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British Sovereign Gold Coins
Gold sovereigns from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II, most with Benedetto Pistrucci’s St George and the Dragon. Every full sovereign holds 0.2354 oz of pure gold in 22-karat (91.67%) metal, and a half sovereign holds half that. Many were struck at Royal Mint branches in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Ottawa, Pretoria and Bombay, each with its own mint mark. Collect them by monarch, by portrait or by mint.
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The Royal MintGold Half Sovereign George V 1911 (London Mint)
$544.27 -
The Royal MintGold Half Sovereign Victoria Jubilee Head 1890 (London Mint)
$544.27 -
The Royal MintGold Half Sovereign Victoria Old Head 1894 (London Mint)
$542.59 -
The Royal MintGold Sovereign Edward VII 1902 – 1910 (London Mint)
$1,114.47 -
The Royal MintGold Sovereign Edward VII 1902 – 1910 (Melbourne Mint)
$1,114.47 -
The Perth MintGold Sovereign Edward VII 1902 – 1910 (Perth Mint)
$1,114.47 -
The Royal MintGold Sovereign Edward VII 1902 – 1910 (Sydney Mint)
$1,114.47 -
The Royal MintGold Sovereign Elizabeth II 2014
$1,099.35 -
The Royal MintGold Sovereign Elizabeth II Young First Portrait 1957 – 1968
$1,114.47 -
The Royal MintGold Sovereign George V 1911 – 1932 (London Mint)
$1,114.47 -
The Perth MintGold Sovereign George V 1911 – 1932 (Perth Mint)
$1,114.47 -
The Royal MintGold Sovereign George V 1911 – 1932 (South Africa Mint)
$1,114.47
Gold sovereign facts
How much gold is in a sovereign?
A full sovereign weighs 7.99 g of 22-karat gold and holds 7.32 g (0.2354 oz) of pure gold. A half sovereign holds half that: 0.1176 oz.
What is a gold sovereign worth?
Common dates are valued mainly on their gold content, so their price moves with gold. Rare dates and mints can be worth more to collectors.
Why do some sovereigns come from Sydney, Perth or Pretoria?
The Royal Mint also struck sovereigns at branch mints across the Commonwealth. A small mint mark on the coin shows where it was made.
