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1999 Silver Proof PIEDFORT £1

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The "ruddy lion ramping in his field of tressured gold" has been part of the Royal Arms of Scotland since at least the time of Alexander II.  A highly potent symbol of Scottish national identity, the lion rampant naturally became a regular feature on the coinage of Scotland and, having first appeared in the middle of the fourteenth century on the gold noble of David II, was thereafter to be found on the Scottish coins struck up to the Act of Union in 1707.

Its depiction on the reverse of the one pound coin therefore embodies six centuries of numismatic tradition.  Surrounded by a double tressure which is flowered and counter-flowered, it was first adopted for the one pound coin of 1994 when it began a new series honouring in turn the constituent parts of the United Kingdom.  The four reverses were modelled by Norman Sillman and the same four will be repeated from 1999, beginning again with the famous lion rampant of Scotland.

Like the previous one pound coins for Scotland, this year's version appropriately carries as an incuse edge inscription the Latin motto of the Order of the Thistle, NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT (no-one provokes me with impunity).

Gracing the obverse is Ian Rank-Broadley's regal portrait of Her Majesty the Queen, the fourth to feature on the circulating coinage since the Queen's accession in 1952.

Specifications

This silver Proof one pound piece weighs 19.00 grammes, measures 22.50 millimetres in diameter and is struck to the highest Proof quality in sterling .925 silver.  Only 10,000 silver Proof one pound Piedfort coins have been authorised for worldwide distribution.

The 1999 silver proof Piedfort one pound coin is encapsulated and housed in the original Royal Mint box, complete with certificate of authenticity.

An essential addition for the Silver collectors amongst you.


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