Half sovereign of Edward VI, 1549/50, British, Gold, Diameter: 28 mm, Coins, The supplies of bullion brought to Europe from the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries caused inflation, and in response new coinage was issued with a wider range of denominations. Gold coins like the sovereign, with the value of one pound, twenty shillings, first appeared in 1489.
Half sovereign of Edward VI, 1549/50, British, Gold, Diameter: 28 mm, Coins, The supplies of bullion brought to Europe from the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries caused inflation, and in response new coinage was issued with a wider range of denominations. Gold coins like the sovereign, with the value of one pound, twenty shillings, first appeared in 1489