ just above the date indicates the sovereign was produced at the Ottawa Mint.

1902 Gold Sovereign Sydney - 1902 saw the first gold sovereign coins in the reign of King Edward VII, this one from the Sydney Mint in Australia. King Edward VII’s portrait is by George W. de Saulles.

1979 Gold Sovereign Proof - 1979 finally saw the issue of Elizabeth II Proof Sovereigns. Prior to this proofs had been extremely rare. This sovereign has the Arnold Machin Obverse.

1901 Gold Sovereign Sydney - Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901, aged 81 years old and had reigned for nearly 64 years. Her eldest son, Prince Albert Edward becomes King Edward VII.

1871 Gold Sovereign Sydney – Shield - The 1871 Gold Sovereign Sydney, minted by the Royal Mint Sydney Branch, Australia. Mint mark 'S' on reverse below shield.