British Gold Sovereign

Images shown are for illustrative purposes only. The coin supplied may feature a different year, or monarch than the image displayed. The Gold Sovereign is a British gold coin that is perhaps the most recognized gold coin in the world. It contains nearly one-quarter of an ounce of gold – 0.2354 oz. The British gold sovereigns have been produced in their modern form since 1817. The coins were widely circulated as currency during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries throughout the world. Buy Gold Sovereigns, it is an easy and simple process. You can buy them online for Delivery or Storage using the BUY button or you can call our office to place your order over the phone. We sell Gold Sovereigns and all major bullion bar and coin products and you can pay by bank wire, by credit card or by debit card. We make a market in Sovereigns and offer fully insured delivery to our American clients throughout the United States from our depository partner vaults in Delaware. Insured delivery of Gold Sovereigns to homes or offices is also popular and many clients do both - take delivery of some Gold Sovereigns and own the rest in Secure Storage. Sovereigns are especially popular for delivery due to their smaller size and divisibility and the belief that the smaller size coin may be useful in the event of a severe financial crisis or economic collapse. Many of our U.S. clients opt to store their Sovereigns in fully insured, offshore Secure Storage jurisdictions. We specialize in offering U.S. clients access to allocated and segregated bullion storage in secure non-bank vault partners in safer jurisdictions in the world such as Zurich, Hong Kong, London, and Singapore. The Sovereign is made of 22 karat gold, consisting of 11/12 gold and 1/12 copper, giving a gold content of 0.9167. The coin has a standard weight of 7.98805 grams and given that the fineness is 0.9167, the gold content is 7.323 grams or 0.2354 (Troy) ounces. The coin has a diameter is 22.05mm. The sovereign is a legal tender coin with a face value of one pound sterling, however, the face value is not specified on the coin. The current design of the sovereign features a portrait of Elizabeth II on the obverse (front) with the words “ELIZABETH II” and “DEI GRA REGINA FED DEF”, which is a latin abbreviation for “Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensor” the Latin for “By the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith”. The Elizabeth II portrait is based on a design by sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley and appears on all sovereigns minted since 1998. The reverse of the coin features a classic design of St George slaying a dragon. This famous design was created by Benedetto Pistrucci, the Italian engraver, and was first used on modern sovereigns in 1817. On each coin, the year of issue is specified underneath the St George illustration.