Mintage: 4,559 bullion coins

Edge: Milled

To celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the reverse features a rare departure from Pistrucci’s classic interpretation. For the 2012 Sovereign coin, the Royal Mint launched a competition to find a new design. The Royal Mint Advisory Committee eventually selected a design by the British sculptor Paul Day.

“I have chosen to opt for a romantic version of the St George and the dragon theme,” said Paul, “a medieval knight of Arthurian legend rather than a classical hero. I have given the dragon a more threatening attitude and size, so that it represents a real menace and not a weak foe.”

Paul deliberately left very little empty space, making the reverse as engaging as possible and very different from the obverse. As he says, “I have always been attracted to detail which requires a closer look to be unpicked and fully understood.”

The reverse shows St George as the slayer of the dragon; in Medieval knight’s armour and on horseback, he is shown driving the point of his lance into the head of a menacing dragon.

The date 2012 is around left.

The artist’s initials PJD (for Paul Day) are in the right field, below the horse’s hoof.

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Mintage: 5501

Finish: Proof

Edge: Milled

The reverse shows St George as the slayer of the dragon; in Medieval knight’s armour and on horseback, he is shown driving the point of his lance into the head of a menacing dragon.

The date 2012 is around left.

The artist’s initials PJD (for Paul Day) are in the right field, below the horse’s hoof.

Rest assured all photographs are of the actual coins you will receive. 

All postage including overseas shipping is fully insured. 

Payment within 24 hours please.

All gold products to U.K. will be posted Royal Mail Fully Insured next day Special Delivery, overseas shipping is fully tracked and insured.

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Mintage: 2054

The reverse shows St George as the slayer of the dragon; in Medieval knight’s armour and on horseback, he is shown driving the point of his lance into the head of a menacing dragon.

The date 2012 is around left.

The artist’s initials PJD (for Paul Day) are in the right field, below the horse’s hoof.

Rest assured all photographs are of the actual coin you will receive. 

All postage including overseas shipping is fully insured. 

Payment within 24 hours please.

All gold products to U.K. will be posted Royal Mail Fully Insured next day Special Delivery, overseas shipping is fully tracked and insured.

If you have any questions please feel free to message me.

Thank you.

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Mintage: 956

The obverse of the coins shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the “Fourth Portrait”). The Queen wears the “Girls of Great Britain and Ireland” diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty’s grandmother) in 1947 – which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.

The reverse shows St George as the slayer of the dragon; in Medieval knight’s armour and on horseback, he is shown driving the point of his lance into the head of a menacing dragon.

The date 2012 is around left.

The artist’s initials PJD (for Paul Day) are in the right field, below the horse’s hoof.

Rest assured all photographs are of the actual coin you will receive. 

All postage including overseas shipping is fully insured. 

Payment within 24 hours please. Discount for payment by bank transfer, please enquire.

All gold products to U.K. will be posted Royal Mail Fully Insured next day Special Delivery, overseas shipping is fully tracked and insured.

If you have any questions please feel free to message me.

Thank you.

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Mintage: 1085

Reverse: At centre, the young portrait of Queen Elizabeth II(her First Effigy by Mary Gillick) above a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon.

To the left of the portrait, the date 2012.

To the right, in five lines, DIRIGE DEVS GRESSVS MEOS (alternatively spelled as DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS; however, the letter U did not originally exist in the Latin alphabet and V was used instead). Translated from Latin, this means “May God Guide My Steps” and was first used on British coinage on the commemorative £5 coin known as Una and the Lion issued in 1839 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Victoria.

The artist’s initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley) are in relief under the ribbon tying the wreath.

Obverse:

The obverse shows a commemorative bust of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara and the robes of the Order of the Garter, facing right. The portrait is inspired by the sculpture mounted in the entrance to the Supreme Court building on Parliament Square in London.

Around above, divided by the tiara, the monarch’s legend ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D ·; translated from Latin: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith. Following the legend, around right, are the value and denomination FIVE POUNDS.

The artist’s initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley) are in the lower left of the Queen’s robe.

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The reverse shows St George as the slayer of the dragon; in Medieval knight’s armour and on horseback, he is shown driving the point of his lance into the head of a menacing dragon.

The date 2012 is around left.

The artist’s initials PJD (for Paul Day) are in the right field, below the horse’s hoof.

Rest assured all photographs are of the actual coin you will receive.

All postage including overseas shipping is fully insured.

Payment within 24 hours please, discount for payment by bank transfer please enquire.

All gold products to U.K. will be posted Royal Mail Fully Insured next day Special Delivery, overseas shipping is fully tracked and insured.

If you have any questions please feel free to message me.

Thank you.

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