Gold Sovereign Coins
Sovereigns For Sale
2011 Gold Sovereigns
Edward VII Full Sovereigns
Edward VII Half Sovereigns
Elizabeth II Full Sovereigns
Elizabeth II Half Sovereigns
George V Full Sovereigns
George V Half Sovereigns ...
British Sovereign coin
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Third guinea (British coin)
Triple Unite (English coin)
Two guineas (British coin)
Two pounds (British pre-decimal coin) ...
Gold five sovereign coins are listed separately.
Acknowledgements
See my Main Coins Index page for acknowledgements
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Promoting business and trade was high on Congress' agenda, and establishing a sovereign coinage system was one of its earliest acts. The Coinage Act of April 2, 1792 authorized the Mint and prescribed the standards for the new federal decimal coinage.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1843, while performing a conjuring trick for the amusement of his children, he accidentally swallowed a half-sovereign coin which became lodged in his windpipe.
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