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The 2023 King Charles III Greatest Monarchs Gold Prestige Infill Sovereign Set celebrates some of the greatest ever British monarchs.
It feels momentous to be writing these words… but Britain has a new monarch. This is something that no-one for generations has written. Not for 70 years has this been uttered and it feels remarkable to be able to say that there are new sovereign coins with the portrait of our new sovereign monarch.
King Charles III inherits a very different world to that which his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, did when she stepped into the role in 1952. For a start, the Queen was 25 years old; the King is 74. He has spent over seven decades preparing for his role – a lifetime apprenticeship. The Queen was in many ways still learning about the world during her reign, while Charles has highly formed opinions that he will bring to the role.
While the world debates what sort of monarch he will be, the simple truth is that he will be different to his mother. It’s a different world after all: his accession was announced in an instant on social media, and his accession ceremony was broadcast live to hundreds of millions of households around the globe.
The most important thing for all of us, is that with the accession of our new King Charles III, a thousand years of Britain’s monarchy endures. This new king’s accession is a significant moment in the history of our nation.
For our new king, new gold sovereign coins that pay homage to some of the greatest British monarchs who have gone before him
Prior to becoming monarch, Charles was often outspoken in a number of his views, leading many to fear that he would be a ‘radical’ king. However, he seems to be mindful not only of the expectations of him now he is king, but also of his position as the custodian of traditions that stretch back through time. Many great monarchs, both kings and queens, have preceded him – not least his own mother Queen Elizabeth II. Now, this new series of King Charles III gold sovereign coins has been announced which pays homage to some of Britain’s greatest ever monarchs.
These coins have a number of important features:
- Each coin features His Majesty King Charles III on the obverse, in a portrait by artist Jody Clark. Jody Clark also designed the Fifth (and final) Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II which appeared on all her British coinage from mid-2015 to last year.
- On the reverse sides, each coin features a great British monarch from the past and records one of their great regnal milestones
- Coins in the series pay tribute to: King George V – founder of the House of Windsor, King George III – our longest reigning king, and Queen Victoria – our second longest reigning queen (behind only Queen Elizabeth II) and the first British monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee
- Each coin features King Charles III on one side and another great monarch on the other making them all rare examples of ‘dual portrait’ gold sovereign coins, popular with collectors worldwide
- The reverse designs are by Matt Dent, designer of Britain’s circulating one pence to fifty pence coins. His attention to detail is evident in the fact that the monarchs face the same way as they did on their own coinage, alternating from the direction of the previous monarch, in the same way King Charles III now faces the opposite direction to Queen Elizabeth II.
Further great monarchs celebrated on these coins, many of which are firsts
The designs on the reverses of these new sovereign coins celebrate some of Britain’s greatest ever monarchs and some of the major regnal jubilees they have celebrated. Some of these monarchs have never before appeared on these denominations meaning they will have incredible collector appeal:
- the gold quarter sovereign is the first of its kind to feature King George V
- the gold half sovereign and sovereign both feature new portraits by Matt Dent that have never before appeared on those coin denominations
When you combine the popularity of ‘dual portrait’ designs which, in this instance bring together Britain’s newest monarch King Charles III with some of our greatest, with the fact many are firsts, you can see why they will be subject to considerable demand, and not just from collectors.
Authorised by Tristan da Cunha and approved by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Buckingham Palace, it is a wonderful tribute!
This set comes in a luxury presentation box with space to put your 2023 King Charles III Greatest Monarchs Gold One-Eighth Sovereign.
Benefit from the SELL OUT GUARANTEE
The 2023 King Charles III Greatest Monarchs Gold Prestige Infill Sovereign Set will not exceed 1,549 sets and is also subject to our new SELL OUT GUARANTEE. What this means is that availability of this set will end on 31st May 2023. At that time, any sets that are unsold will be melted down and verified to that effect.
At that point, we will issue to owners of this set a new certificate stating the final mintage which may be lower, or possibly considerably lower, than 1,549. If the mintage remains at 1,549 then this means the set sold out entirely to keen customers, and if not, you may have secured for yourself a low mintage rarity.
Either way, there will be little or no surplus of this set on the secondary market and so the set you own will be a rarity in the gold sovereign series.
