Sovereign Rarities Blog

Sovereign Rarities Auction XIX Highlights: The Thorburn Collection and Exceptional Numismatic Rarities Sovereign Rarities Auction XIX presented one of the most significant offerings of British numismatics in recent years, headlined...

Explore Sovereign Rarities Auction XVIII highlights, including the £200,000 George III Pattern Five Pounds, rare Offa Penny, Victorian gold and Royalist medals.

Explore the highlights of Sovereign Rarities Auction XVII, featuring the £75,000 Elizabeth I Sovereign, Una and the Lion, Victorian proofs and rare gold coins.

Ides of March   The Ides of March was a key date in the Roman annum, signalling the first full moon of the calendar year, which began in March.  ...

Inherited debt, and his own ambition, meant money was destined to play a huge part in Alexander’s tenure. The acquisition of enormous sums from plunder and tribute meant thousands of...

  The Five Pound piece, otherwise known as the Quintuple Sovereign, was one of the original gold coins denominations forming part of 1816’s Great Recoinage. After the reformation of the...