LONDON, Could 25 (Reuters) – Britain’s Royal Mint has produced its greatest ever coin to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, a 15 kilogram (33.07 lb)large commissioned by a non-public collector.
The coin, which has a diameter of 220 mm (8.7 inches) and is product of tremendous gold, took 400 hours to craft and is price 15,000 kilos ($18,772). It depicts the 96-year-old monarch on one facet with an ‘EIIR’ cypher on the opposite.
“As the most important UK coin so far, the size and diameter of the piece has allowed us to push the boundaries of minting to supply an distinctive stage of reduction and element,” stated Paul Morgan, Technical Supervisor at The Royal Mint.
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The unnamed non-public collector stated in a press release on Wednesday the coin’s design was a becoming tribute to the queen.
“As a long-standing buyer of The Royal Mint, I’ve invested in distinctive and fascinating cash marking moments all through the queen’s reign that may stay in my household for generations,” the collector stated. “The most recent and biggest in my assortment is the Platinum Jubilee coin.”
The Royal Mint has additionally launched 1.3 million 50 pence cash to mark Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne, which Britain will have a good time with 4 days of nationwide occasions subsequent month.
($1 = 0.7990 kilos)
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Reporting by Michael Holden; modifying by William James
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