Gold 0.21%
£3,260.16 OZ
Silver -2.37%
£48.72 OZ
Platinum -0.49%
£1,344.50 OZ
The Silver Britannia is capital gains tax free in the UK, making is a very popular choice with UK investors
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A common sight in any moderate sized Gold Sovereign collection is the George V Gold Sovereigns. This monarch’s reign is interesting insofar that it offers collectors some key dates where Sovereigns were manufactured by the Royal Mint’s South African branch. In fact, South Africa was the only production site for the 1932 Sovereign
King George V reigned as King of the United Kingdom between 1910 until his death in 1936. King George V Sovereigns, therefore, are dated between 1911 and 1936 as George V’s father King Edward VII was still featured on 1910 Full and Half Gold Sovereign coins. George V only appeared on a double Sovereign in his coronation year of 1911
Given George V’s short reign, unlike the Victorian Sovereign Coins that have three different portraits over Queen Victoria’s reign, all George V Gold Sovereigns all feature the same design for the entire 1911 to 1936 period
Nevertheless, these Gold Sovereigns still represent a very popular design for UK and international bullion investors
Many investors may not realise that there are two different George V portraits, one known as the ‘large head’ and one as the ‘small head’. George V large head Sovereigns was struck from 1911 through to 1928
The 1929 design saw a change to the small head Sovereign which was repeated each year until the final George V sovereign was struck in 1932.
