UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT) - HOUSE OF WINDSOR
500TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST GOLD SOVEREIGN 1489-1989
DOUBLE SOVEREIGN COIN CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: WITHIN BEADED CIRCLE, FULL PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH II FACING AND CROWNED AND SCEPTRED ON THE CORONATION THRONE; OUTER LEGEND IN MEDIEVAL CALLIGRAPHIC SCRIPT.
REV: WITHIN BEADED CIRCLE, CROWNED ARMS WITHIN TUDOR ROSE.
KM # 957
THE FIRST SOVEREIGN WAS STRUCK FOR KING HENRY VII, OF THE TUDOR DYNASTY (REIGNED 1485-1509). SOVEREIGN COINAGE WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1604, BUT REINTRODUCED IN 1817 AND BECAME THE GOLD COIN STANDARD IN BRITAIN AND THE U.S.
CONTAINS 15.98 GRAMS OF .917 FINE GOLD (.4708 OZ AGW)
28 MM IN DIAMETER
17,000 MINTED!
ROYAL MINT
