2019 Una And The Lion Two Ounce Gold Proof Great Engravers Coin
Gold proof 2oz Una and the Lion coin from The Royal Mint’s sought after Great Engravers series. Just 225 were issued in this presentation in 2019 as the first release in the blockbuster collection which offers exclusive, collectible coinage, modelled after historic numismatic masterpieces. So far The Great Engravers has focused on the work of William Wyon who served as Chief Engraver to the Royal mint in the early part of the nineteenth century. His ‘Una and the Lion’ design initially appeared on a gold Five Pound, dated 1839, issued as part of the first specimen sets of Queen Victoria. The reverse design would have been paired with the artists Young Head of the new Queen and shows Victoria in the guise of Lady Una, a character in Edmund Spencer's epic poem The Faerie Queene. The young woman on the coin guides a lion with her sceptre, interpreted as the lion of England - an important symbol in British heraldry. Very few of the original 1839 coins were struck but this 2019 version gives collectors the opportunity to enjoy Wyon's masterpiece, remastered with the benefit of twentieth century minting technology. This two ounce example is among the most exclusive of the range. It's composed of 31.21 grams of 999.9 (24 carat) gold and has a diameter of 40.00 millimetres. The obverse - which on this edition shows Jody Clark's portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - denotes the face value of this piece as £200 / Two Hundred Pounds. It comes in its original Royal Mint presentation case with a numbered certificate of authenticity. System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1[System.String] System.Threading.Tasks.Task`1[System.String]