All 6 Uses

sovereign
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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'The Church of St. Monica, John,' she cried, 'and half a sovereign if you reach it in twenty minutes.'†
Chpt 1
'The Church of St. Monica,' said I, 'and half a sovereign if you reach it in twenty minutes.'†
Chpt 1 *
The bride gave me a sovereign, and I mean to wear it on my watch chain in memory of the occasion.†
Chpt 1
But I'll have a sovereign on with you, just to teach you not to be obstinate.†
Chpt 7
He drew a sovereign from his pocket and threw it down upon the slab, turning away with the air of a man whose disgust is too deep for words.†
Chpt 7

Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:

This went on day after day, Mr. Holmes, and on Saturday the manager came in and planked down four golden sovereigns for my week's work.†
Chpt 2 *

Definitions:

(1) (sovereign)
a supreme ruler; or describing a political body as self-governing
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
a British coin used until 1914; an adjective describing something as powerfully effective