Queen Elizabeth II Sovereigns 1957-1968 Select Desired Year from drop down menu:1959 To mark this historic event

To mark this historic event and personal achievement for The Queen

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2005: Contemporary design of St George slaying the dragon with sword and carrying shield

The Widow or Veiled head coinage marks the end of the Victorian era which spanned 64 years now the second longest of any remaining British Monarch to our present Queen Elizabeth II

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Queen Elizabeth II Sovereigns 1957-1968 Select Desired Year from drop down menu:1959 To mark this historic eventQueen Elizabeth II Sovereigns 1957 1968 The very first sovereigns struck of Queen Elizabeths reign were dated 1953 and only a very few were struck in proof form, no currency type coins exist and the proof itself is only held in national collections so it is not one which is expected to come to the market place. I mention this very special coin as its portrait design by Mary Gillick remained exactly the same for the first year of the currency type