In 1995 the Royal Mint released a very Limited Issue solid 22 Carat Gold Proof Sovereign 4 Coin Set and includes the £5 Five Pound Piece, £2 Two Pound Double Sovereign, Full Sovereign, Half Sovereign.
Whilst the £5, Full Sovereign and Half Sovereign remain unchanged and continue to feature Pistrucci's St George and The Dragon, the 1995 £2 Two Pound Double Sovereign Coin carries a new design commemorating the end of the Second World War, for it is exactly fifty years since the world witnessed 'the greatest outburst of joy in the history of mankind'. Peace is emphasised, too, in the edge inscription 1945 IN PEACE GOODWILL 1995, part of the well-known 'moral' that prefaces Churchill's history of the Second World War.
The acclaimed portrait of Her Majesty, the Queen by Raphael Maklouf graces each obverse.
These legal tender coins have been struck to the highest Proof Quality using specially selected blanks and highly polished dies.