Bought from Atkinson's Bullions, will provide receipt.


The British half sovereign is British legal tender and is exempt from Capital Gains Tax. Proof half sovereigns are struck using specially polished dies. They are of particular interest to collectors.


The obverse shows the fourth definitive UK coin portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley, his initials IRB are below the truncated neck. This effigy appeared on coins from 1998 until 2015.


The reverse shows Benedetto Pistrucci's famous engraving of St George attacking a dragon with his sword features on the reverse of this coin