When is the 2023 Sovereign revealed/issued?

[Divmad]

I know it's still only March, but when in the calendar year does the current year Sovereign get approved, produced and issued to the public?

[MBTPSilver]

In normal years the 2023 Sovereign would have been released a few months ago, typically the first/second week of January.

Due to the 2022 Memorial Sovereign being released in that spot, this year it's late, so no one knows for sure when the 2023 Sov will be out. It will almost certainly be around the coronation though, so I'd say anytime in the next 4 - 6 weeks we'll hear something.

[paulmerton]

The 2022 Sovereign was released (and, for most people, delivered!) in Nov 2021. Them were the days...

[CaptCaveMan]

Proclamation on 17 March: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4300418

St George & the Dragon grained or plain edge

BY THE KING A PROCLAMATION DETERMINING THE SPECIFICATIONS AND DESIGN FOR A NEW SERIES OF FIVE POUND, TWO POUND, SOVEREIGN, HALF-SOVEREIGN AND QUARTER-SOVEREIGN COINS IN GOLD CHARLES R.

FIVE POUND GOLD COIN

1. (1) A new coin of gold of the denomination of five pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard diameter of 36.02 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said gold coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The variation from the standard weight will be measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin.

TWO POUND GOLD COIN

2. (1) A new coin of gold of the denomination of two pounds shall be made, being a coin of a standard diameter of 28.4 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said gold coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The variation from the standard weight will be measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin.

SOVEREIGN GOLD COIN

3. (1) A new coin of gold of the denomination of a sovereign shall be made, being a coin of a standard diameter of 22.05 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said gold coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The variation from the standard weight will be measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin.

HALF-SOVEREIGN GOLD COIN

4. (1) A new coin of gold of the denomination of half-sovereign shall be made, being a coin of a standard diameter of 19.3 millimetres, and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said gold coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard diameter specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding 0.125 millimetres per coin.

(3) The variation from the standard weight will be measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin.

QUARTER-SOVEREIGN GOLD COIN

5. (1) A new coin of gold of the denomination of quarter-sovereign shall be made, being a coin of a standard weight of 1.997 grammes, a standard diameter of 13.5 millimetres, a millesimal fineness of 916.7 and being circular in shape.

(2) In the making of the said gold coin a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard weight, diameter or fineness specified above) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding the following, that is to say:

(a) a variation from the said standard weight of an amount per coin of 0.012 grammes;

(b) a variation from the said standard diameter of 0.125 millimetres per coin; and

(c) a variation from the said millesimal fineness of two per mille.

(3) The variation from the standard weight will be measured as the average of a sample of not more than one kilogram of the coin.

(4) The least current weight of the said gold coin shall be 1.98 grammes.

DESIGN OF THE COINS

6. The design of the said five pound, two pound, sovereign, half-sovereign and quarter-sovereign gold coins shall be as follows:

‘For the obverse impression Our effigy with the inscription “· CHARLES III · DEI · GRA · REX · FID · DEF” and for the reverse a depiction of St George armed, sitting on horseback, attacking a dragon with a sword, and a broken spear upon the ground, and the date of the year. The coins shall have a grained or plain edge.’

7. This Proclamation shall come into force on the ninth day of March Two thousand and twenty-three.

Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this eighth day of March in the year of Our Lord Two thousand and twenty-three and in the first year of Our Reign.

GOD SAVE THE KING

Edited March 28, 2023 by CaptCaveMan

[westminstrel]

It’s being discussed here:

 

Edited March 29, 2023 by westminstrel

[CaptCaveMan]

Always late to the party 😆

[Britannia47]

At last, back to normality! - Pistrucci’s G&D, which is more traditional for a ‘Coronation’ set, 1902/1911 etc. Certainly nothing like the 2005 version as someone has imagined, as there’s no broken spear section on the ground….

A special design could be done on the Silver Crown. After all, why does the Sovereign have to be lumbered with all the ‘commemoration’ issues?…..

[paulmerton]

Would a privy mark be out of the question if it's not mentioned in the proclamation?

[SidS]

1 hour ago, Britannia47 said:

At last, back to normality! - Pistrucci’s G&D, which is more traditional for a ‘Coronation’ set, 1902/1911 etc. Certainly nothing like the 2005 version as someone has imagined, as there’s no broken spear section on the ground….

Ah well what you don't know is that it's a fragmented design spread over all the coins. The spear and the dragon are on the £5 coin.

The horse's phallus is on the quarter sovereign. 😁

Edited March 29, 2023 by SidS

[paulmerton]

1 minute ago, SidS said:

The horse's phallus is on the quarter sovereign. 😁

Amusingly, the first time I looked at a sovereign I thought George's left foot was something else.

[SidS]

5 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Amusingly, the first time I looked at a sovereign I thought George's left foot was something else.

You and me both. The horse was just excited.