United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland : Coins [Series: 2019~Today - The Great Engravers | Year: 2023 | Width: 175+ mm] : Colnect 🪙
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1 Pound (Great Engravers - Thomas Simon - Petition Crown Portrait)
- Catalog codes:
- Col:GB-004933, WCC:Unlisted
- Themes:
- Coins
- Issued on:
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- Last issue date:
- CopyWrong
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Mints:
- Royal Mint, Llantrisant, Wales, Great Britain (1968~Today)
- Composition:
- Gold
- Edge:
- Lettered-Signs-Numbers (plain)
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: not decorated. Back: pins
- Weight:
- 5,015 grams
- Diameter:
- 175 mm
- Face value:
- 1 £ - British pound sterling
- Known mintage:
- 5,000
- Composition Details:
- Gold Au. 0.999 5 kg. ProofGold Au. 0.999 5 kg. Proof
- Description:
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5,000 Pounds (Great Engravers - Thomas Simon - Petition Crown)
- Catalog codes:
- Col:GB-004934, WCC:Unlisted
- Themes:
- Coins
- Issued on:
- iInfringe
- Last issue date:
- CopyWrong
- Distribution:
- Numismatic Product
- Mints:
- Royal Mint, Llantrisant, Wales, Great Britain (1968~Today)
- Composition:
- Gold
- Edge:
- Lettered-Signs-Numbers (plain)
- Orientation:
- Medal alignment ↑O↑
- Shape:
- Circular
- Rim:
- Raised. Front: not decorated. Back: pins
- Weight:
- 5,015 grams
- Diameter:
- 175 mm
- Face value:
- 5,000 £ - British pound sterling
- Known mintage:
- 1
- Composition Details:
- Gold Au. 0.999 5 kg. ProofGold Au. 0.999 5 kg. Proof
- Description:
- Obverse: Portrait of His Majesty King Charles III; designer MJ (Martin Jennings). Ruler, face value and date ↻ CHARLES III • D •G • REX • F • D • 5000 POUNDS • 2023 • (Charles the Third by the Grace of God King Defender of the Faith).
Reverse: Crowned cruciform shields of arms, representing England, Scotland, Ireland and France, with interlinked C's ϽϹ in angles, Saint George in center, motto around HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE (Shame on he who thinks evil on it), designed by Thomas Simon (1663). Date split at the top 16 63, Latin legend, titles in angles · MAG BRI · FR ET · HIB REX · (King of Great Britain France and Ireland).
Edge: Plain with double band of raised text THOMAS SIMON · MOST · HVMBLY · PRAYS · YOVR MAJESTY TO · COMPARE · THIS· HIS · TRYALL · PIECE · WITH · THE · DVTCH · AND · IF · MORE TRVLY · DRAWN & EMBOSS'D · MORE · GRACE: FVLLY · ORDER'D · AND · MORE · ACCVRATELY · ENGRAVEN · TO · RELEIVE · HIM· (Thomas Simon humbly prays Your Majesty to compare this, his trial piece, with the Dutch, and if more truly drawn and embossed, more gracefully ordered, and more accurately engraved, to relieve him).
Note: A re-interpretation of Thomas Simon's pattern Petition Crown, originally produced for King Charles II in 1663 - Buy Now: