The Last Sovereigns
Not every date exists for gold sovereigns. The London mint virtually stopped producing sovereigns after 1916, except for 1925. From 1917, the branch mints continued to issue most of the sovereign production. In 1925 a total of five mints issued sovereigns, London, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, and Pretoria mint South Africa.
We have notice an irregular edge on quite a number of the Sydney Mint sovereigns of 1925, and are not sure whether this was production related, due to rough handling, or just coincidence; this partly explains why we have listed them as having edge knocks, the irregularity seems to make the knocks more noticeable
. We have shown a partial image of the date and mintmark of all five mints. Please see our Mints and Mintmark page for more information.

Official Restrikes
One of the most unusual facts about 1925 sovereigns is that in 1949, 1950 and 1951, the Royal Mint produced sovereigns, but instead of preparing new dies with George VI's head, and with the correct date, they lazily re-issued George V sovereigns dated 1925. Prior to this, 1925 London Mint sovereigns were quite scarce, especially in mint condition, suddenly they were again available. We deplore this kind of laziness from the Royal Mint, which does nothing to inspire confidence among collectors and investors that it will not repeat the same behaviour again. We can clearly recall that in the 1960's, we would often receive large quantities of gold sovereigns, all dated 1925 and all from the London Mint. We sometimes had as many as 500 pieces!
For those interested in the statistics, here is a breakdown of the restrike mintages.

1925 Restrikes

Date	Mintage
1949	138,000
1950	318,000
1951	430,000
Total	886,000

1925 Sovereigns Mintage
Excluding the restrike mintages shown above.

Mintmark	Mint	Mintage
L	London	3,520,431
M	Melbourne, Australia	278,140
P	Perth, Australia	3,311,662
S	Sydney, Australia	1,837,901
S.A.	Pretoria, South Africa	6,086,624
	Total	15,034,758

Prices & Availability

The US $ prices in the this table may be out of date due to currency fluctuations.

Date	Grade	Stock	Price £	Price $
1925	L	Unc	Yes	£195	$410
1925	L	About Unc	Yes	£175	$367
1925	L	EF	Yes	£170	$340
1925	L	VF	Yes	£155	$310
1925	M	Almost Unc, Strong Strike	Yes	£195	$410
1925	M	About EF, Weak Srike	Yes	£175	$367
1925	P	about Unc, weak strike	Yes	£295	$525
1925	P		Wanted	£	$
1925	S	Almost Unc, Edge Knocks	Yes	£195	$410
1925	SA	Unc	Yes	£195	$410
1925	SA	About Unc	Yes	£175	$367
1925	SA	EF	Yes	£170	$340
1925	SA	VF	Yes	£155	$310
1925	*	EF	Yes	£145	$305
1925	*	VF	Yes	£125	$262

Notes
* = Our Choice of Mintmark

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