{"product_id":"vintage-1967-22ct-gold-full-sovereign-in-a-9ct-gold-pendant-mount-with-george-and-dragon-queen-elizabeth-ii","title":"Vintage 1967 22ct Gold Full Sovereign in a 9ct Gold Pendant Mount with George and Dragon \u0026 Queen Elizabeth II","description":"\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c!--\ntd {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"1967 22ct Gold Half Sovereign with Pendant Mount George and Dragon, Queen Elizabeth II- 9ct gold Pendant assayed in London in 1975, Makers mark NL, 375 \"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":17155,\"3\":{\"1\":0},\"4\":{\"1\":3,\"3\":2},\"11\":4,\"12\":0,\"17\":1}' data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA 1967 22ct Gold Full Sovereign with a 1975 9ct gold pendant frame. The sovereign coins are highly collectable due to having the weight of gold. They are great investment pieces. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe very first gold Sovereign coin was struck at the Tower of London on the 28\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOctober 1489. This new coin was to be the largest in value and size ever seen in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new coin was requested by King Henry VII and featured a portrait of the King himself, enthroned and dressed in full coronation regalia. A large and cumbersome coin, with its only real use being as a statement for England’s stability and the Monarch’s greatness, this first sovereign coin’s issue came to an end in 1604, and a Sovereign was not struck again until 1817. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter England defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, Britain’s finances were unstable, and the solution was to be the ‘Great Recoinage’ currency reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe year was 1817. The old gold guinea was gone, and instead came the new gold Sovereign with a monetary denomination of 20 shillings (one pound). The beautiful St George and the Dragon reverse, still famously in use today, was designed by the Royal Mint’s chief medallist, and one of the most celebrated gem engravers in the world, Benedetto Pistrucci.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 22ct gold coins today are exactly half the size of the original sovereign, weighing 7.98 grams, and is still the same today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Parkin and Gerrish","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40855189618827,"sku":"8\/M","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/3428\/6475\/products\/vintage-1967-22ct-gold-full-sovereign-in-a-9ct-gold-pendant-mount-with-george-and-dragon-queen-elizabeth-ii-parkin-and-gerrish-antique-and-vintage-jewellery-327489.jpg?v=1751890738","url":"https:\/\/parkinandgerrish.com\/it\/products\/vintage-1967-22ct-gold-full-sovereign-in-a-9ct-gold-pendant-mount-with-george-and-dragon-queen-elizabeth-ii","provider":"Parkin and Gerrish","version":"1.0","type":"link"}