UK Half Sovereign Mintage Figures

In brief 22 Half Sovereign issues in our catalogue with mintage data. Lowest mintage: 1,046 (½ Sovereign - Elizabeth II 5th portrait). Highest: 6,104,106. Sorted lowest mintage first, the rarest coins appear at the top.
Reverse of a 1907 gold half sovereign
The reverse of a 1907 half sovereign.Image: 1907 half sovereign reverse by Gary Greenbaum for the image, Benedetto Pistrucci designed the coin., Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
22Issues with data
1,046Rarest mintage
3Flagged key dates
18Under 1 million
Coin Year Mintage Top sale
2015–2021 1,046 £531
2016 3,661 ,
2017 4,648 £500
2011–2015 5,287 £790
½ Sovereign - George VI  Key + I have this
Half Sovereign · Legendary
1937 5,501 £4,000
1998–2008 7,496 £459
1985–1997 15,800 £2,110
1989 21,824 £882
2005 30,299 £538
2002 61,347 £473
2014 62,000 ,
1980–1984 86,700 £550
1823–1825 224,280 £850
1821 231,288 £6,000
1838–1885 273,341 £4,907
½ Sovereign - George IV + I have this
Half Sovereign · Scarce
1826–1828 344,830 £11,323
1835–1837 772,554 £300
½ Sovereign - Victoria 2nd portrait  Key + I have this
Half Sovereign · Legendary
1887–1893 871,770 £6,200
½ Sovereign - George III + I have this
Half Sovereign · Scarce
1817–1820 2,080,197 £3,623
½ Sovereign - Edward VII + I have this
Half Sovereign · Common
1902–1910 4,244,457 £623
½ Sovereign - Victoria 3rd portrait  Key + I have this
Half Sovereign · Legendary
1893–1901 4,426,625 £3,248
½ Sovereign - George V + I have this
Half Sovereign · Common
1911–1915 6,104,106 £3,095
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