Rare Great Britain Silver Piedfort Proof Commemorative Coins Set
Year: 2009
Denominations: £5, £2, £2, 50p
Sold with accompanying booklet and COA in original The Royal Mint box
Limited Edition Presentation 2,500 sets
Composition: Silver 0.925
Set includes 4 coins:
1) 5 Pounds Piedfort
500th anniversary of the accession of King Henry VIII
Weight 56.56 g
Diameter 38.61 mm
Catalog references KM# P70, Sp# L20
2) 2 Pounds Piedfort
250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns
Weight: 24 g
Diameter: 28.4 mm
Catalog references KM# P111, Sp# K24
3) 2 Pounds Piedfort
200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin 1809 - 2009
Weight: 24 g
Diameter: 28.4 mm
Thickness 4.1 mm
Catalog references KM# P66, Sp# K25
4) 50 Pence Piedfort - Pagoda
250th anniversary of Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew
Weight: 16 g
Diameter: 27.5 mm
Catalog references KM# P98, Sp# H19
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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