1996 QUEEN ELIZABETH II GOLD FULL PROOF SOVEREIGN with BOX & COA and also required exact measures

and also required exact measures of all worn and foreign gold brought to the Mint in exchange for new money

Beginning in 1699

most of which was coined into guinea denominations

95 GRAMS OF 22CT GOLD

While much of the energy of the Royal Mint’s workers and administrators was devoted to the Great Recoinage of the silver

1996 QUEEN ELIZABETH II GOLD FULL PROOF SOVEREIGN with BOX & COA and also required exact measuresQueen Elizabeth II gold Proof Sovereign of the year 1996 complete with original Royal Mint box and Certificate of Authenticity. All sovereigns weigh 7. 98 grammes, and are made of 22 carat gold (0. 917 fine). They have a diameter of 22. 05 mm.