UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT)
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES STUNNING 22 CARAT GOLD PROOF MEMORIAL 5 POUND COIN
OBV: ELIZABETH II
REV: PROFILE PORTRAIT OF PRINCESS DIANA AND THE DATES (1961-1997), SURROUNDING LEGEND "IN LOVING MEMORY OF DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES"
KM # 997B
BORN LADY DIANA FRANCES SPENCER, DAUGHTER OF JOHN, THE 8TH EARL SPENCER, MARRIED CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES AND HEIR TO THE THRONE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND 15 OTHER COMMONWEALTH REALMS, ON JULY 29TH 1981
THEIR TELEVISED WEDDING WAS SEEN BY OVER 750 MILLION PEOPLE, AND PRINCESS DIANA'S BEAUTY, DEMEANOR AND COMMITMENT TO CHARITABLE WORKS EARNED HER AN EARNEST ENDEARMENT WORLDWIDE THAT IS RARELY BESTOWED ON A PUBLIC FIGURE
HER MARRIAGE ENDED IN DIVORCE IN 1997, BUT THE UNION PRODUCED TWO SONS, PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCE HENRY (HARRY) WHO ARE SECOND AND THIRD IN LINE TO THE THRONE
ALWAYS THE SUBJECT OF MEDIA ATTENTION SINCE HER ENGAGEMENT, THROUGHOUT HER MARRIAGE AND AFTER HER DIVORCE, THE PAPARAZZI CONTINUED TO FOLLOW PRINCESS DIANA WITH VIGOR AND ARE BLAMED BY MANY FOR THE CAUSE OF THE FATAL CAR CRASH IN PARIS THAT ENDED THE LIFE OF "THE PEOPLE'S PRINCESS" IN 1997
THE DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT RECOMMENDED SEVERAL OPTIONS INCLUDING THE MINTING OF THIS COMMEMORATIVE COIN AS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND WORKS OF DIANA
£5 GOLD PROOF COIN CONTAINS 39.94 GRAMS OF .917 FINE PURE GOLD (1.1775 OZ AGW)
38.61 MM IN DIAMETER
ALSO INCLUDED IS THE CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY AND A DIANA MEMORIAL BOOKLET WITH FULL COLOR PICTURES OF THE VIBRANT AND BELOVED PRINCESS
ONLY 7,500 COINS WERE MINTED!
ROYAL MINT
