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Sovereign - 1817 to 1887 - Price Guide

The first Sovereign was authorised by Henry VII in 1489, but was different in size and weight. Almost half the weight and diameter of the original Sovereign, the new gold coin of 1817 more than matched its predecessor in the beauty of its design. The traditional heraldic reverse was abandoned in favour of a St George and the dragon of classic beauty by the Italian engraver Benedetto Pistrucci.

The design combined of the new Sovereign set it apart from every gold coin that had gone before and it may be difficult to understand why, in 1825, it was dropped in preference of a more conventional royal arms. It was revived in 1871. Read more »

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Variety VG-8 F-12 VF-20 EF-40 AU-50 AU-55
1817 - ↑↓ -$763$763$1,200$1,490$1,790
1817 - ↑↑ --$1,200---
1818 - Descending colon --$915$1,800$3,670$4,600
1818 - Ascending colon --$860$1,690$3,470$4,360
1819 --$51,200$97,600$191,100$226,600
1820 - Roman I ------
1820 - Open 2 - Short Date --$763$918$1,550$1,870
1820 - Open 2 - Large Date --$763$782$1,160$1,670
1820 - Closed 2 --$763$836$1,400$1,680
1820 - Thin date ------
1821 --$763$898$1,230$1,570
1822 --$763$875$1,200$1,530
1823 --$1,090$1,820$4,930$6,600
1824 -$763$763$867$1,580$1,990
1825 - Laureate Head --$1,130$2,170$4,170$4,630
1825 - Bare Head --$763$771$1,270$1,620
1825 - Bare Head - Plain Edge ------
1826 --$763$763$1,220$1,340
1827 --$763$763$1,290$1,500
1828 --$6,000$15,000$23,700$28,000
1829 --$763$812$1,450$1,600
1830 - ↑↓ --$763$868$1,330$1,730
1830 - ↑↑ ------
1831 - 1st Head --$763$1,360$2,090$2,560
1831 - 1st Head - WW no stop --$983$1,970$3,030$3,560
1831 - 2nd Head --$6,600$13,100--
1832 - 1st Head --$874$1,750$2,330$3,510
1832 - 2nd Head --$763$947$1,580$2,150
1833 --$763$962$1,570$2,060
1835 --$763$1,030$1,670$2,260
1836 --$763$985$1,630$1,880
1836 - N in Shield --$4,370$10,400$16,000$18,200
1837 --$763$1,020$1,480$1,970
1837 - Tailed 8 --$763$1,090$1,910$2,320
1838 --$956$2,080$3,030$3,050
1838 - Narrow Shield --$4,640$10,400$18,500$22,900
1838 - Plain Edge ------
1839 --$1,370$2,640$3,820$4,450
1839 - Plain Edge - ↑↓ ------
1839 - Plain Edge - ↑↑ ------
1841 --$5,800$11,100$16,300$18,900
1841 - GRΛTIΛ --$4,910$10,200$16,700$19,800
1842 --$763$763$763$847
1842 - GRΛTIΛ --$763$1,040-$1,310
1842 - Open 2 --$763$763$763$881
1843 --$763$763$763$893
1843 - 3/2 --$763$765$1,150$1,340
1843 - Roman I --$763$1,370--
1843 - Narrow Shield --$5,100$10,200$16,900$20,200
1844 - Large 44 --$763$763$763$860
1844 - Small 44 ----$763$763
1844 - 4/Inverted 4 --$819$1,640$1,880$2,250
1845 --$763$763$763$763
1845 - 4/Inverted 4 --$819$1,640$2,050$2,250
1845 - Roman I --$792$1,530-$1,380
1846 - 4/Inverted 4 --$819$1,640-$1,700
1846 --$763$763$778$907
1846 - Roman I --$763$1,370--
1847 --$763$763$763$818
1847 - Inverted 1 ------
1847 - Roman I --$765$1,580--
1848 - 1st Head --$1,090$2,460$4,910$5,200
1848 - 2nd Head --$763$763$763$763
1849 --$763$763$763$763
1849 - Roman I --$763$1,370--
1850 --$763$763$763$763
1850 - Roman I --$763$1,370--
1850 - R/E in GRATIA ------
1850 - 8/5 ------
1850 - ⩝ictoria --$1,370--$2,750
1851 --$763$763$763$763
1852 --$763$763$763$763
1852 - Roman I --$763$1,370--
1853 - W.W. Incuse --$763$763$763$812
1853 - W.W. Incuse - Roman I --$763$1,370--
1853 - W.W. Raised --$763$763$763$763
1853 - W.W. Raised - F/E in DEF --$819$1,800--
1853 - W.W. Raised - ⩝ictoria --$1,370---
1854 - W.W. Raised --$763$763$971$989
1854 - W.W. Incuse --$763$763$763$763
1854 - W.W. Incuse - C/Rotated C --$819$1,800--
1855 - W.W. Incuse --$763$763$763$763
1855 - W.W. Incuse - Roman I --$763$1,580--
1855 - W.W. Raised --$763$763$763$763
1856 --$763$763$763$763
1857 --$763$763$763$763
1857 - ⩝ictoria --$1,370---
1857 - 7/5 -----$1,090
1857 - DEI GRΛ ------
1858 - 8/7 --$819---
1858 - Large Date --$763$763$763$763
1858 - Small Date --$763$763$763$763
1859 --$763$763$763$763
1859 - Ansell --$870$2,720$5,800$6,700
1860 --$763$763$763$763
1860 - Roman I --$763$1,580--
1860 - ⩝ictoria --$1,370$3,000-$2,330
1860 - DEI GRΛ --$763$1,640--
1860 - Large 0 --$763$763$763$763
1860 - O/C --$763$763-$1,010
1861 --$763$763$763$763
1861 - Roman I --$763$819-$1,110
1861 - C/Rotated C --$819$1,800--
1861 - T/V in Victoria --$763$819--
1861 - Repunched E & F -----$917
1861 - E/Rotated E --$819$1,800--
1861 - F/V in DEF --$763$1,370--
1862 - Wide date --$763$763$763$763
1862 - Narrow date --$763$763$763$763
1862 - Roman I --$763$1,060--
1862 - Wide date - F/⩝ --$763$1,370--
1862 - Narrow date - F/⩝ --$763$1,370--
1862 - R/E in BRIT --$819$1,800--
1862 - R/Inverted R in VICTORIA --$1,090$2,730--
1863 - With Die Number --$763$763$763$763
1863 - With Die Number - #827 and #22 --$5,100$11,200$12,600$14,400
1863 - With Die Number - #827 on Trun --$6,200$11,300$15,000$17,100
1863 - Without Die Number - Arabic 1 --$763$763$763$763
1863 - Without Die Number - Roman 1 --$763$1,060-$1,180
1864 - Roman I ------
1864 - Arabic 1 --$763$763$763$763
1865 --$763$763$763$763
1866 --$763$763$763$763
1866 - 6/5 --$763$763$763$763
1868 --$763$763$763$763
1869 --$763$763$763$763
1870 - W.W. Incuse --$763$763$763$763
1870 - W.W. Raised --$763$763$763$763
1871 - Shield --$763$763$763$763
1871 - St. George - Large BP --$763$763$763$763
1871 - St. George - Small BP --$763$763$763$763
1871 - St. George - Small BP - Plain Edge ------
1871 - St. George - Large BP - Plain Edge ------
1872 - Shield - With Die Number --$763$763$763$763
1872 - Shield - Without Die Number --$763$763$763$763
1872 - St. George --$763$763$763$763
1873 - Shield --$763$763$763$763
1873 - St. George --$763$763$763$763
1874 - Shield --$1,960$4,960$7,200$9,400
1874 - St. George --$763$763$763$763
1876 --$763$763$763$763
1878 --$763$763$763$763
1879 --$763$1,510$3,330$4,240
1880 - Short Tail - Small BP --$763$763$763$763
1880 - Short Tail - Small BP - 8/7 --$763$763$763$763
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Buried - No BP --$763$763$763$763
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Buried - No BP - 8/7 --$763$763$763$763
1880 - Long Tail - W.W. Buried --$763$763$763$763
1880 - Long Tail - W.W. Complete --$763$763$763$763
1880 - Long Tail - W.W. Complete - 8/7 --$763$763$763$763
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Complete - No BP --$763$763$763$763
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Complete - No BP - 8/7 ------
1884 - W.W. Buried --$763$763$763$763
1884 - W.W. Complete --$763$763$763$763
1885 - W.W. Buried --$763$763$763$763
1885 - W.W. Complete --$763$763$763$763
1887 - Small Close JEB --$763$763$763$763
1887 - Normal JEB - Far G --$763$763$763$763
1887 - Normal JEB - Near G ------
1887 - Small Wide (spread) JEB --$763$763$763$763
Variety MS-60 MS-62 MS-63 MS-64 MS-65 MS-66 MS-67
1817 - ↑↓ $2,080$3,470$5,200$11,800---
1817 - ↑↑ -------
1818 - Descending colon $5,500$9,200$9,700$23,400---
1818 - Ascending colon $5,300$6,800$8,300$16,800---
1819 $262,100------
1820 - Roman I -------
1820 - Open 2 - Short Date $2,370$3,340$4,510----
1820 - Open 2 - Large Date $1,800$3,310$4,620$13,600---
1820 - Closed 2 $1,970$3,490$4,240----
1820 - Thin date -------
1821 $1,750$2,930$4,140$4,790$16,000--
1822 $1,770$3,110$4,160$8,500--$32,700
1823 $8,400$14,000$20,700----
1824 $2,290$3,800$5,700$12,000---
1825 - Laureate Head $6,200$9,000$11,500----
1825 - Bare Head $1,740$2,630$4,410$6,500$22,300--
1825 - Bare Head - Plain Edge -------
1826 $1,700$2,710$3,870$6,600$8,600--
1827 $1,790$2,980$4,290$6,400---
1828 $32,400------
1829 $2,170$3,550$4,310----
1830 - ↑↓ $2,240$3,380$4,600$11,600$18,600--
1830 - ↑↑ -------
1831 - 1st Head $3,040$4,330$5,800$14,700---
1831 - 1st Head - WW no stop $4,100$6,100$8,200----
1831 - 2nd Head -------
1832 - 1st Head $4,100$5,900$7,600----
1832 - 2nd Head $2,240$3,380$4,570$8,700---
1833 $2,420$4,380$4,950----
1835 $2,590$4,640$8,200----
1836 $2,380$3,560$4,980$5,200---
1836 - N in Shield $20,800------
1837 $2,630$3,830$5,400$14,400$23,400--
1837 - Tailed 8 $2,730------
1838 $4,120$4,750$7,100$14,800---
1838 - Narrow Shield $27,300------
1838 - Plain Edge -------
1839 $5,100$8,200$11,400----
1839 - Plain Edge - ↑↓ -------
1839 - Plain Edge - ↑↑ -------
1841 $21,500$26,300$34,100$72,100$110,100--
1841 - GRΛTIΛ $22,900------
1842 $932$1,630$2,720$3,430---
1842 - GRΛTIΛ -------
1842 - Open 2 $1,010$1,570$2,130----
1843 $904$1,530$2,470$6,200---
1843 - 3/2 $1,530$2,320$3,110----
1843 - Roman I -------
1843 - Narrow Shield $23,600------
1844 - Large 44 $891$1,620$2,360$4,300$9,800--
1844 - Small 44 -$1,330$2,080----
1844 - 4/Inverted 4 $2,460------
1845 $983$1,720$2,460$4,270$11,100$17,900-
1845 - 4/Inverted 4 $2,460------
1845 - Roman I -------
1846 - 4/Inverted 4 -------
1846 $997$1,730$2,460$4,890---
1846 - Roman I -------
1847 $843$1,310$2,000$3,730$15,700--
1847 - Inverted 1 -------
1847 - Roman I -------
1848 - 1st Head $7,400------
1848 - 2nd Head $816$1,560$1,950$2,510$7,600$16,600-
1849 $969$2,340$3,970$10,200$17,000--
1849 - Roman I -------
1850 $809$1,550$2,300$3,670$6,100$9,000-
1850 - Roman I -$3,610-----
1850 - R/E in GRATIA -------
1850 - 8/5 -------
1850 - ⩝ictoria -------
1851 $763$1,130$1,950$2,590$5,500$7,700-
1852 $763$1,230$1,730$1,810$10,700$11,300-
1852 - Roman I -------
1853 - W.W. Incuse $816$1,500$2,180----
1853 - W.W. Incuse - Roman I -------
1853 - W.W. Raised $763$1,100$2,250$5,100$5,200$5,200$15,800
1853 - W.W. Raised - F/E in DEF -------
1853 - W.W. Raised - ⩝ictoria -------
1854 - W.W. Raised $1,010$1,730$2,440----
1854 - W.W. Incuse $763$1,120$1,790$6,200$11,700--
1854 - W.W. Incuse - C/Rotated C -------
1855 - W.W. Incuse $763$1,280$1,740$2,790---
1855 - W.W. Incuse - Roman I -------
1855 - W.W. Raised $816$1,160$1,500----
1856 $763$1,070$1,850$2,190---
1857 $763$977$2,480----
1857 - ⩝ictoria -------
1857 - 7/5 -------
1857 - DEI GRΛ -------
1858 - 8/7 -------
1858 - Large Date $763$1,160$3,450----
1858 - Small Date $763$1,150$1,620----
1859 $1,060$1,190$1,570----
1859 - Ansell $9,000$11,700$14,700----
1860 $763$1,380$1,890$5,100$7,200--
1860 - Roman I -------
1860 - ⩝ictoria -------
1860 - DEI GRΛ -------
1860 - Large 0 $763$1,050$1,420----
1860 - O/C -------
1861 $763$868$1,200$4,330---
1861 - Roman I -------
1861 - C/Rotated C -------
1861 - T/V in Victoria ----$7,600--
1861 - Repunched E & F -------
1861 - E/Rotated E -------
1861 - F/V in DEF -------
1862 - Wide date $763$909$1,710----
1862 - Narrow date $763$946$1,380$1,980---
1862 - Roman I -------
1862 - Wide date - F/⩝ -------
1862 - Narrow date - F/⩝ -------
1862 - R/E in BRIT -------
1862 - R/Inverted R in VICTORIA -------
1863 - With Die Number $763$829$945----
1863 - With Die Number - #827 and #22 $16,200------
1863 - With Die Number - #827 on Trun $19,100------
1863 - Without Die Number - Arabic 1 $763$916$1,370$12,400$23,400--
1863 - Without Die Number - Roman 1 --$2,760----
1864 - Roman I -------
1864 - Arabic 1 $763$860$1,160$1,780$7,600--
1865 $763$1,020$1,890$4,160$6,600--
1866 $763$894$1,350$4,750---
1866 - 6/5 $819$1,230$1,640----
1868 $763$1,010$1,200----
1869 $763$824$1,330$1,900$3,340--
1870 - W.W. Incuse $763$949$1,330----
1870 - W.W. Raised $763$1,010$1,170----
1871 - Shield $763$841$919$1,390$3,840--
1871 - St. George - Large BP $763$936$1,110$2,510---
1871 - St. George - Small BP $763$807$852$1,310$3,470--
1871 - St. George - Small BP - Plain Edge -------
1871 - St. George - Large BP - Plain Edge -------
1872 - Shield - With Die Number $763$822$882$1,110$2,770--
1872 - Shield - Without Die Number $763$794$826$1,680---
1872 - St. George $763$834$905$1,130$4,140$5,800-
1873 - Shield $763$1,100$1,430----
1873 - St. George $763$859$956----
1874 - Shield $10,800$19,500-----
1874 - St. George $763$837$911----
1876 $763$813$864$2,340$2,400--
1878 $763$837$911----
1879 $5,200$22,800$40,500----
1880 - Short Tail - Small BP $763$829$920----
1880 - Short Tail - Small BP - 8/7 $763$1,150$1,200----
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Buried - No BP $763$779$795----
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Buried - No BP - 8/7 $763$900$1,040----
1880 - Long Tail - W.W. Buried $763$806$850----
1880 - Long Tail - W.W. Complete $763$779$795$5,700---
1880 - Long Tail - W.W. Complete - 8/7 $763$900$1,040----
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Complete - No BP $763$779$795----
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Complete - No BP - 8/7 -------
1884 - W.W. Buried $763$855$872$888---
1884 - W.W. Complete $763$763$763$1,780---
1885 - W.W. Buried $763$820$877----
1885 - W.W. Complete $763$830$866----
1887 - Small Close JEB $864$1,090$1,310$3,440---
1887 - Normal JEB - Far G $763$763$763$909$1,830--
1887 - Normal JEB - Near G -$671-$860$16,800$32,700-
1887 - Small Wide (spread) JEB $864$983$1,020$1,290$1,670--
Variety PR-60 PR-62 PR-63 PR-64 PR-65 PR-66 PR-67
1817 - ↑↓ --$47,800----
1817 - ↑↑ -------
1818 - Descending colon -------
1818 - Ascending colon -------
1819 -------
1820 - Roman I -------
1820 - Open 2 - Short Date -------
1820 - Open 2 - Large Date -------
1820 - Closed 2 -------
1820 - Thin date -------
1821 -$13,200-----
1822 -------
1823 -------
1824 -------
1825 - Laureate Head -------
1825 - Bare Head -$15,500$23,900----
1825 - Bare Head - Plain Edge -$21,800$27,400----
1826 --$10,900$16,000---
1827 -------
1828 -------
1829 -------
1830 - ↑↓ -------
1830 - ↑↑ -------
1831 - 1st Head -------
1831 - 1st Head - WW no stop -------
1831 - 2nd Head --$19,300-$37,700$38,900-
1832 - 1st Head -------
1832 - 2nd Head -------
1833 -------
1835 -------
1836 -------
1836 - N in Shield -------
1837 -------
1837 - Tailed 8 -------
1838 -------
1838 - Narrow Shield -------
1838 - Plain Edge -------
1839 -------
1839 - Plain Edge - ↑↓ ---$34,100---
1839 - Plain Edge - ↑↑ ---$38,400$55,000--
1841 -------
1841 - GRΛTIΛ -------
1842 -------
1842 - GRΛTIΛ -------
1842 - Open 2 -------
1843 -------
1843 - 3/2 -------
1843 - Roman I -------
1843 - Narrow Shield -------
1844 - Large 44 -------
1844 - Small 44 -------
1844 - 4/Inverted 4 -------
1845 -------
1845 - 4/Inverted 4 -------
1845 - Roman I -------
1846 - 4/Inverted 4 -------
1846 -------
1846 - Roman I -------
1847 -------
1847 - Inverted 1 -------
1847 - Roman I -------
1848 - 1st Head -------
1848 - 2nd Head -------
1849 -------
1849 - Roman I -------
1850 -------
1850 - Roman I -------
1850 - R/E in GRATIA -------
1850 - 8/5 -------
1850 - ⩝ictoria -------
1851 -------
1852 -------
1852 - Roman I -------
1853 - W.W. Incuse ----$55,300--
1853 - W.W. Incuse - Roman I -------
1853 - W.W. Raised -------
1853 - W.W. Raised - F/E in DEF -------
1853 - W.W. Raised - ⩝ictoria -------
1854 - W.W. Raised -------
1854 - W.W. Incuse -------
1854 - W.W. Incuse - C/Rotated C -------
1855 - W.W. Incuse -------
1855 - W.W. Incuse - Roman I -------
1855 - W.W. Raised -------
1856 -------
1857 -------
1857 - ⩝ictoria -------
1857 - 7/5 -------
1857 - DEI GRΛ -------
1858 - 8/7 -------
1858 - Large Date -------
1858 - Small Date -------
1859 -------
1859 - Ansell -------
1860 -------
1860 - Roman I -------
1860 - ⩝ictoria -------
1860 - DEI GRΛ -------
1860 - Large 0 -------
1860 - O/C -------
1861 -------
1861 - Roman I -------
1861 - C/Rotated C -------
1861 - T/V in Victoria -------
1861 - Repunched E & F -------
1861 - E/Rotated E -------
1861 - F/V in DEF -------
1862 - Wide date -------
1862 - Narrow date -------
1862 - Roman I -------
1862 - Wide date - F/⩝ -------
1862 - Narrow date - F/⩝ -------
1862 - R/E in BRIT -------
1862 - R/Inverted R in VICTORIA -------
1863 - With Die Number -------
1863 - With Die Number - #827 and #22 -------
1863 - With Die Number - #827 on Trun -------
1863 - Without Die Number - Arabic 1 -------
1863 - Without Die Number - Roman 1 -------
1864 - Roman I -------
1864 - Arabic 1 -------
1865 -------
1866 -------
1866 - 6/5 -------
1868 -------
1869 --$51,600----
1870 - W.W. Incuse -------
1870 - W.W. Raised -------
1871 - Shield -------
1871 - St. George - Large BP -------
1871 - St. George - Small BP -------
1871 - St. George - Small BP - Plain Edge -------
1871 - St. George - Large BP - Plain Edge ---$31,100$32,100--
1872 - Shield - With Die Number -------
1872 - Shield - Without Die Number -------
1872 - St. George -------
1873 - Shield -------
1873 - St. George -------
1874 - Shield -------
1874 - St. George -------
1876 -------
1878 -------
1879 -------
1880 - Short Tail - Small BP -------
1880 - Short Tail - Small BP - 8/7 -------
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Buried - No BP -------
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Buried - No BP - 8/7 -------
1880 - Long Tail - W.W. Buried -------
1880 - Long Tail - W.W. Complete -------
1880 - Long Tail - W.W. Complete - 8/7 -------
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Complete - No BP -------
1880 - Short Tail - W.W. Complete - No BP - 8/7 -------
1884 - W.W. Buried -------
1884 - W.W. Complete -------
1885 - W.W. Buried -------
1885 - W.W. Complete -------
1887 - Small Close JEB -------
1887 - Normal JEB - Far G -------
1887 - Normal JEB - Near G -$3,770$6,000$8,700$8,900--
1887 - Small Wide (spread) JEB -------

Proof (PR): Planchets of these coins (not intended for circulation) were polished before struck (usually struck twice for higher quality). The field of Proof coins wear a cameo aspect.

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