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Auction 63  10 May 2022
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Lot 69

Starting price: 2870 GBP
Price realized: 4100 GBP
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PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO | UNITED KINGDOM. ST. HELENA. Elizabeth II, 1952-.
Gold 5 pounds, 2021. East India Company. Proof.
Commissioned and produced by the East India Company in conjunction with the government of St. Helena, with Royal Approval of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. This coin is a modern re-interpretation of the iconic Una and the Lion Found Pound piece by William Wyon, issued in 1839 for inclusion in the first specimen coin sets of Queen Victoria's reign.
Fifth crowned head of Elizabeth II facing right; JC left; ELIZABETH II · D · G · REGINA · F · D · ST. HELENA · 5 POUNDS ·; Beading detail around; Design by Jody Clark. / Depiction of William Wyon's design of Queen Victoria and the Lion derived from Una and the Lion in Edmund Spenser's 'The Faerie Queene'. Queen Victoria as Una and the Lion beside a striding lion, her extended right hand holding a jewelled sceptre, carrying in her left arm a cross-bearing orb. Inscription DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS. MMXXI; date in Roman numerals below and EIC cypher below; Beading detail around. Design by William Wyon. Edge milled.
ex-TCC Auction 55, Lot 172.
Comes with the original box as issued by the Mint and the certificate of authenticity (COA). In secure plastic holder, graded NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO, certification number 6318627-001.

NGC Census in this grade: 18.
NGC Census in higher grade: 57
Total NGC Census: 76
Mintage: 125.
Diameter: 45 mm.
Weight: 62.2 g. (AGW=2 oz.)
Composition: 999.0/1000 Gold.

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