UK Sovereign Mintage Figures

In brief 35 Sovereign issues in our catalogue with mintage data. Lowest mintage: 301 (1 Sovereign - Elizabeth II 5th portrait). Highest: 30,044,105. Sorted lowest mintage first, the rarest coins appear at the top.
Obverse of an 1825 gold sovereign
The obverse of an 1825 gold sovereign.Image: 1825 sovereign obverse by Heritage Auctions for the photo, Jean Baptiste Merlen designed the coin, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
35Issues with data
301Rarest mintage
6Flagged key dates
24Under 1 million
Coin Year Mintage Top sale
2015–2021 301 £1,195
2018 323 £625
2009–2015 398 £1,054
1908–1910 636 ,
2019 647 £800
2019 649 £775
2019 656 ,
2017 1,786 £978
2022 1,915 £1,400
2018 1,930 £1,250
2022 3,360 £1,873
2017 3,484 £1,850
1 Sovereign - George VI  Key + I have this
Sovereign · Legendary
1937 5,501 £9,000
2025 7,035 £1,175
2016 9,661 ,
1998–2008 11,349 £1,245
1985–1997 17,242 £985
1989 23,471 £2,000
2016–2020 45,000 £3,600
2005 45,542 £1,050
2002 75,264 £1,371
2013–2015 94,790 ,
2012 432,925 £1,250
1 Sovereign - William IV + I have this
Sovereign · Uncommon
1831–1837 598,547 £19,000
1 Sovereign - Victoria 2nd portrait  Key + I have this
Sovereign · Legendary
1887–1892 1,111,280 £5,473
1918 1,296,033 £1,038
1957–1968 2,072,000 £52,869
1838–1874 2,718,694 £26,000
1 Sovereign - George III + I have this
Sovereign · Uncommon
1817–1820 3,235,239 £57,500
1902–1910 4,737,796 £2,869
1974–1984 5,002,566 £1,625
1893–1901 6,898,260 £13,965
1871–1885 8,767,250 £23,402
1 Sovereign - George IV + I have this
Sovereign · Uncommon
1821–1825 9,405,114 £15,098
1911–1925 30,044,105 £5,473
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