Quarter sovereign
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The quarter sovereign is a British sterling gold bullion and collector's coin, issued by the Royal Mint since 2009. The smallest in the sovereign range, it has a nominal value of 1⁄4 of a pound, or 25
2009 quarter sovereign
This design for the 1817 sovereign was reused for the sovereign range coins in 2017.
1853 gold five shillings obverse
1853 gold five shillings reverse
Sovereign (British coin)
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The sovereign is a British sterling gold coin with a nominal value of one pound, and contains 0.2354 troy ounces of pure gold. Struck since 1817, it was originally a circulating coin that was accepted
Quarter sovereign
…The quarter sovereign is a British sterling gold bullion and collector's coin, issued by the Royal Mint since 2009. The smallest in the sovereign range, it has a nominal value of 1⁄4 of a pound, or 25 pence (£0.25). In 1853, the Royal Mint produced two patterns for a quarter sovereign for…
Sovereign of Queen Mary I, c. 1553
A £1 note issued in 1814 by the Gloucester Old Bank
1817 sovereign of George III
The sovereign replaced the guinea (pictured).