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1999 1.284 oz QE2 Millennium Gold Proof Five Pound Crown (w/Box & COA)
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1999 1.284 oz QE2 Millennium Gold Proof Five Pound Crown (w/Box & COA)
In 1999 to commemorate the Millennium, the Royal Mint released a very Limited Issue £5 Five Pound Gold Proof Coin struck in solid 22 Carat Gold.At midnight on 31 December 1999, there will be a vital moment shared by the thousand years past and the thousand years that stretch head. It is this portentous moment that is captured on the reverse of the United Kingdom Millennium Crown.
Poised on the threshold of time, the British Isles are shown carefully positioned on a symbolic clock face, the hands set at the crucial twelve o'clock between the dates 1999 and 2000 and appropriately pivoted at Greenwich, the Prime Meridian of the World since 1884 and thus the source of World Time. The significance of the moment is emphasized in the words chosen for the edge inscription "WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE" taken from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. They appear as raised edge lettering around the edge of the Coin, a feature popular with collectors but rarely seen in recent years.
The obverse design portrays Ian Rank Broadley's 4th portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The Reverse depicting clock hands at Midnight across the Greenwich Meridian. Written Below is "ANNO DOMINI," "FIVE POUND," "1999," "2000". These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
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