Tag: british history

Have you got your collector’s licence?

8th August 2019

Don’t worry, you don’t actually need one today, but it wasn’t that long ago here in the UK that you did. Without one, you would be limited to owning just four gold coins issued after 1817. Unless you had a licence, but that wasn’t the easiest thing to obtain… The year it became illegal to […]

2017 piedfort sovereign 350x350 - Why the first ever double-thickness Gold Sovereign is a guaranteed sell-out

Why the first ever double-thickness Gold Sovereign is a guaranteed sell-out

26th June 2017

STOP PRESS, 27 JUNE 2017: The Royal Mint confirm the Piedfort Sovereign is 100% reserved within 24 hours of release. 2017 is the Bicentenary of the “modern” Sovereign.  To celebrate, The Royal Mint has just issued the FIRST EVER double-thickness Piedfort Sovereign. It is set to become one of the most collectable Gold Sovereigns ever […]