1993-U St George and the Dragon £5 Five Pound Sovereign Gold Coin PCGS MS69

In 1993 the Royal Mint released a very Limited Issue Brilliant Uncirculated St George and the Dragon £5 Five Pound Sovereign Gold Coin struck in solid 22 Carat Gold Certified Slabbed and Graded by PCGS as MS69 with special NFC Anti-Counterfeiting Technology.

On the reverse it boasts Benedetto Pistrucci's classic portrayal of St George Slaying The Dragon which first appeared in 1817 when the Sovereign was revived as part of a wide ranging reform of coinage during the reign of George III.

Gold £5 Five Pound Coins were authorised at the same time but, although Proof specimens were subsequently struck, it was not until the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 that £5 Five Pound pieces were at last issued for circulation.

These Victorian £5 Five Pound pieces featured Edgar Boehm's portrait of the Queen, a portrait so much disliked that new designs were urgently called for.
There was no thought, however, of replacing Pistrucci's St George, a masterpiece of numismatic art that continues to grace the £5 Five Pound Gold Crown Coins of 1993.
The obverse bears the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Raphael Maklouf.

• Limited Mintage of 1,078 Worldwide
• Five Pound Gold Sovereign Minted in 22 Carat Gold
• Struck to Royal Mint's Brilliant Uncirculated Quality
  
• Features St George Slaying the Dragon Designed by Benedetto Pistrucci
• Certified Slabbed and Graded by PCGS as MS69