2008 PLATINUM GREAT BRITAIN 10 PENCE ROYAL SHIELD OF ARMS NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO ONLY 184 MINTED

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

REIGN OF EIZABETH II (1952 TO PRESENT)

ROYAL SHIELD OF ARMS - LIONS

PLATINUM TEN PENCE CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO

ONLY 184 MINTED!

OBV: PORTRAIT BUST OF ELIZABETH II RIGHT WEARING TIARA; DATE EDGE LOWER RIGHT.

REV: UPPER LEFT CORNER OF THE ROYAL SHIELD OF ARMS WITH TWO LIONS OF ENGLAND PASSANT GUARDANT SHOWING; DENOMINATION ABOVE.

KM # 110c

THE ROYAL ARMS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IS THE OFFICIAL COAT OF ARMS OF THE BRITISH SOVEREIGN. THE DIVISIONS AND HERALDRY ON THE SHIELD REPRESENT THE KINGDOMS OF THE REALM. THE BLAZON OF THE SHIELD IS THUS:

"QUARTERLY, FIRST AND FOURTH GULES THREE LIONS PASSANT GUARDANT IN PALE OR ARMED AND LANGUED AZURE (ENGLAND), SECOND QUARTER OR A LION RAMPANT WITHIN A DOUBLE TREASURE FLORY-COUNTER-FLORY GULES (SCOTLAND), THIRD QUARTER AZURE A HARP OR STRINGED ARGENT (IRELAND)."

THE THREE LIONS OF ENGLAND HAVE BEEN IN USE SINCE THE REIGN OF KING RICHARD I "THE LIONHEART" (REIGNED 1189-1199).

6.5 GRAMS OF 9995 PLATINUM (.2089 APW)

24.5 MM IN DIAMETER

ONLY 184 MINTED OUT OF 250 PLANNED MINTAGE