Throughout the month of February, ill be looking back at historical moments from the past. From conflicts to coronations, sporting moments to royal memories, and famous firsts and lasts. With my love of all things shiny and precious, ill be trying to tie these events in with coins that have been created to commemorate these moments.
Today, Her Majesty The Queen reaches yet another historic milestone when she becomes the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee. The Queen ascended the throne in 1952 at the age of 25 after the death of her father, George VI.
She has since become the world’s longest living reigning monarch and the first British sovereign to reign for seven decades.
Since 1952 these gold sovereigns have told the story of Her Majesty’s journey from a young queen to the experienced, respected head of state she is today. Since she was sworn in all those years ago, there have been 5 different bust portraits that have appeared on UK coinage.
The forst royal portrait of Elizabeth Windsor was unveiled in the autumn of 1952. Three sets of Proof coins were struck to commemorate The Queen’s coronation in 1953. Each set included a £5, a £2, a Sovereign and a Half-Sovereign. These coins were never released to the public and are kept in a museum, the Royal Mint and Liz has one.....
Ive covered the availability of Sovereigns in numerous previous posts. They are readily available and cost very little above the "spot" price of their gold content. These little coins are a great store of value, and possiblely one of the most affordable waysbt9 start a gold collection.
You'll find them for sale on all most all secondhand market places, flee markets, jewellery shops/cash-for-gold etc. They can be easily stored and hidden away and as therebis ALWAYS a demand for them, when it comes to reselling them, youll almostnalways get the gold value within them in return.
SOURCE - ROYAL MINT
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