Category: Gold coins and bars
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Queen Elizabeth II Gold Sovereigns.
The reign of Elizabeth (1952 – 2022), is long enough to prompt five distinctive portraits thus far.These depict her as a young woman on her ascension to the throne, as a more regal young ruler in 1974, as a confident monarch in 1985 and as an elderly ruler in 1998.The 1989 single year issue depicts…
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Queen Victoria “Young Head” with Shield Back, 1838 to 1887.
This shield design was used on London Mint sovereigns between 1838 and 1874, and the design was adapted slightly from that first seen on the new coinage of King George IV in 1825. More than 150 million of the Sovereign “Young Head” with Shield were minted over 36 years at mints in London, Melbourne and Sydney. Die numbers…
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Queen Victoria “Veiled Head” Gold Sovereigns, 1893-1901.
The Veiled Head sovereigns set spans two centuries, nine years, four mints and includes twenty-nine coins. This convenient number of coins makes a complete set well within the reach of all collectors, even those working on a modest budget over an extended period of time. When Victoria’s subjects compared the Veiled Head portrait with the…
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The Saint-Gaudens Indian Head Eagle ($10) coin.
Roosevelt sought to elevate the artistic qualities of US coinage by collaborating with friend and acclaimed sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to originate a new US gold eagle coin ($10 face value), and double eagle ($20).It became the president’s personal mission to rejuvenate the image of American coinage. Beginning in November 1905 through May 1907, Roosevelt and Saint-Gaudens…