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Sovereign ring

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A sovereign ring is a ring which typically has a gold sovereign as a primary decorative feature, with the obverse face as the visible detail. The coin may be either genuine or replica tender, and may be either a sovereign or half sovereign.

Sovereign rings are associated with chav culture in the UK,[1][2][3][4] or more broadly with emulating the look of a mafioso.[5]

In the United Kingdom it is also common to use custom coinage bearing such motifs as the 'Three Lions' or other similar imagery such as Saint George, or a Welsh Dragon.[citation needed]

Celebrities who have been observed wearing a sovereign ring include Brad Pitt,[5] Ghislaine Maxwell[6] and the English rapper Louise Amanda Harman, hence her stage name of "Lady Sovereign".[3][7]

References

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  1. ^ "How to Spot a Chav". mirror. 2004-02-22. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  2. ^ Maxine Frith, "High fashion's debt to the lowly Chavs", The Independent, 1 February 2004.
  3. ^ a b Aileen Dillane and Martin J. Power, "Hard Hats and Hoodies: The Songs of Two Working-Class British Protest Singers", in: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music and Social Class, ed. Ian Peddie, New York / London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020, ISBN 9781501345364, p. 282.
  4. ^ "Setting the Scene: Overview", in: The Oxford Handbook of the Psychology of Appearance, ed. Nichola Rumsey and Diana Harcourt, Oxford: Oxford University, 2012, ISBN 9780199580521, p. 12.
  5. ^ a b Murray Clark, "Brad Pitt, Your New Don Corleone", Esquire, 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ Hope Coke, "Ghislaine Maxwell to make first court appearance remotely after transferring to Brooklyn detention centre", Tatler, 7 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Meet Lady Sovereign: A One-Woman Grime Wave", The Herald Scotland, 29 October 2005.