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Buy Vat Exempt Gold Modern Proof United Kingdom The Royal Mint Portraits Of A Queen Coins
The Britannia Coin Company stock a wide and varied selection of gold coins at low margins over the market 'spot' price. Our gold coins are manufactured by the various International mints and are all guaranteed as genuine. All investment gold is exempt from VAT and UK coins (such as Sovereigns and Britannias etc.) are also exempt from CGT (Capital Gains Tax).
Discover The Royal Mint's Portraits of a Queen collection, featuring the five definitive portraits used on British coinage throughout Queen Elizabeth II's remarkable reign. The series begins with Mary Gillick's elegant laureate bust.
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The Portraits of a Queen collection from The Royal Mint is a five-part commemorative coin series celebrating the five definitive portraits of Queen Elizabeth II that appeared on UK coinage during her 70-year reign.
The Royal Mint's Portraits of a Queen series features the five official coin portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, by Mary Gillick, Arnold Machin, Raphael Maklouf, Ian Rank-Broadley, and Jody Clark, each remastered for modern coinage.
Each release in the Portraits of a Queen series includes a £5 brilliant uncirculated coin, sterling silver proof and piedfort silver proof editions, a silver 2oz coin and a range of gold proof pieces, including a 22-carat £5 coin and collectable 999.9 gold fractional issues.
The first definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was designed by sculptor Mary Gillick and was first seen on currency coins in 1953, the year of her coronation. The effigy shows a young Elizabeth II wearing a laurel wreath and was used until 1967.
Currently, coins in The Royal Mint’s Portraits of a Queen collection are being released one portrait at a time. Collectors can purchase each coin as it launches to build the complete five-coin set. With mintages limited, it might be difficult to build a collection later.
Gold is an investment you can rely on, especially when world markets are volatile. It’s traded and respected globally and scarcity vs demand means it will continue to increase its value.
Yes, and we guarantee it. We are a member of the BNTA (The British Numismatic Trade Association) and all our coins are checked for their authenticity.
Although collectors and investors often worry about counterfeits, it's actually very hard to convincingly fake a gold coin. Gold is extremely dense and to use another metal and gold-plate it would result in a coin that is under-weight, over-diameter or half-again as thick, something that would be spotted very easily by an expert. You can buy from us 100% worry free.
For all UK orders, there is no shipping charge - the price you see is the price you pay. For simplicity, we have a flat rate charge for all international orders.