In 1998 the Royal Mint is issuing, for the second successive year, Britannia 20p Twenty Pence Silver Proof Coins each struck in solid .958 Silver weighing one tenth of an ounce of pure Silver.
Following the celebratory design by sculptor Philip Nathan that featured on the reverse of the 1997 gold and silver Britannia issues, the 1998 Britannia 20p Twenty Pence Silver Proof Coin depicts his much admired design created for the Gold Britannia of 1987.