The 2021 Silver Shield Sovereign - Proof Quality
The first ever Silver Sovereign to feature the Irish Harp
The 2021 Silver Shield Sovereign - Proof Quality
- The first ever Silver Sovereign to feature the Irish Harp!
- Struck in PURE .999 silver in the 200th anniversary year of the coronation of King George IV.
- Strictly limited and an exclusive one-year-only edition.
ORDER THE 2021 PROOF 'SILVER SHIELD' SOVEREIGN TODAY FOR JUST €84 (plus €4.95 P&P)!
200 years on from King George IV’s momentous coronation, live through the silver age of the sovereign with the VERY FIRST SILVER SOVEREIGN IN HISTORY to feature the monarch’s illustrious and world-renowned shield design and the very FIRST Silver Sovereign in HISTORY to feature the Irish Harp – the emblem of our nation!
A fashionably modern and debonair man about town, King George IV believed he had a reputation to uphold, and so was outraged by Benedetto Pistrucci’s realistic 1821 sovereign portrait of a now-overweight and middle-aged monarch, that he requested a new portrait – this time modelled on an attractive marble bust of himself created by Sir Francis Chantrey.
Pistrucci’s unwillingness to create a new portrait that flattered the King would see him replaced by an artist who would. And in a further act of vengeance, King George dropped Pistrucci’s Saint George and the Dragon masterwork from the sovereign.
Pistrucci’s replacement, Jean-Baptiste Merlen created the sovereign’s new reverse design featuring the iconic shield with the harp. The design is, to this day, considered to be “one of the finest coin designs in history”!
You can own the 2021 Silver Shield Sovereign for just €84 (plus €4.95 P&P) today.
Rest assured, you have no further commitments and your purchase is protected by The Dublin Mint Office's 14-day ‘no quibble’ guarantee.
- Metal:
- Silver
- Quality:
- Proof
- Weight:
- 7.98g
- Diameter:
- 22.05mm
- Issuing Authority:
- Gibraltar
- Denomination:
- Sovereign
- Year of Issue:
- 2021
- Limitation:
- 99,999
ORDER THE 2021 PROOF 'SILVER SHIELD' SOVEREIGN TODAY FOR JUST €84 (plus €4.95 P&P)!
200 years on from King George IV’s momentous coronation, live through the silver age of the sovereign with the VERY FIRST SILVER SOVEREIGN IN HISTORY to feature the monarch’s illustrious and world-renowned shield design and the very FIRST Silver Sovereign in HISTORY to feature the Irish Harp – the emblem of our nation!
A fashionably modern and debonair man about town, King George IV believed he had a reputation to uphold, and so was outraged by Benedetto Pistrucci’s realistic 1821 sovereign portrait of a now-overweight and middle-aged monarch, that he requested a new portrait – this time modelled on an attractive marble bust of himself created by Sir Francis Chantrey.
Pistrucci’s unwillingness to create a new portrait that flattered the King would see him replaced by an artist who would. And in a further act of vengeance, King George dropped Pistrucci’s Saint George and the Dragon masterwork from the sovereign.
Pistrucci’s replacement, Jean-Baptiste Merlen created the sovereign’s new reverse design featuring the iconic shield with the harp. The design is, to this day, considered to be “one of the finest coin designs in history”!
You can own the 2021 Silver Shield Sovereign for just €84 (plus €4.95 P&P) today.
Rest assured, you have no further commitments and your purchase is protected by The Dublin Mint Office's 14-day ‘no quibble’ guarantee.
Specifications
- Metal:
- Silver
- Quality:
- Proof
- Weight:
- 7.98g
- Diameter:
- 22.05mm
- Issuing Authority:
- Gibraltar
- Denomination:
- Sovereign
- Year of Issue:
- 2021
- Limitation:
- 99,999
The 2021 Silver Shield Sovereign - Proof Quality
Specifications
- Metal:
- Silver
- Quality:
- Proof
- Weight:
- 7.98g
- Diameter:
- 22.05mm
- Issuing Authority:
- Gibraltar
- Denomination:
- Sovereign
- Year of Issue:
- 2021
- Limitation:
- 99,999
The 2021 Silver Shield Sovereign - Proof Quality, the highest standard!
