The Queen S Sapphire Jubilee Coin

The royal mint has cast coins to mark the queen s sapphire jubilee next week including one worth 50 000.

The queen s sapphire jubilee coin.

The milestone will see coins struck in a range of metals and. The royal mint is marking the queen s sapphire jubilee with a range of eight commemorative coins with one worth 50 000. See our full range of commemorative coins below. The sapphire jubilee featured blue stamps from the royal mail commemorative coins from the royal mint and a reissue of an official 2014 portrait of queen elizabeth ii by david bailey.

We have decided to honour her majesty by releasing a beautiful double headed coin. Queen elizabeth ii is unique in that she is the first ever british monarch to have a reign long enough to achieve a sapphire jubilee. The royal mint is marking the queen s sapphire jubilee with a range of eight commemorative coins with one worth 50 000. In this official portrait the queen wears sapphire jewellery which she received as a wedding present from her father.

The queen s sapphire jubilee 2017 united kingdom 5 brillant uncirculated coin is the only official uk coins to mark the queen s sapphire jubilee. Already the country s longest reigning monarch the queen will become the first. The anniversary falls on february 6 and is a first for a british monarch. Her majesty the queen is the longest currently reigning monarch in the world from 1952 to 2017.

The royal mint is producing a range of specially designed sapphire jubilee commemorative coins for the 65th anniversary of queen elizabeth ii s accession to the throne on 6 february. David sundman forwarded this article about the queen s sapphire jubilee coin. Her royal highness marks 65 years on the throne on february 6 and. Take a look at some celebratory images from all the royal jubilees her majesty has marked in her lifetime in the video opposite.

The coin depicts the exclusive pobjoy designed queen s effigy facing right on the obverse and left on the reverse. Now we pay tribute to a remarkable woman and her remarkable reign with a 5 coin a traditional crown to mark this latest achievement. The royal mint is to mark the 65th anniversary of the queen s accession to the throne with a range of sapphire jubilee commemorative coins. The coins will cost from 13 for.