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2000-U St George and the Dragon £5 Five Pound Sovereign Gold Coin Box Coa

SKU GBU5C-016000
£3,499.95
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Product Details
Manufacturer: Royal Mint
Issuing Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2000
Monarch: Elizabeth II (1953 - 2022)
Brands: British Sovereign
Denomination: £5 Sovereign
Mint Mark / Privy: U
Metal: Gold
Purity: .9167
Metal Content: 1.17713 Troy Ounces
Weight: 39.94 Grams
Diameter: 36.02mm
Quality: Brilliant Uncirculated
Mintage: 994 Worldwide
Presentation: Boxed with Certificate

In 2000 to celebrate the Millennium, 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.

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 Brilliant Uncirculated Gold £5 Crown Coins of 2000.
The obverse bears the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank Broadley FRBS, FSNAD.

  • Limited Mintage of 994 Coins Worldwide
  • Five Pound Sovereign Gold Coin Struck in Solid 22 Carat Gold
  • Finished to Royal Mint's Brilliant Uncirculated Quality
  • Reverse features St George Slaying the Dragon Designed by Benedetto Pistrucci
  • Royal Mint Boxed with Certificate of Authenticity
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