A FIVE POUND GOLD PROOF COIN 22 Carat gold 39.94g SPECIFIC...

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A FIVE POUND GOLD PROOF COIN
22 Carat gold 39.94g

SPECIFICATIONS

It weighs 39.94 grammes, measures 38.61 millimetres in diameter and is legal tender within the United Kingdom. A maximum of only 2,500 pieces will be struck 22 carat gold to the finest Proof quality.

Upon the death of George VI on 6 February 1952, the Princess Elizabeth became the youngest monarch to succeed to the throne since 1837 when the 18-year-old Princess Victoria became Queen.

The Coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953 was one of solemn pomp and pageantry. The service, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, was televised nationwide, so that millions saw and heard the young Queen take the Coronation Oath binding her to the service of the people of Britain and the Commonwealth.
Fittingly and in accordance with modern tradition this great

Royal occasion was commemorated with a magnificent crown piece. In 1993 for the fortieth anniversary of the Coronation the Royal Mint celebrates once again with a beautiful crown which captures the happy celebratory nature of the anniversary as well as the splendour of the Coronation itself.

Both obverse and reverse designs of this impressive coin are the work of award winning Royal Mint engraver Robert Elderton. The obverse portrays the Queen uncrowned as she
appeared on her first coins in a portrait by Mary Gillick, encircled by mounted trumpeters, who, in turn, are separated by swords and sceptres of the Royal Regalia.

St Edward's crown forms the centrepiece of the reverse design and is surrounded by forty trumpets recalling the fanfare that welcomed the Queen as she entered Westminster

Abbey on Coronation Day.

SPECIFICATIONS

This magnificent coin is struck in 22 carat gold to the finest Proof quality. It weighs 39.94 grammes, measures 38.61 millimetres in diameter and is legal tender within the United Kingdom. A maximum of only 2,500 pieces will be struck.

It is advisable to avoid handling this coin as fingerprints or marks will impair its delicate Proof finish.

R.Holmes, Deputy Master I (Chief Executive)

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Mint Condition Coin unopened