2016-01-09 Sat

Did you know that the present Queen of England, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, is the longest reigning Monarch of the British history?

On 9 September 2015, The Queen surpassed the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, becoming Britain’s longest reigning monarch.

She became queen on February 6, 1952, and was crowned on June 2, 1953. She has held the throne for 63 long years and has reigned through enormous social change and development. To commemorate this unique event in the British history, The Royal Mint has issued three commemorative coins! .

The obverse of the one kilo .999 pure gold and silver coins is designed by James Butler MBE RA, designer of The Queen’s Great Seal of the Realm, and the reverse by Stephen Taylor which depicts the five definitive portraits of Queen Elizabeth II that have graced the UK’s circulating coinage, conveying how The Queen has changed over time upon the nation’s coins. .

The one Kilo .999 pure gold proof standard coins were sold for £42,500.00 a piece with the mintage limited to 15. Pure Silver coins with limited 220 mintages were sold at £2,000.00 each and the Sterling silver coin with limited 3,700 issues was sold for £160.00.