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1/2 Sovereign - Elizabeth II 4th portrait, Diamond Jubilee
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents Paul Day's bold contemporary interpretation of Saint George and the Dragon, a design introduced for the Diamond Jubilee sovereign issues. Saint George, depicted as an armoured knight on horseback, is shown from behind driving a lance downward toward the prostrate, snarling dragon below, whose wings and claws are rendered with dramatic sculptural energy. The composition fills the field dynamically, with the horse rearing in profile to the right. The date '2012' appears vertically along the left field, and the engraver's initials 'PJD' are positioned in the lower right field. |
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| Mintage | 2012 - Bullion - 2,137 2012 - Proof - 4,900 |
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The Diamond Jubilee year brought an unusual concentration of special issues from the Royal Mint, and this half sovereign sits in awkward commercial territory — technically a bullion-weight coin with commemorative pricing. The fourth portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley had been in circulation since 1998, making 2012 its fourteenth year on sovereign coinage before the fifth portrait by Jody Clark replaced it in 2015.
Mintage figures for this issue were not publicly disclosed in advance, a Royal Mint practice that became increasingly common after collector demand proved difficult to forecast during the Golden Jubilee decade.