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GREAT BRITAIN, QUEEN ELIZABETH II GOLD SOVEREIGNS 1957-2009, CIRCULATION ISSUES

Category:  World Coins
Owner:  TMS Coins
Last Modified:  2/14/2024
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Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1902-70
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1957 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 64
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Second Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1957
(Marsh 297; S 4125).

OBVERSE: Bare head of the Queen facing right with tie at the back of hair, the letters M.G. incuse at the bottom.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Mary Gillick. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 2,072,000
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1957 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 64

Solid and attractive example of this first sovereign of Queen Elizabeth II.
Bright, with good strike and full original luster.
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1902-70
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1958 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 63
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Second Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1958 (M.Marsh 298, S.4125).

OBVERSE: Bare head of the Queen facing right with tie at the back of hair, the letters M.G. incuse at the bottom.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Mary Gillick. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 8,700,140
RATING:C (M.Marsh).

1958 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 63

Beautiful and bright, with good strike on clear fields and satiny luster.
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1902-70
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1959 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 66
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Second Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1959 (Marsh 299; S 4125).

OBVERSE: Bare head of the Queen facing right with tie at the back of hair, the letters M.G. incuse at the bottom. REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Mary Gillick. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 1,385,228
RATING: N (M.Marsh).

1959 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 66

A true GEM with strong strike, clear surfaces and full original luster.
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1902-70
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1962 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 62
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Second Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1962 (S.4125).

OBVERSE: Bare head of the Queen facing right with tie at the back of hair, the letters M.G. incuse at the bottom.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Mary Gillick. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 3,000,000
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1962 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 62

Very choice for the grade, with good strike and booming luster.




Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1902-70
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1963 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 63
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Second Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1963 (S.4125).

OBVERSE: Bare head of the Queen facing right with tie at the back of hair, the letters M.G. incuse at the bottom.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Mary Gillick. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 7,400,000
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1963 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 63

A choice example with beautiful honey-gold color.
Features a good strike, clear surfaces and full original luster.










Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1902-70
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1964 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 63
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Second Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1964 (S.4125).

OBVERSE: Bare head of the Queen facing right with tie at the back of hair, the letters M.G. incuse at the bottom.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Mary Gillick. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 3,000,000
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1964 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 63

A choice UNC with good strike, clear surfaces and full luster.




Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1902-70
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1965 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 64
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Second Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1965 (S.4125).

OBVERSE: Bare head of the Queen facing right with tie at the back of hair, the letters M.G. incuse at the bottom.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Mary Gillick. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 3,800,000
RATING: N (M.Marsh).

1965 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 64

Choice uncirculated, fully struck and fully lustrus.
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1902-70
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1966 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 63
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Second Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1966 (S.4125).

OBVERSE: Bare head of the Queen facing right with tie at the back of hair, the letters M.G. incuse at the bottom.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Mary Gillick. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 7,050,000
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1966 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 63

Choice uncirculated, fully struck and fully lustrus.
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1902-70
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1967 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 63
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Second Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1967 (S.4125).

OBVERSE: Bare head of the Queen facing right with tie at the back of hair, the letters M.G. incuse at the bottom.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Mary Gillick. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 5,000,000
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1967 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 63

Choice uncirculated, fully struck and fully lustrus.
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN 1902-70
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1968 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 65
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Second Issue), GOLD SOVEREIGN 1968
(Marsh 306; S 4125).

OBVERSE: Bare head of the Queen facing right with tie at the back of hair, the letters M.G. incuse at the bottom.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Mary Gillick. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.988 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 4,203,000
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

ELIZABETH II, SOVEREIGN, 1968.

Queen Elizabeth II has ruled for sixty years in 2012 and is the second-longest reigning monarch in British history after Queen Victoria. If she rules beyond the 10 September 2015, Queen Elizabeth will become the longest reigning British monarch. In her long reign Queen Elizabeth’s coinage has been through several portrait changes, more so since decimalisation in February 1971. The young head portrait by Gillick continued on most issues until the 1967 dated coins, with one last final issue for a commemorative 1970 proof set. The Maundy coinage presented each Maundy Thursday continues to carry this young head portrait to the present time. It has become rather worn and touched up on the master tools and famously in 2002 when issued in gold for the Golden Jubilee proof sets, some of the Maundy Twopences literally had no nose on the portrait as the dies were engraved so weakly and shallow. The first Sovereign of the reign was an excessively rare 1953 proof Sovereign as part of a set of record for Institutional collections only, consisting of a gold Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign. One set was sold some decades ago by one of the Institutional owners, and has since been broken up into individual coins and sold. At least two extra single proof Sovereigns are in private hands, though one of these was stolen and presumably melted many years ago. If one should ever come up for sale it would be one of the most valuable modern British gold Sovereigns.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II

The Reign of Queen Elizabeth II (House of Windsor) : 1952- .
Born: 21 April 1926.
Accession: 6 February 1952.
Married: Philip of Greece and Denmark, 20 November 1947.
Coronation: Tuesday, 2 June 1953.
Children: three sons, one daughter.
Celebrating her Diamond Jubilee Year 2012.

1968 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 65

A fresh original GEM uncirculated example, fully struck and fully lustrus.
NGC: Pop 6 with none grading higher.
Purchased from ebay 28 June 2011.
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN - DECIMAL
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1974 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 66
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Third Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1974 (S4204).

OBVERSE: Bust of the Queen facing right and wearing a coronet.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Arnold Machin. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 5,002,566
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1974 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 66
NGC 6632287-003

Beautiful and bright GEM, with sharp strike clear surfaces and original luster.
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN - DECIMAL
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1976 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 66
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Third Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1976 (S4204).

OBVERSE: Bust of the Queen facing right and wearing a coronet.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Arnold Machin. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE:
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1976 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 66
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN - DECIMAL
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1978 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 64
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Third Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1978 (S4204).

OBVERSE: Bust of the Queen facing right and wearing a coronet.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Arnold Machin. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 6,555,000
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1978 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 64

Choice uncirculated, fully struck and fully lustrus.
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN - DECIMAL
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1979 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 65
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT. BRITAIN, ELIZABETH II (Third Issue) GOLD SOVEREIGN 1979 (S4204).

OBVERSE: Bust of the Queen facing right and wearing a coronet.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet mounted and slaying the Dragon with a sword.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Arnold Machin. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 9,100,000
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1979 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 65

Beautiful GEM with bold strike, clear surfaces and lovely gold color.
Slot:
Origin/Country: GREAT BRITAIN - DECIMAL
Design Description:
Item Description: 1SOV 1980 G.britain
Grade: NGC MS 67
Research: View Coin
Owner Comments
GT, BRITAIN, QUEEN ELIZABETH II GOLD SOVEREIGN 1980, (S4204).

OBVERSE: Bust of the Queen facing right and wearing a coronet.
REVERSE: St. George with streamer flowing from helmet, mounted and slaying Dragon with sword. Date below exergue line with small letters B.P. to right.
DESIGNERS: Obverse: Arnold Machin. Reverse: Benedetto Pistrucci.
DIAMETER: 22.05mm.
WEIGHT: 7.998 g.
FINENESS: 22 carat.
MILLESIMAL FINENESS: 916.66.
EDGE: Milled.
MINTAGE: 5,000,100
RATING: C (M.Marsh).

1980 GOLD SOVEREIGN MS 67
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