2025 Sovereign Collection
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2025 Sovereign Collection
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In 1929, Sovereigns were struck at only three branch mints – Melbourne, Perth and South Africa.

During the second half of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, The Royal Mint established branch mints across the world near new sources of gold discoveries, rather than shipping the heavy metal to London. One of these opened in Pretoria.

This Sovereign was struck at the Pretoria branch of the Royal Mint and has a distinctive SA mint mark to denote this.

This ‘Extremely Fine’ Sovereign features a portrait of King George V on the coin’s obverse, created by Bertram Mackennal – a highly regarded Australian artist and a favourite of the king – and Benedetto Pistrucci’s iconic St George and the dragon design on the reverse.

12,024,107 Sovereigns were produced at the Pretoria branch mint in this year.

Specification

Specification Value
Alloy 22 Carat Gold
Weight 7.98 g
Diameter 22.05mm
Reverse Designer Benedetto Pistrucci
Obverse Designer Bertram Mackennal
Specification Value
Quality Circulating
Year 1929
Pure Metal Type Gold
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