1825 George IV Half Sovereign Laureate Bust MS62

1825 Half Sovereign Laureate Bust has achieved the highest possible grade at NGC – MS62 The history of the sovereign can be traced back to the fifteenth century, four years after the Battle of Bosworth. This decisive battle of the War of the Roses. The new Tudor King Henry VII celebrated the stability of his realm with ‘A new Coin of Gold’ The Sovereign was named to honour the king. The Sovereign a statement of wealth and strength. Of the new Tudor dynasty the defining feature of this magnificent coin was a portrait of England’s monarch. Every year a judicial ceremony called ‘The Trial of Pyx’ meets as it has done for over 700 hundred year. At the ‘trial’ an independent panel sworn in by HM Queen ascertains whether the coins made by the Royal Mint are the correct weight, diameter and composition of the coins. As required by law.