1846 Sovereign

1846 gold sovereign display case

1846 gold sovereign

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Diameter: 22mm

Weight: 9g

Historical Interest 1840s:

Revolutions across Europe.

Brunell’s SS Great Britain launched in 1843.

Karl Faberge (Eggs and jewellery fame) born in St Petersburg.

‘Jane Eyre’ and ‘Wuthering Heights’, from the gifted Bronte family, first published in 1847.