Pound Sovereign Publique Deposited
A modern English gold coin of the value of twenty Shillings or one Pound sterling, first struck in 1817, and which displays on the reverse the well- known design of St. George slaying the dragon. It bears the initials of the artist, Bernard Pistrucci.
The first half Sovereign is of the same date, but the reverse bears a plain shield of the Royal Arms, surmounted by the crown.
The double Sovereign was issued from 1823 to 1826, inclusive, and revived under Victoria, and the five Sovereign or five- Pound piece appeared originally in 1887.
The Sovereign, the standard gold coin of India since 1899, is equal to fifteen Rupees, of sixteen Annas, each of four Pice, each of three Pies.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)