THE 2022 ST GEORGE AND THE DRAGON BI-METALLIC GOLD ONE EIGHTH SOVEREIGN

• The first one-eighth sovereign to be produced using TWO types of gold
• Struck to celebrate Her Late Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee year
• Limited to only 5,999
• Weight 1g
• Highest possible proof quality
• Struck in solid 22 carat rose gold surrounding 22 carat yellow gold

Not one, but two types of solid 22 carat gold used in this new St George and the Dragon one-eighth sovereign, struck to celebrate Her Late Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee year!  

Ask just about anyone in Britain, or indeed around the world, to describe a gold sovereign and chances are they will describe a gold coin with St George vanquishing the dragon. This mythical tale of good triumphing over evil has such a long and illustrious association with the gold sovereign that the two are almost synonymous.

Now, in 2022, the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, a dynamic new rendition of St George slaying the dragon has been created and to elevate this new edition beyond those that have gone before, it is being struck – for the first time ever – in two types of solid 22 carat gold!

For the first time, solid 22 carat rose gold is combined with solid 22 carat yellow gold to create the world’s first bi-metallic one-eighth sovereign coin! Never before have one-eighth sovereigns been struck using two different types of gold – these solid 22 carat gold coins are unique, a fitting world-first sovereign in an extraordinary year for Britain and its monarch.

The first one-eighth sovereign coin to be produced using TWO types of gold!

Sovereign coins are rarely produced using anything other than 22 carat yellow gold, but on rare occasions something truly special is authorised that causes an absolute buzz in the global collector market. We’re already familiar with bi-metallic coins in circulation (Britain’s £1 and £2 circulation coins are both bi-metallic) but this  new commemorative one-eighth sovereign is  the first time this technically demanding form of striking has been attempted with gold coins. With an outer ring of solid 22 carat rose gold containing the coin legend and an inner section containing the main design in solid 22 carat yellow gold, these coins are the first of their kind in the world, creating a series of sovereigns that stands apart from all others.

St George and the Dragon – a design classic reworked for the 21st century

This new coin is significant for reasons other than its unique composition of precious metals. It features a modern interpretation of the story of St George and the dragon. The first time St George appeared on British sovereign coins was in the year 1817 and that early design was by the talented Italian engraver Benedetto Pistrucci. Since that, a select handful of designers have been invited to create their own interpretations. Now, it is the turn of artist Jody Clark, whose portrait of The Late Queen is used on Britain’s current coinage, to re-imagine the mythical tale of battle between St George and his foe.

Jody Clark’s striking new design takes its place in the esteemed history of the gold sovereign.

Authorised by Ascension Island and approved by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Buckingham Palace, it is a wonderful tribute – and a world first one at that – the first sovereign coins to be produced using TWO types of gold!