1993 GOLD GREAT BRITAIN 5 POUNDS 40th ANNIVERSARY REIGN NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEO

Description: UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952 TO PRESENT) 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CORONATION OF ELIZABETH IIGOLD 5 POUNDS CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEOCOMMEMORATING THE ROYAL 40th (RUBY) JUBILEE OF THE CORONATION OF ELIZEBETH II OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH REALMSONLY 2,500 MINTEDCERTIFIED NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEOOBV: SMALL HEAD AND SHOULDERS PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG ELIZABETH II RIGHT WEARING LAUREL WREATH CENTER WITHIN INNER CIRCLE OF MOUNTED TRUMPETERS DIVIDED BY STATE SWORDS AND SCEPTERS PIERCING INNER CIRCLE; DENOMINATION AT BOTTOMREV ST. EDWARD’S CROWN CENTER WITHIN CIRCLE SURROUNDED BY 48 TRUMPETS, THE LONGER 8 OF WHICH ARE PIERCING THE CIRCLE; OUTER LEGEND, “FAITH AND TRUTH I WILL BEAR UNTO YOU” WITH JUBILEE DATES AT BOTTOM.ELIZABETH II BECAME QUEEN UPON THE DEATH OF HER FATHER, GEORGE VI, ON FEBRUARY 6, 1952. THIS COIN COMMEMORATES THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF HER CORONATION, WHICH WAS HELD ON THE 2nd OF JUNE, 1953. IN A SPEECH MARKING THE 40th JUBLIEE OF HER REIGN IN 1992, SHE CALLED IT THE “ANNUS HORRIBILIS” OR HORRIBLE YEAR.THERE HAD BEEN REPUBLICAN OUTCRIES CONDEMNING HER PERSONAL WEALTH, THE FIGURES OF WHICH THE PALACE SAID WERE GREATLY EXAGERATED, THE ROYAL FAMILY WAS PLAGUED BY SCANDALS OF AFFAIRS AND ROCKY MARRIAGES, INCLUDING THE SEPARATION OF PRINCE CHARLES AND PRINCESS DIANA LATE IN THE YEAR, THE DIVORCE OF PRINCE ANDREW FROM SARAH FERGUSON, AND THE DIVORCE OF PRINCESS ANNE FROM MARK PHILLIPS. ADDITIONALLY, A MAJOR FIRE BROKE OUT AT WINDSOR CASTLE, AND ON A STATE VISIT TO GERMANY DEMONSTRATORS THREW EGGS AT HER. THE HORRIBLE YEAR PASSED, AND SO DID MANY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. THROUGH ALL OBSTACLES, CHANGES AND DISSAPPOINTMENTS, THE QUEEN HAS REMAINED A STAUNCH AND INDEFATIGABLE SYMBOL OF THE MONARCHY, AND SHE IS ARGUABLY AS POPULAR NOW AS SHE WAS WHEN SHE ASCENDED THE THRONE. SHE IS THE LONGEST REIGNING AND LONGEST-LIVED BRITISH MONARCH IN HISTORY.THE OBVERSE OF THIS COIN BEARS THE HEAD AND SHOULDERS PORTRAIT OF A 25 YEAR OLD QUEEN ELIZABETH FROM HER 1953 COINAGE EFFIGY BY MARY GILLICK. THE DIFFERENT SWORDS AND SCEPTERS DIVIDING THE ENCIRCLING MOUNTED TRUMPETERS WERE ALL USED IN THE CORONATION CEREMONY.THE REVERSE LEGEND, “FAITH AND TRUTH SHALL I BEAR UNTO YOU”, IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE CORONATION CEREMONY, AND SPOKEN AS PART OF THE HOMAGE OF THE ARCHBISHOP, PRINCES AND PEERS OF THE REALM AS THEY SWEAR A SOLEMN OATH OF FEALTY TO THE SOVEREIGN.ALSO ON THE REVERSE IS DEPICTED ST. EDWARD’S CROWN, NAMED FOR EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, AND HAS BEEN USED TO CROWN ENGLISH AND BRITISH MONARCHS SINCE THE 13th CENTURY. IN ITS PRESENT FORM, CREATED FOR CHARLES II IN 1661, IT IS 12” TALL, WEIGHS 4.9 LBS., IS MADE OF 22 KARAT GOLD AND HAS 444 PRECIOUS AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES. AFTER THE CORONATION OF WILLIAM III AND MARY II, IT WAS NOT USED TO CROWN A MONARCH UNTIL GOEORGE V IN 1911.CONTAINS 39.94 GRAMS OF 917 FINE GOLD (1.177 OZS AGW)35mm IN DIAMETERONLY 2,500 MINTED! USA shipping is per item. All packages fully insured.You can arrange pickup from our Fort Lauderdale storefront locationOur business hours are Monday - Friday 10:00am-5:00pm ESTFlorida Sales Tax applicable to invoice totals under $500 on any NON USA minted itemsINTERNATIONAL SHIPPING & DELIVERYPLEASE NOTE: DUE TO THE CRISIS OCCURRING INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY HAS BECOME DELAYED ONCE THE PACKAGE ARRIVES TO CUSTOMS. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. WE CAN OFFER FEDEX SHIPPING HOWEVER THE COST IS MUCH HIGHER. 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Price: 3800 USD

Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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