UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT)
CELEBRATING THE ROYAL CHRISTENING OF PRINCE GEORGE
RARE PLATINUM £5 PIEDFORT 3 OZ COIN CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
ONE OF FIRST 25 STUCK!
ONLY 100 MINTED!
OBV: PORTRAIT HEAD OF ELIZABETH II WEARING TIARA RIGHT; DENOMINATION BENAEATH.
REV: CROWNED ORNATE CARTOUCHE ADORNED WITH LILY SPRAYS AND FLANKING WINGED CHERUBS PLAYING HARPS AND SCROLL WITH ROYAL MOTTO BENEATH; 8 LINE LEGEND CENTER, “TO / CELEBRATE THE / CHRISTENING OF / PRINCE / GEORGE / OF / CAMBRIDGE / 2013”.
PRINCE GEORGE ALEXANDER PHILIP LOUIS OF CAMBRIDGE (BORN JULY 22, 2013) IS THE ELDER CHILD AND ONLY SON OF PRINCE WILLIAM, DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, AND CATHERINE, DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. PRINCE GEORGE IS THIRD IN LINE OF SUCCESSION TO THE BRITISH THRONE, AFTER HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER, AND FATHER.
PRINCE GEORGE WAS BAPTISED BY THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY IN THE CHAPEL ROYAL AT ST JAMES'S PALACE ON 23 OCTOBER 23, 2013. THE CEREMONY USED A FONT THAT WAS MADE FOR THE FIRST CHILD OF QUEEN VICTORIA, CALLED THE ‘LILY FONT’, AND WATER FROM THE RIVER JORDAN.
THE ROYAL MINT ISSUED THIS COIN TO COMMEMORATE AND CELEBRATE THE CHRISTENING, THE FIRST COINS STRUCK TO MARK THE CHRISTENING OF A ROYAL BABY IN BRITAIN.
THIS MAJESTIC PROOF PLATINUM COIN IS DOUBLE THICK (PIEDFORT/PIEFORT), AND CELEBRATES REGALLY THE CHRISTENING OF A CHILD BORN TO ONE DAY BE KING.
CONTAINS 94.2 GRAMS OF 9995 PURE PLATINUM (3.027 OZS ACTUAL PLATINUM WEIGHT)
38.61 mm IN DIAMETER
ROYAL MINT
DESIGNED BY JOHN BERGDAHL
MAXIMUM MINTAGE OF 100
ONE OF FIRST 25 STRUCK
