Design change on recent sovereigns

[GreyBeardUK]

I know the doings of the RM are usually totally opaque, but I wondered if anyone knew why they removed the streamer from St George's helmet (from 2009 I think)?

It surely can't be for aesthetic reasons after 200 years. And it seems unlikely to be problems with striking, as they appear to have left it on the half, 2 and 5.

Any ideas?

[refero]

Streamer didnt pass their QC.. )

[Zhorro]

1 hour ago, GreyBeardUK said:

I know the doings of the RM are usually totally opaque, but I wondered if anyone knew why they removed the streamer from St George's helmet (from 2009 I think)?

It surely can't be for aesthetic reasons after 200 years. And it seems unlikely to be problems with striking, as they appear to have left it on the half, 2 and 5.

Any ideas?

I thought it was to distinguish the sovereign from the half sovereign, as there is not that much difference in size and it was even more difficult to tell them apart from a photograph.

[Thelonerangershorse]

6 hours ago, refero said:

Streamer didnt pass their QC.. )

Seems unlikley, everything else does.

[Stuntman]

The streamer is still on the £5 and £2 sovereigns, so maybe the RM have decided to distinguish these two more senior coins from the more junior sovereign denominations.   But otherwise I have no idea!

Edit: just read the original post properly, which already made the same point!  Ah well...

Edited April 23 by Stuntman

[Petra]

The one sovereign is the only one without, 1/4 and all the rest have a streamer.

the design for the one sovereign without streamer was based on the 1821 sovereign design.

[Foster88]

The streamer on St.George’s helmet has been on and off since 1817.