George V 1929 SA Gold Sovereign NGC MS 62

SOUTH AFRICA. George V, 1910-36.
Gold Sovereign, 1929 SA. Pretoria.
Bare head left, BM on truncation with no stops; GEORGIVS V D. G. BRITT: OMN: REX F. D. IND: IMP:. / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right; mintmark SA in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. Edge milled.

The Pretoria branch of the Royal Mint was established in 1923 to convert South Africa’s considerable output of locally mined gold into coinage. By the end of the decade it had become the leading producer of Sovereigns across the British Empire, striking more than twelve million examples in 1929.

This year also marked the introduction of Bertram Mackennal’s reduced ‘small head’ portrait of George V, an effigy used only from 1929 until branch-mint Sovereign production ended in 1932.

In secure plastic holder, graded NGC MS 62 , certification number 2118183-052.

NGC Census in this grade: 47.
NGC Census in higher grade: 205
Reference: S-4005; Marsh-293; Hern-S344
Weight: 7.99g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)
Diameter: 22mm.
Mintage: 12,024,000.
Composition: 917/1000 Gold.

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