1927 George V SA 22k Gold Full Sovereign Coin

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1927 George V SA 22k Full Sovereign Gold Coin.

Obverse:- George V Bare ' Large Head ' facing left.

Reverse:- George mounted Slaying the Dragon with sword. Date at the bottom with

B.P in small letters to the right and mint mark SA in the exergue line.

Weight:- 7.98 grams.

Diameter:- 22.06mm.

Condition:-  Almost Uncirculated.

The bust of the king first appeared on the 1911 sovereign and was used up until 1936.

The new bust was the work of Edgar Bertram Mackennel, an Australian born in

Melbourne in 1863.

   The reverse for the new coinage was the continuation of Benedetto Pistrucci's

St George slaying the dragon.

Edgar Bertram Mackennel came to England in 1891 and you will find his initals B.M

in relief at the bottom of the truncation.

The new mint in Pretoria South Africa was to open officially on

the 1st of January 1923, but because of delays erecting the machinery and equipping the

various departments, coining was not possible until sometime later that year.

Once minted the coins were put on ships and put in vaults in the Bank of England as

part of are reserve and sadly many sovereign were melted in

1929 and 1930.

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