Sovereign 1929, Coin from United Kingdom

Sovereign 1929, Coin from United Kingdom (demonetised 1971)

Coin	Sovereign 1929

A gold coin (22.05 mm diameter with milled edge) featuring the effigy of King George V facing left; around, GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT: OMN: REX F:D: IND: IMP:.

The reverse features St. George on horseback holding a short sword in his right hand, the horse rearing to right over a fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; in exergue, the date, 1929 and the artist's initials B.P.; the mint mark is in the ground above the middle of the date.

Not every date exists for gold sovereigns. The London mint virtually stopped producing sovereigns after 1916, except for 1925. From 1917, the branch mints continued to issue most of the sovereign production. In 1929 a total of three mints issued sovereigns, Melbourne and Perth in Australia, and Pretoria Mint in South Africa.

1929 sovereigns have a new smaller head portrait of King George V. The earlier portrait had been used from 1911 to 1928 inclusive, the small head portrait was used from 1929 to 1932 inclusive, making these quite desirable from a type collectors point of view.

Mint	Mint mark	Total Mintage
Pretoria Mint	Letters SA	12,024,107 (12.0 million)
Perth Mint	Letter P	1,606,625 (1.6 million)
Melbourne Mint	Letter M	436,719

Obverse
"Small" head of King George V facing left; on neck truncation, the artist's initials B.M.; 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 a short sword in his right hand, the horse rearing to right over a fallen dragon which has a broken lance in its chest; in exergue, the date, 1929 and the artist's initials B.P.; the mint mark is in the ground above the middle of the date.

Reverse Inscription	1929

Edge	Milled	Edge Inscription	None

Sovereign 1929: Known varieties

Variety	Proof FDC (Melbourne Mint)
Mintage	Issued: unknown. Rarity: R3 (Extremely Rare)

Sovereign 1929: References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link	Notes
Museums Victoria Collections	2016	Coin description	link
Encyclopaedia of New Zealand	1965	Mint		Melbourne Mint and Perth Mint
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mint		Pretoria Mint
Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values	1965	Mintage		Melbourne Mint and Perth Mint mintage
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mintage		Pretoria Mint mintage
Museums Victoria Collections	2016	Varieties	link	Proof (Melbourne Mint)

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 1929: Details

Country	United Kingdom
Currency	Pound Sterling (pre-decimal)
Coin Type	Sovereign (St George)
Issued	1929
Monarch	King George V
Effigy	King George V - Bare Head, by Bertram Mackennal
Face Value	1 (x Pound)
Total Mintage	14,067,451 (14.1 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	XGAV-POXA-CLWQ-EMDY

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Sovereign 1929: Photos

Image	Details
	Specimen Coin - Sovereign, Australia, 1929 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski Notes: Melbourne Mint. Proof. Source
	Specimen Coin - Sovereign, Australia, 1929 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski Notes: Melbourne Mint. Proof. Source
	Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1929 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski Notes: Melbourne Mint. Source
	Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1929 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski Notes: Melbourne Mint. Source
	Coin - Sovereign, Western Australia, Australia, 1929 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski Notes: Perth Mint. Source
	Coin - Sovereign, Western Australia, Australia, 1929 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski Notes: Perth Mint. Source
	Coin - Sovereign, South Africa, 1929 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Notes: Pretoria Mint. Source
	Coin - Sovereign, South Africa, 1929 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Notes: Pretoria Mint. Source

Sovereign 1929: Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World	Australia 39 (Melbourne Mint) and 40 (Perth Mint)
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	Australia KM# 32 (Melbourne and Perth Mints)
Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom	4000 (Melbourne Mint) and 4002 (Perth Mint)
McDonald, Australian Coins and Banknotes	McD 289 (Melbourne Mint) and McD 290 (Perth Mint)
Renniks, Australian Coin and Banknote Values	S196 (Melbourne Mint) and S197 (Perth Mint)
Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World	South Africa 5 (Pretoria Mint)
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	South Africa KM# A22 (Pretoria Mint)
Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom	4005 (Pretoria Mint)

Relevant Links

Museums Victoria: Specimen Coin - Sovereign, Australia, 1929

Museums Victoria: Coin - Sovereign, Victoria, Australia, 1929

Museums Victoria: Coin - Sovereign, South Africa, 1929

Museums Victoria: Coin - Sovereign, Western Australia, Australia, 1929

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Sovereign 1929, Coin from United Kingdom - detailed information