The 1925 British Sovereign
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The Great Britain 1925 Sovereign gold coin is one of the more commonly encountered sovereigns. Often the coin has a value based on bullion plus a small percentage. However, despite the accessibility and the affordability, the coin is both a unique numismatic item and important to monetary history.
Despite the failed economic reasons, new 1925 Sovereigns were struck but not released into circulation. While these coins sat in bank vaults, the coins finally started to see release during World War II as gold was needed for soldiers to use across enemy lines. Yet, while the coins are dated 1925, they didn’t cease production in 1925. They were restruck from 1949 thru 1952 and sold into gold bullion markets, as sovereign coinage was in high demand. The final recorded mintage of the 1925 sovereign was 4,406,000 coins.
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1925 produced a bumper crop of sovereigns. In addition to the ones produced in Great Britain, mentioned above, The three Australian mints along with the mint in South Africa, also produced large numbers of sovereigns that year. No restikes were produced at these mints however. The Sydney mint stopped coining sovereigns in 1926, Melbourne and Perth in 1931 and Pretoria in 1932.
As mentioned, there was a high demand for sovereigns. The Royal Mint started producing them again during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign partly to meet the demand and partly to combat all of the counterfeits that were being produced.
Very interesting history for sovereigns that were first produced in 1489, King Henry VII, with the so called modern sovereigns beginning in 1817 under King George III.
Very nice example (above)
I have owned a number of them over the years in my dealings. It is a very attractive, nice coin to have.
Any others?