THE PETTY HOARD
THE INDIAN SOVEREIGNS
In the early 20th century the Royal Mint opened a Branch Mint in Bombay, and for a little more than a year, beginning in 1918, gold Sovereigns were struck on the Indian sub-continent. Using dies sent from London, the Indian Sovereign's design was indistinguishable from its British counterpart... save for a tiny "I" mintmark.
Almost a century later, production of the Sovereign returned to India, and in 2013 the gold coins were struck on the sub-continent once again, but this time at a minting facility in Rojko-Meo Industrial Estate in the Mewat district of Haryana under license by MMTC-PAMP.
Read more about the Indian Sovereigns.
THE 200th ANNIVERSARY SOVEREIGNS
The year 2017 marked the 200th anniversary of the Sovereign, and to commemorate this special anniversary the Royal Mint issued a range of unique Sovereigns in late 2016 and again during the middle of 2017.
These anniversary Sovereigns used Benedetto Pistrucci's original design of St. George & the Dragon surrounded by a garter inscribed with the Latin phrase 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE' meaning ‘Evil unto him that thinks evil of it’.
Read more about the 200th Anniversary Sovereigns.
THE SAPPHIRE JUBILEE SOVEREIGNS
In 2017, Queen Elizabeth II made history by becoming the first British monarch to reign 65 years on the throne, and to celebrated this jubilee, the Royal Mint issued a special celebration Sovereign struck on 6 February 2017, the anniversary of Her Majesty's accession to the throne.
And then again in 2018, to mark the 65th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation, the Royal Mint issued a range of special Sovereigns bearing a unique "crown" mintmark.
Read more about the Sapphire Jubilee Sovereigns.