Prince Philip’s 90th Birthday

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Prince Philip 90th Birthday Coin

June 15th, 2011 admin Posted in Prince Philip's 90th Birthday No Comments »

Prince Philip’s 90th birthday celebration this year offers a excellent opportunity to commemorate a genuinely remarkable gentleman. As royal consort, he's provided a life of service for the nation and the Royal Mint is honoring him with a commemorative United kingdom Prince Philip 90th birthday £5 coin. The coin is available in Cupro-nickel, Silver proof and Piedfort, Gold proof and Platinum proof.

This 90th birthday gold coin has an exclusive portrait commissioned through Mark Richards, among Britain’s premier portrait sculptors, whose concept has been to show the Duke of Edinburgh to be a person of great personal warmth, he explained: ‘I have composed the work as a close up rather than as a distant figurehead and, in the modeling of the portrait, emphasized his reliability, support and gentle nature.’

The outcome is a wonderful gold coin having a true similarity of Prince Philip aged 90. The obverse features the existing effigy of Queen Elizabeth II produced by sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS to create a gold coin which, for the first-time during British historical past, features a monarch and consort upon opposing sides.
The gold Proof £5 coin is really remarkable; the utter measurements of the coin provides the designer with a large canvas on which to operate while gold and Proof level of quality provides a warm real life like portrait. Attractively displayed, the coin features a numbered Certificate of Authenticity.