Sovereign 1916, Coin from United Kingdom

Sovereign 1916, Coin from United Kingdom (demonetised 1971)

Coin	Sovereign 1916

A circular gold coin (22 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring a bare head of George V facing left; below, the artist's initials B.M.; around, GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN:REX F.D. IND:IMP:.

On the reverse St. George on horseback holding short sword and wearing a helmet, cape and boots, the horse rearing over dragon whose side is pierced by a broken lance, the haft of the lance is on the ground behind the horse; the date, 1916 and artist's initials B.P. in exergue; the mint mark (if any; coins minted at the Royal Mint in London do not have a mint mark) in ground line above middle of date.

Mint	Mint mark	Total Mintage
Perth Mint	Letter P	4,096,771 (4.1 million)
Royal Mint London	No mint mark	1,554,120 (1.6 million)
Melbourne Mint	Letter M	1,272,634 (1.3 million)
Sydney Mint	Letter S	1,242,000 (1.2 million)
Royal Mint Ottawa	Letter C	6,111

Obverse
Head of King George V facing left; on neck truncation, the artist's initials B.M. (for Bertram Mackennal); around, GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F.D. IND: IMP:

Obverse Inscription	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:

Reverse
St. George on horseback holding short sword and wearing a helmet, cape and boots, the horse rearing over dragon whose side is pierced by a broken lance, the haft of the lance is on the ground behind the horse; the date, 1916 and artist's initials B.P. in exergue; the mint mark (if any) in ground line above middle of date.

Reverse Inscription	1916

Edge	Milled	Edge Inscription	None

Notes

Ottawa Mint sovereigns do not seem to be listed in Krause catalogues.

In August 1916, as a direct result of World War I, the Department of the Treasury notified the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint that from that date all gold deposited was to be paid for by cheque instead of gold coin. All gold produced in Australia would henceforth become the property of the Commonwealth. It would continue to be struck into sovereigns but these would be delivered to the Treasury.

Sovereign 1916: References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link	Notes
Museums Victoria Collections	2016	Coin description	link
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mint		Royal Mint London and Royal Mint Ottawa
Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values	1965	Mint		Sydney Mint, Melbourne Mint and Perth Mint
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mintage		Royal Mint London and Royal Mint Ottawa mintage
Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values	1965	Mintage		Sydney Mint, Melbourne Mint and Perth Mint mintage

Showing 48 from a total of 148 coins of type: Sovereign (Pre-Decimal)

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Sovereign 1898	12,418,485	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA DEI . GRA . BRITT . REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP
Sovereign 1899	17,045,127	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA DEI . GRA . BRITT . REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP
Sovereign 1900	20,604,734	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA DEI . GRA . BRITT . REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP
Sovereign 1901	11,467,982	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA DEI . GRA . BRITT . REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP
Sovereign 1902	16,122,198	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
Sovereign 1903	19,891,190	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT. OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
Sovereign 1904	21,278,022	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT. OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
Sovereign 1905	17,198,434	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT. OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
Sovereign 1906	21,746,651	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT. OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
Sovereign 1907	29,302,643	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT. OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
Sovereign 1908	21,702,207	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT: OMN: REX F:D: IND: IMP:
Sovereign 1909	21,784,151	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT. OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
Sovereign 1910	32,287,808	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D:G: BRITT. OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
Sovereign 1911	40,048,431	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP:
Sovereign 1912	39,292,322	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1913	33,750,854	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1914	20,118,033	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1915	27,652,715	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1916	8,171,636	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1917	7,741,314	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1918	13,900,265	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1919	5,480,498	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1920	3,311,196	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1921	3,339,481	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1922	3,485,190	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1923	3,051,743	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1924	2,139,740	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1925	21,276,258	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1926	13,663,346	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1927	18,073,404	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1928	19,981,682	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1929	14,067,451	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1930	12,020,682	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1931	9,743,139	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1932	1,066,680	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT: OMN: REX F.D.IND:IMP:
Sovereign 1937 Edward VIII (not released)	6	King Edward VIII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VIII D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP.
Sovereign 1937 (Proof only)	5,501	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP.
Sovereign 1953 (not released)	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH II DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REGINA F: D: +
Sovereign 1957	2,072,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +
Sovereign 1958	8,700,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRATIA · REGINA · F : D : +
Sovereign 1959	1,385,228	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +
Sovereign 1962	3,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +
Sovereign 1963	7,400,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +
Sovereign 1964	3,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +
Sovereign 1965	3,800,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +
Sovereign 1966	7,050,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +
Sovereign 1967	5,000,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +
Sovereign 1968	4,203,000	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH . II . DEI . GRATIA . REGINA . F: D: +
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Sovereign 1916: Details

Country	United Kingdom
Currency	Pound Sterling (pre-decimal)
Coin Type	Sovereign (St George)
Issued	1916
Monarch	King George V
Effigy	King George V - Bare Head, by Bertram Mackennal
Face Value	1 (x Pound)
Total Mintage	8,171,636 (8.2 million)
Current	No; demonetised 1971
Material	0.9167 Gold
Designer	Benedetto Pistrucci
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin Alignment (Axis 6)
Size	22.0500 mm
Thickness	1.5200 mm
Mass	7.9881 g
OCC ID	YAPV-ZOYR-CGQV-ELMD

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Sovereign 1916: Photos

Image	Details
	Great Britain 1916 sovereign Copyright: CoinFactsWiki / CC BY-SA Author: Stack's Bowers Notes: Royal Mint London (no mint mark). Source
	Great Britain 1916 sovereign Copyright: CoinFactsWiki / CC BY-SA Author: Stack's Bowers Notes: Royal Mint London. Source
	Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1916 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski Notes: Melbourne Mint (M mint mark). Source
	Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1916 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski Notes: Melbourne Mint. Source

Sovereign 1916: Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World	Great Britain 262 (Royal Mint London)
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	Great Britain KM# 820 (Royal Mint London)
Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom	3996 (Royal Mint London)
Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World	Australia 38 (Sydney), 39 (Melbourne), 40 (Perth)
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	Australia KM# 29 (Sydney, Melbourne, Perth Mints)
Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom	4003 (Sydney), 3999 (Melbourne) and 4001 (Perth)
McDonald, Australian Coins and Banknotes	McD 252 (Sydney), 253 (Melbourne) and 254 (Perth)
Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values	S159 (Sydney), S160 (Melbourne) and S161 (Perth)
Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World	Canada 2 (Royal Mint Ottawa)
Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom	3997 (Ottawa Mint)

Relevant Links

Museums Victoria: Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1916

Gold Sovereigns: 1916 Gold Sovereigns

George V 1916 Gold Sovereigns

Sovereign 1916, Coin from United Kingdom - detailed information