This Half-Sovereign has been struck in 22 carat gold to Proof standard. The obverse bears the fourth coinage portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, designed by Raphael Maklouf. The reverse features the classic St George and the dragon design by Benedetto Pistrucci that has become synonymous with The Sovereign. This Half-Sovereign is dated 1990, a year that appears below the exergue line on the reverse of the coin.