One of just 6,999 struck Your 1/8th sovereign has its OGP and COA. My packaging is bulletproof and guaranteed to protect. World’s first one-eighth sovereign struck in 22 carats of gold and 2 carats of palladium for the. 80th anniversary of V. It’s a sad fact that there are few alive today who experienced directly the joy of that momentous day on 8th May 1945. Prepares for four days of events to celebrate this critical moment in world history, this year’s 80th commemoration may well be the last time that veterans will be among those who mark Victory in Europe. Although they may not be with us much longer, it remains crucial that every household preserves the memory of their courage and bravery, and of the debt we owe to the Second World War generation. The new 2025 VE Day 80th Victory Gold One-Eighth. Sovereign is minted from 22 carats of gold, plus 2 carats of palladium. The addition of pure palladium, itself a precious metal as one of the platinum group of metals and one of the most valuable precious metals on earth, softens the yellow tones of gold and creates a subtle white hue. Known as Victory Gold, this whitish appearance symbolises the peace brought about by V. Day, and this combination of rare precious metals reinforces the significance of this year’s commemoration. This coin is the first of its kind ever to be produced using this unique alloy. With so few World War Two veterans alive today, it has never been more important to remember this critical moment in our history. Day 80th Victory Gold One-Eighth Sovereign is a lasting commemoration of peace and the ultimate tribute to Victory. Hattons sell-out guarantee?? It’s nice to own coins that someone else is chasing – it’s a great feeling knowing that you have something that others now want. At Hattons of London this rarely happens as we offer coins with sensible starting mintages that usually sell out. However, we’ve decided to go one step further. Many of the series we now offer have a Sell Out Guaranteed: on a specific date, any unsold coins are melted down (and independently verified). Buyers of the coin receive a new certificate with the final mintage. Solid 22 carat Victory Gold. Obverse Portrait of King Charles I!! By artist Jody Clark. Reverse The Dove of Peace by Jody Clark. Quality Proof – the highest possible quality. 11.0mm Weight 1g. Limited to just 6,999 coins. This is the first one-eighth sovereign ever to be minted in Victory Gold’ – 22 carat gold with 2 carats of palladium creating a white hue to mark the peace of V. The Dove of Peace has previously been used on a British commemorative coin to mark V. Day, but never on a gold sovereign coin. I have taken this off the back cover of the book that comes with the 1/8 sovereign?? Life in Britain during the Second World War was an enormous struggle, but that struggle didn’t end with V. After a brief period of joy and relief, the harsh realities of a war-ravaged country and the tragic loss of 384,000 men and women in combat and 67,000 civilians in German bombing raids soon took their toll. Many city centres were scarred by bombsites; homes, factories and offices were in ruins and 2.9 million service personnel had to be absorbed back into families and employment. It was an enormously challenging moment in history. During the war, the country had found in Winston Churchill a leader more like a warrior-hero from the past than a twentieth century politician. What it needed in peacetime was a different kind of hero, one with a vision to build a new country by empowering a team of people dedicated to making Britain fairer, kinder and fit for a future world very different from the past. Fortunately, it found one: Clement Attlee. Unlike his predecessor, the flamboyant, charismatic Churchill, Attlee was a modest man whose achievements, undertaken in Churchill’s shadow, and to a certain extent in the shadow of some of his more colourful colleagues, have been somewhat forgotten by history. In this book author Stewart Binns reminds us what life was like in that age of rebuilding, and in many cases, re-imagining, not only the landscape, but in many respects British society.
