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.

1971 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 1971 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 1971 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 1871 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 occasionally have a South African 1 Rand or 2 Rand coin in stock.

We have 1971 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 1971, 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
Bahrain
Benin
Chile
Colombia
Haiti
Israel
Malaysia
South Africa

Alternative World Gold Coins

Country	Denomination	Diameter	Weight	Alloy	AGW	Cat
Bahamas	$100	35	39.9400	.9166	1.1776	$500
Bahamas	$50	28	19.9710	.9166	0.5888	$250
Bahamas	$20	21.5	6.480	.9166	0.0188	$120
Bahamas	$10	18.5	3.1950	.9166	0.0940	$60
Bahrain	10 Dinars	28	16.0000	.9166	0.4717	$250
Benin (Dahomey)	25,000 Francs	54	88.8800	.9000	2.5720	$1300
Benin (Dahomey)	10,000 Francs	37	35.5500	.9000	1.0287	$550
Benin (Dahomey)	5,000 Francs	29	17.7700	.9000	0.5142	$300
Benin (Dahomey)	2,500 Francs	25.5	8.8800	.9000	0.2569	$175
Burma*	4 Mu	28	8.000	0.9999	0.2572	$750
Burma*	2 Mu	21	4.000	0.9999	0.1286	$400
Burma*	1 Mu	14.5	2.000	0.9999	0.0643	$75
Chile	100 Pesos	32	20.3397	.9000	.5886	$250
Colombia	1,500 Pesos	49	68.5000	.9000	1.9823	$1100
Colombia	500 Pesos	36	21.5000	.9000	.6221	$350
Colombia	300 Pesos	28	12.9000	.9000	.3733	$200
Colombia	200 Pesos	24	8.6000	.9000	.2488	$150
Colombia	100 Pesos	20	4.3000	.9000	.1244	$75
El Salvador	200 Colones	38	23.6000	.9000	0.6829	$475
El Salvador	100 Colones	29.5	11.8000	.9000	0.3414	$225
El Salvador	50 Colones	23	5.9000	.9000	0.1707	$125
El Salvador	25 Colones	16	2.9400	.9000	0.0850	$60
Haiti	200 Gourdes	39.5	39.4900	.9000	1.1427	$650
Haiti	100 Gourdes	29	19.7500	.9000	0.5715	$350
Haiti	50 Gourdes	22	9.8700	.9000	0.2856	$175
Iraq	5 Dinars	28	13.5700	.9166	0.4001	$250
Israel	100 Lirot	33	22.0000	.900	0.6366	$375
Laos	80,000 Kip	49	80.0000	.9000	2.3151	$1,275
Laos	40,000 Kip	38	40.0000	.9000	1.1575	$625
Laos	20,000 Kip	28.5	20.0000	.9000	0.5787	$350
Laos	8,000 Kip	23	8.0000	.9000	0.2315	$150
Laos	4,000 Kip	17	4.0000	.9000	0.1157	$100
Malaysia	100 Ringgit	27	18.6600	.9166	0.5502	$250
Mauritius	200 Rupees	28	15.5600	.9166	0.4587	$250
Monaco	5 Francs			.9200		$425
Oman	1 Ryal	37	46.6500	.9166	1.3755	$900
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
Uruguay	50 Pesos	23.5		.9166		$350

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.
Burma* = Dated 1970 - 1971

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