In 2002 to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee, the Royal Mint on behalf of Alderney released a very Limited Issue Sword of State £1 One Pound Gold Proof Coin struck in solid .999 Gold.
The reverse depicts the State Sword while the obverse features a portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank Broadley. These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
Limited Mintage of 10,000 Worldwide
Finished to the Royal Mints Proof Quality
Struck in Solid Fine .999 Gold Weighing One Twenty-Fifth of an Ounce of Pure Gold
Celebrating the Queens Golden Jubilee - Sword of State
