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2. Sovereign (British coin) - Wikipedia

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   The sovereign is a British gold coin with a nominal value of one pound sterling (£1) and contains 0.2354 troy ounces (113.0 gr; 7.32 g) of pure gold.Struck since 1817, it was originally a circulating coin that was accepted in Britain and elsewhere in the world; it is now a bullion coin and is sometimes mounted in jewellery.

3. Sovereign (English coin) - Wikipedia

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   The sovereign was a gold coin of the Kingdom of England first issued in 1489 under King Henry VII. The coin had a nominal value of one pound sterling, or twenty shillings. The sovereign was primarily an official piece of bullion and had no mark of value on its face. Nonetheless, it was the country's first coin to be valued at one pound. [1]

4. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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   The Royal Mint continues to produce sovereigns, as well as quarter sovereigns (introduced in 2009), half sovereigns, double sovereigns and quintuple sovereigns. Between 1987 and 2012 a series of bullion coins, the Britannia , was issued, containing 1 troy ounce (31.1 g), 1 ⁄ 2 ounce, 1 ⁄ 4 ounce and 1 ⁄ 10 ounce of fine gold at a ...

5. List of British banknotes and coins - Wikipedia

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   Sovereign: £1 Gold bullion coins, available in four other sizes too: quarter sovereign (25p), half sovereign (£ ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠), double sovereign (£2) and quintuple sovereign (£5). Two pounds: £2 Issued as a commemorative coin from 1986 and in general circulation from 1998 (dated from 1997). Britannia: various values

6. Bombay Mint sovereign - Wikipedia

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   The Bombay Mint sovereign is a British one pound coin (known as a sovereign) dated 1918, minted from August 1918 to April 1919 at the Royal Mint’s Bombay branch. It has an "I" mint mark, to distinguish it from other sovereigns.

7. Quarter sovereign - Wikipedia

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   Gold passed from circulation in the aftermath of the First World War. Beginning in 1979, the Royal Mint began to sell sovereigns to those wishing to own gold coins, by the following year selling four different denominations, ranging from the half sovereign to the five-pound gold coin. In 2009, a quarter sovereign was introduced as an extension ...