{"id":49922,"date":"2025-04-15T20:07:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T19:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jblundells.co.uk\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=49922"},"modified":"2026-04-19T06:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:09:50","slug":"1891-jubilee-head-gold-sovereign","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.jblundells.co.uk\/shop\/product\/1891-jubilee-head-gold-sovereign\/","title":{"rendered":"1891 Jubilee Head Gold Sovereign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\">\n<div class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"403\"><strong data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"139\">Gold sovereigns have been struck by the Royal Mint since the fifteenth century.<\/strong> Indeed the origin of the sovereign can be traced to the reign of Henry VII who issued the first twenty shilling sovereign in 1489. The obverse, which gave rise to the name sovereign, featured a splendid portrait of the enthroned king in full coronation regalia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"736\">Such portraits continued throughout the next century and the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. However shortly after his accession to the throne, James I brought the issue of the sovereign to an end and it was not to reappear for some 200 years, when the coinage was reformed following the war with France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"1118\">Re-introduced in 1817, the new coin bore the now famous design of George and the Dragon by Italian engraver Benedetto Pistrucci. In 1887, to coincide with Queen Victoria&#8217;s Golden Jubilee, a new design was approved. Again featuring Pistrucci&#8217;s masterpiece on the reverse, the obverse featured the official Jubilee portrait of Queen Victoria, so inspiring the name &#8216;Jubilee Head&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"1118\"><strong data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1143\">SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong><br data-start=\"1143\" data-end=\"1146\" \/>Year of Issue: 1881<br data-start=\"1172\" data-end=\"1175\" \/>Weight: 7.9881g<br data-start=\"1194\" data-end=\"1197\" \/>Purity: 917\/1000 Gold<br data-start=\"1222\" data-end=\"1225\" \/>Diameter: 22.5mm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\">\n<div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\">\n<div class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"403\"><strong data-start=\"56\" data-end=\"139\">The 1891 Jubilee Head Gold Sovereign<\/strong> was struck by the Royal Mint in the fifteenth century. Indeed the origin of the sovereign can be traced to the reign of Henry VII who issued the first twenty shilling sovereign in 1489. The obverse, which gave rise to the name sovereign, featured a splendid portrait of the enthroned king in full coronation regalia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"405\" data-end=\"736\">Such portraits continued throughout the next century and the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. However shortly after his accession to the throne, James I brought the issue of the sovereign to an end and it was not to reappear for some 200 years, when the coinage was reformed following the war with France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"738\" data-end=\"1118\">Re-introduced in 1817, the new coin bore the now famous design of George and the Dragon by Italian engraver Benedetto Pistrucci. In 1887, to coincide with Queen Victoria&#8217;s Golden Jubilee, a new design was approved. Again featuring Pistrucci&#8217;s masterpiece on the reverse, the obverse featured the official Jubilee portrait of Queen Victoria, so inspiring the name &#8216;Jubilee Head&#8217;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Coin will be sent as pictured.<\/p>\n<p>B84<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":49923,"template":"","meta":{"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"1891 Jubilee Head Gold Sovereign","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[305],"product_tag":[229],"class_list":{"0":"post-49922","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-gold-coin-box-sets","7":"product_tag-collectable-coin","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"sold-individually","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>1891 Jubilee Head Gold Sovereign - JBlundell &amp; Sons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jblundells.co.uk\/shop\/product\/1891-jubilee-head-gold-sovereign\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"1891 Jubilee Head Gold Sovereign - JBlundell &amp; Sons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 1891 Jubilee Head Gold Sovereign was struck by the Royal Mint in the fifteenth century. 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