Rare Great Britain Silver Piedfort Proof Commemorative Coins Set
Year: 2007
Denominations: £5, £2, £2, £1, 50p
Sold with accompanying booklet and COA in original The Royal Mint box
Limited Edition Presentation 3,000 sets
Composition: Silver 0.925
Set includes 5 coins:
1) 5 Pounds Piedfort - The Rose window of Westminster Abbey
Diamond Wedding
60th anniversary of wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
Weight 56.56 g
Diameter 38.61 mm
Catalog references KM# P63, Sp# L17
2) 2 Pounds Piedfort
300th Anniversary of the Act of Union
Paddington Station structural supports representing the engineering achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Weight: 24 g
Diameter: 28.4 mm
Catalog references KM# P62, Sp# K22
3) 2 Pounds Piedfort
Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade in 1807
Weight: 24 g
Diameter: 28.4 mm
Thickness 4.1 mm
Catalog references KM# P61, Sp# K23
4) 1 Pound Piedfort - Gateshead Millennium Bridge England
Series: Regional Bridge series
Weight: 19 g
Diameter: 22.5 mm
Catalog references KM# P60, Sp# J21
5) 50 Pence Piedfort
Centenary of the founding of the Scouting Movement
Weight: 16 g
Diameter: 27.3 mm
Catalog reference Sp# H17, KM# P59
Piedfort (from the French Piefort meaning "heavy measure") - a coin which has been struck on a planchet of much more then normal thickness.
A piedfort coin contains twice as much silver as its standard counterpart.
Minted by Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom
Ruler: Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
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