2025 ‘The Classics Remastered’ Gold Sovereign Collection

Basic Information

  • Produced by Tower Mint London and exclusive to the London Mint Office.
  • Commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Sovereign coin 'Shield', design.
  • A remastered version of St. George and the Dragon created by Angela Pistrucci, is featured on the reverse of the coins.
  • The reverse of the coins showcase the 'Shield', design by Jean Baptiste Merlen, which first appeared on the Sovereign coin in 1825.
  • The obverse of the coins feature the uncrowned portrait of King Charles III, created by Raphael Maklouf.
  • Limited release of 199.
  • Produced by Tower Mint London and exclusive to The London Mint Office.
  • Struck in 22 carat gold and finished to a proof standard.
  • Created to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the shield design for the Sovereign coin.
  • A reimagined design of St. George and the Dragon, created by Angela Pistrucci, the great-great-great grandniece of the original designer, Benedetto Pistrucci, is featured on the reverse of the coins.
  • The reverse of the coins prominently feature a remastered 'Shield', design, originally created by Jean Baptiste Merlen and struck on the Sovereign coin in 1825.
  • The 'Shield', design on the reverse of the coins is shown within a circle motif, that overlays the bottom left area of the reimagined design of St. George and the Dragon.
  • The Royal Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom on the reverse of the coins, which is crowned with the heraldic design of St. Edward's Crown, features the Passant Guardant Lions of England, a floral bordered Lion Rampant of Scotland and the Harp of Ireland.
  • A smaller shield, known as the Central Escutcheon or Pretence, is crowned with the 'Electoral Crown', bearing the Arms of the Electorate of Hanover, sitting centrally on top of the Royal Shield of Arms of the United Kingdom on the reverse of the coins.
  • The partial inscription of 'BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF', is featured around the 'Shield', motif on the reverse of the coins, which is an abbreviation of 'BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR', translating to 'King of the Britains, Defender of the Faith', an inscription which appeared on historic, Sovereign coins.
  • The inscription around the reverse of the Full Sovereign, Double Sovereign and Quintuple Sovereign coins, 'HONI · SOIT · QUI · MAL · Y · PENSE', is a dialect of 'Old Norman French', which was spoken by the medieval ruling class in England, translating as, 'Shame on him who thinks evil of it', the motto of the 'Order of the Garter', a British chivalric order.
  • The repeating pattern of the 'Fleur-De-Lis', an ancient emblem depicting a lily or iris, famously used as a heraldic symbol by French royalty representing light, life and royalty, is featured in the background on the reverse of the Quintuple Sovereign coin.
  • The initials 'AP', of the artist Angela Pistrucci who created the reimagined design of St. George and the Dragon, are displayed above the front left leg of the dragon, on the bottom right of the design on the reverse of the coins.
  • The obverse of the coins illustrate the uncrowned portrait of King Charles III, created by Raphael Maklouf.
  • The Latin inscription around the obverse of the coins, 'CHARLES III · DEI · GRA · REX · F · D · GIBRALTAR', an abbreviation from 'CHARLES III DEI GRATIA REX FIDEI DEFENSOR GIBRALTAR', translates as 'Charles III, by the Grace of God, King, Defender of the Faith, Gibraltar', alongside the year '2025', in English.
  • The signature initials 'RDM', of the artist Raphael Maklouf, are positioned on the reverse of the coins at the base of the neck, on the portrait of King Charles III.
  • The collection includes the One Eighth Sovereign, Quarter Sovereign, Half Sovereign, Full Sovereign, Double Sovereign and Quintuple Sovereign coins.
  • Maximum mintage of 199.

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