Specifications
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Years
- Specification of the Coinage Act 1971 (as enacted)
- Metal
- Gold
- Gross weight
- 3.9940 g
- Fineness ‰
- 916.7 ‰
- Fine metal
- 3.6612 g
Weight
Calculate by weight and fineness
Source & licence
- Official text
- Coinage Act 1971, Schedule 1, Part I (as enacted)
- Quote
GOLD: […] Half sovereign 3.99402 [Standard Weight (grams)] […] Eleven-twelfths fine gold, one-twelfth alloy; or millesimal fineness 916.66.
- Reuse terms
- Open Government Licence v3.0 (UK)
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Using the «as enacted» Schedule 1 on legislation.gov.uk; the current Schedule 1 view does not show Part I. In case of doubt, the English version of this page prevails.