£15,000 jubilee coin you won’t lose down the back of the sofa
WITH the same diameter as a small dinner plate, this isn’t a coin you can fit easily into your wallet.
For this is the Royal Mint’s largest-ever coin, which has been unveiled to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
With a diameter of 8.6 inches and made from 33lb of gold, the magnificent coin took 400 hours to make.
And it’s worth more than its weight in gold – with an official value of £15,000.
The coin, which was designed by prestigious coin artist John Bergdahl, was personally approved by the Queen.
One side has an engraving of Her Majesty on horseback, while the other shows a crowned EIIR cypher surrounded by roses, daffodils, thistles and shamrocks to represent the UK’s four nations.
But don’t expect to see it in circulation any time soon – the commemorative piece will be kept by the anonymous collector who commissioned it.
Clare Maclennan, divisional director at the Royal Mint, said the coin would ‘endure as a legacy of the occasion for generations’. The collector added that it stands as ‘a fitting tribute to Her Majesty’s service’.