One Eighth Sovereign The Last Pre-Decimal Shilling 50th Anniversary 22ct Solid Gold Coin

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One Eighth Sovereign The Last Pre-Decimal Shilling 50th Anniversary 22ct Solid Gold Coin
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2020 50th Anniversary - The Last Pre-Decimal Shilling

50th Anniversary One Eighth 22ct Solid Gold Sovereign Coin

 

  • Country: Tristan Da Cunha - Saint Helena
  • Year: 2020
  • Denomination: One Eighth Sovereign
  • Composition: .917 Gold (22ct)
  • Diameter: 11mm
  • Weight: 1g
  • Edge: Reeded
  • Mintage: 3,999
  • Obverse: Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II; date below, legend around
  • Reverse: Three English lions, inspired by the design of the last English shilling, encased within a shield. An anniversary ribbon either side contains the dates 1970 and 2020
  • Commemorative Issue: 50th anniversary of Britain’s last pre-decimal coins
  • No COA 

 

  • This year marks fifty years since Britain’s last pre-decimal coins and the end of a thousand years of pounds, shillings and pence. This is an anniversary of great importance: there are now generations who don’t know that twelve pennies could make a shilling, and twenty shillings could make a pound. They have known ONLY decimal coinage which means centuries of our history and tradition has passed them by.
  • That’s why it’s important that we remember the pre-decimal coinage.  To convey the importance of this anniversary to the history of British coinage, an entirely new sovereign coin denomination has been struck for the first time; the one-eighth sovereign.
  • One further feature that makes this new gold one-eighth sovereign coin even more exciting is that it  features a design inspired by the last pre-decimal English Shilling, the three lions. This design has never before been minted on a gold sovereign coin.  This makes it of incredible interest to collectors, as a way to own some of Britain’s most important national symbols from our pre-decimal era, but in solid 22 carat gold!
  • This design brings back to life the motifs that once appeared on our everyday coinage, only now in this 50th anniversary year they appear in glorious 22 carat gold.  Authorised by Tristan Da Cunha, and approved by both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Buckingham  Palace, it is a wonderful celebration.