• Quarter Sovereign Mintmark Location

This Quarter Sovereign brilliant uncirculated quality coin is one of three 2g gold coins issued in the Queen Victoria 200 Years series.

Highlights:

• Minted from 0.917 gold
• Low worldwide mintage of 4,999
• Features the first ever Queen Victoria effigy to be issued on the reverse
• The effigy surrounded by unique koru designs representing the royal generations

Though Victoria ascended the British throne in 1837, it was not until 1838 that sovereigns were first issued under her reign. It is that first ever sovereign effigy of Her Majesty that appears here, on the quarter sovereign. The effigy is framed with a koru design representing the royal generations past, present and future. A lattice stained-glass effect symbolises the web of territories that Queen Victoria reigned over during the early peak of the British Empire.

The quarter sovereign is a British bullion or collectors' coin, whose introduction was announced by the Royal Mint in January 2009. Comprising 1.997 grams of 22 carat or 0.9170 fine gold (the crown gold standard), the 13.5 mm diameter quarter sovereign is the smallest modern legal tender British gold coin, with a nominal value of 25 pence.

A symbol of prestige since 1489, The Sovereign is often referred to as the ‘chief coin of the world’. Since 1817, it has carried an iconic design by Benedetto Pistrucci that many hold to be one of the finest examples of numismatic art in history. Annual issues of The Sovereign are enormously popular with collectors, as well as. Though two-pound double sovereigns, five-pound quintuple sovereigns, and ten-shilling half sovereigns were also struck, they were never dispersed into circulation. The sovereign series received a new coin in 2009 when The Royal Mint issued a quarter-sovereign piece. Gold Sovereign Nuances. Gold sovereigns weigh 7.988052 grams. The 2019 New Zealand’s First Ever Gold Quarter Sovereign. The gold sovereign has a prestigious reputation around the globe. You may be aware that this reputation was established in the reign of Queen Victoria when the sovereign was the “chief coin of the world’, being legal tender in over 30 different nations and territories, and accepted in dozens more.

Quarter Sovereign Mintmark Location