This 2009-dated Half-Sovereign has been struck in 22 carat gold to Proof standard. The Half-Sovereign comes in a coin capsule to protect its quality. The obverse features the fourth coinage portrait of Queen Elizabeth II as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS. The reverse features the classic design of St George and the dragon designed by Benedetto Pistrucci, which first appeared on The Sovereign in 1817.