A sovereign ring is a

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which typically has a

gold sovereign The sovereign is a British gold coin with a nominal value of one pound sterling (£1) and contains of pure gold. Struck since 1817, it was originally a circulating coin that was accepted in Britain and elsewhere in the world; it is now a ...

as a primary decorative feature, with the

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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

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in the UK,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,
p. 282
or more broadly with emulating the look of a mafioso.Murray Clark
"Brad Pitt, Your New Don Corleone"
''Esquire'', 17 September 2019. In the

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it is also common to use custom coinage bearing such motifs as the '

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' or other similar imagery such as

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, or a

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. Celebrities who have been observed wearing a sovereign ring include

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and the English rapper Louise Amanda Harman, hence her

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of "

Lady Sovereign Louise Amanda Harman (born 1985), better known by the stage name Lady Sovereign, is a British rapper, best known for the songs "9 to 5" and " Love Me or Hate Me". She was signed to Def Jam in 2005 by Jay-Z. Early life and family Harman grew ...

"."Meet Lady Sovereign: A One-Woman Grime Wave"
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