1989 Tudor Rose £5 Five Pound Sovereign Gold NGC MS68 BOX & COA RARE #35e

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1989 Tudor Rose £5 Five Pound Sovereign Gold NGC MS68  BOX & COA  RARE  #35e
1989 GREAT BRITAIN 5 POUND SOVEREIGN 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST GOLD SOVEREIGN 1489-1989
CERTIFIED BY NGC MS68
KM #958
39.94 grams = 1.1775 OZ AGW .917 Fine Gold
36.02 MM IN DIAMETER
2,937 Mintage
This is a special one-year adaptation of the original Sovereign design of 1489 . The reverse is a Shield of the Royal Arms ensigned by an open Royal Crown , the whole superimposed upon a double rose (the "Tudor Rose") and the circumscription ' ANNIVERSARY OF THE GOLD SOVEREIGN 1489-1989 .'The obverse shows Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II seated as at her Coronation , within the circumscription: ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF, translated as "Elizabeth II - by grace of god, Queen, defender of the faith"HistoryTHE FIRST SOVEREIGN WAS STRUCK FOR KING HENRY VII, OF THE TUDOR DYNASTY (REIGNED 1485-1509). SOVEREIGN COINAGE WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1604, BUT REINTRODUCED IN 1817 AND BECAME THE GOLD COIN STANDARD IN BRITAIN AND THE U.S. This historical review was copied from
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