Sorry to tell you this if that is what you were looking for, but at least now you can stop looking, and think about an alternative.

1972 Gold Sovereigns Were Not Issued
Neither were half sovereigns.

Not every date exists for gold sovereigns. In fact gold sovereigns were not issued for circulation after 1932, although the Royal Mint resumed production in 1957 partly to meet world demand for gold bullion coins.
The only dates minted during this period were 1957 to 1959, 1962 to 1968, then 1974, 1976, and 1978 to date, although some of these are available as proofs only.
A very few were produced 1953 for Elizabeth II, and these were not issued even for collectors.
You might, then, think it strange that we should publish a page specifically about a non-existent coin, but there is good reason for this. Every few weeks we receive telephone calls asking for...
...a 1972 sovereign. We explain that we cannot supply one because it does not exist, and the next question we usually get is "why not?" If we were to ask the Royal Mint, I doubt that we would get an answer, yet our customers always expect us to have the answers. That's why we have taken this unusual step of answering the question before it even gets asked. If you found this page because you were looking for a 1972 sovereign, then we have just given you the answer you need, even if it is not the answer you wanted to hear!

What's the Alternative?
If you are a gold sovereign collector, there is no alternative, however if like many of our customers you are looking for an unusual gift, we do have a few suggestions:-

We may be able to find an 1872 sovereign for you. It's a young head Victorian, and is available with St. George and Dragon, or Shield reverse. We usually have one or both in stock.

We have 1972 coin sets in stock. Prices vary according to condition.

We could try to locate a different gold coin for you, but we tend not to keep them in stock. Krugerrands were produced in 1972, quite a quantity at 544,000, but this is a date which doesn't turn up frequently. The mintage of 1974 krugers, for example was 3,200,000. Only the one ounce version was made, fractional sizes did not start until 1980.

Countries Issuing Alternative Gold Coins
Bahamas
Jamaica
Malta
South Africa

Alternative World Gold Coins

Country	Denomination	Diameter	Weight	Alloy	AGW	Cat
Bahamas	$100	35	31.9500	.9166	0.9420	$500
Bahamas	$50	28	15.9700	.9166	0.4708	$225
Bahamas	$20	21.5	6.480	.9166	0.0188	$140
Bahamas	$10	18.5	3.1950	.9166	0.0940	$65
Brazil	300 Cruzeiros	24	16.6500	.9200	0.4925	$250
Cayman Islands	$25	28	15.7500	.5000	.2532	$125
Chile	100 Pesos	32	20.3397	.9000	.5886	$250
Ethiopia	$100		40.0000	.9000	1.1575	$900
Ethiopia	$50		20.0000	.9000	0.5787	$325
Ethiopia	$50		20.0000	.9000	0.5787	$325
Liberia	$25	29	23.3700	.9100	0.6838	$325
Liberia	$20	33	33.4370	.9000	0.9675	$450
Liberia	$5	21	8.3592	.9000	0.2419	$115
Liberia	$21/2	17	4.1796	.9000	0.1209	$60
Malta	£50	34	30.0000	.9166	0.8836	$375
Malta	£20	26	12.0000	.9166	0.3534	$150
Malta	£10	22	6.0000	.9166	0.1767	$80
Malta	£5	19.5	3.0000	.9166	0.0883	$40
Netherlands	1 Ducat	24	3.5000	.9860	0.1109	$60
Paraguay	4500 Guaranies	40	31.9000	.9000	0.9231	$500
Paraguay	3000 Guaranies	33	21.3000	.9000	0.6164	$350
Paraguay	1500 Guaranies		10.7000	.9000	0.3096	$175
South Africa	One Ounce Kruger-rand	32.7	33.93	.9166	1.00	Bullion
South Africa	2 Rand	22.05	7.9881	.9166	0.2354	$95
South Africa	1 Rand	19.30	3.9940	.9166	0.1177	$50

Key
Denomination = Face Value
Diameter = Approximate Diameter in millimetres.
Weight = Weight in grams.
Alloy = Fineness of gold.
AGW = Actual fine gold weight in troy ounces.
Cat = Catalogue Value in US Dollars.
Bullion = Bullion Value plus a small percentage premium.

We are sorry if we were not able to help you, but at least you are no longer searching for a non-existent date.

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