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January 2025 marks sixty years since the death of Sir Winston Churchill, wartime leader and quite possibly our nation’s greatest ever Prime Minister. One of the 20th century’s greatest statesmen, he played an integral role in defending democracy against the spread of fascism. He was a member of Parliament for more than 60 years, but also served this nation in the military, and was also an accomplished author and historian, winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.
When he died in 1965 he was given a State Funeral, the only one of a non-royal in the 20th century, and following those of such greats as Nelson, Wellington and Gladstone.
In a BBC Poll in 2002 he was voted ‘Britain’s Greatest Briton’’ but sadly today the memory of his greatness has started to fade with many younger people thinking “Churchill’ is the mascot of an insurance company.
This year, the 60th anniversary of his death, is an important opportunity for us to bring Churchill, along with other inspiring names from our history, back into focus. The Honorary Chairman of Hattons of London, The Rt. Hon Daniel Finch-Hatton, 17th Earl of Winchilsea and 12th Earl of Nottingham, has named the Britons he feels are among our nation’s most inspiring. Surveying the top 20 names from the BBC Poll from 2002, he has chosen Churchill as one of our nations most inspiring Britons.
The one-eighth sovereign celebrates Winston Churchill and features a side-profile portrait of him with a pattern behind him of silhouetted lions: Churchill had been given a lion statue by the people of Luxembourg, which he used to pave the way to his office.
One of our most inspiring figures from our nation’s history has been celebrated on a one-eighth sovereign coin in 99.9% purity
You know sovereign coins are rarely minted in anything other than 22 carat gold. It takes an event of considerable importance to occasion them being minted in 24 carat purity.
For example, in the last decade there have been sovereign coins minted from 24 carat gold for Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th Birthday in 2021, the bicentenary of Queen Victoria’s birth in 2019. This should give you an idea of how important these events need to be to justify being minted in pure 24 carat gold.
The reason is that the sovereign, as a coin, has historically been minted in 22 carat gold. The step up to 24 carat gold, which is 99.9% purity, needs to be suitably justified.
Authorised by Tristan Da Cunha and approved by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Buckingham Palace, it is a wonderful commemoration of one of our most inspiring Britons.
Benefit from the SELL OUT GUARANTEE
The 2025 Winston Churchill Gold One Eighth Sovereign is limited to just 3,999 coins, but this is subject to our new SELL OUT GUARANTEE. What this means is that availability of this coin will end on 30th April 2025. At that time, any coins that are unsold will be melted down and verified to that effect.
At that point, we will issue to owners of this coin a new certificate stating the final mintage which may be lower, or possibly considerably lower, than 3,999. If the mintage remains at 3,999 then this means the coins sold out entirely to keen customers, and if not you may have secured for yourself a low mintage rarity.
Either way, there will be little or no surplus of this coin on the secondary market and so the coin you own will be a rarity!
