Australian Sovereign - 2019
7,98 gr. Gold - Proof

• Proof quality 91.70% pure Gold
• Limited Mintage of only 1,000 pieces
• Numbered Certificate of Authenticity
• Prestigious Presentation Packaging

This Sovereign gold coin was struck 2019 by the Perth Mint from 91.70% pure gold in proof quality. The commemorative gold coin celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth in 2019 while paying tribute to the historic 1855 Sydney Mint sovereign coin designed by Royal Mint Engraver Leonard Charles Wyon, which was the first coin to be produced at The Sydney Mint in 1855. Under the authority of Queen Victoria, who was the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom and its colonies from 1837 until her death in 1901, a new reverse design was developed to differentiate the Sydney Mint sovereigns from the Imperial coins. The coin portrays the St Edward’s crown, a laurel wreath and the word ‘AUSTRALIA’, historic elements of Royal Mint engraver Leonard Charles Wyon’s original Type I reverse. The design also includes the inscriptions ‘PERTH MINT’ and ‘SOVEREIGN’. In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth in 2019, the coin also bears a ‘200’ privy mark. The coin’s obverse depicts the Jody Clark effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2019 year-date and the monetary denomination. This special Sovereign gold coin is housed in a prestigious wooden presentation case within a superbly illustrated shipper, and is accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.