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2006 Victoria Cross Award Piedfort 50p Silver Proof Coin

SKU P50SC-011030
£89.95
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Product Details
Manufacturer: Royal Mint
Issuing Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2006
Monarch: Elizabeth II (1953 - 2022)
Collections: Victoria Cross
Series / Ranges: Victoria Cross Award
Denomination: 50p
Metal: Silver
Purity: .925
Metal Content: 0.4758 Troy Ounce
Weight: 16.00 Grams
Diameter: 27.30mm
Quality: Silver Proof Piedfort
Mintage: 3,532 Worldwide
Presentation: Encapsulated

In 2006 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Victoria Cross, the Royal Mint released a very Limited Edition Piedfort 50p Fifty Pence Silver Proof Coin struck in solid .925 Sterling Silver.

The Victoria Cross is the highest award for gallentry in the face of the enemy. All who have received it have shown conspicous bravery many at the cost of their own lives.
The original idea for the Victoria Cross was proposed by the Duke of Newcastle in 1854 and the Royal Warrant for the creation of the medal was eventually signed by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace on 29th January 1856. The first investiture took place in June 1857 in Hyde Park, where crowds gathered to witness the Queen, mounted on horseback, presenting medals to sailors and soldiers.
The obverse features the portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank Broadley FRBS, FSNAD.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.

Piedforts are coins which have been specially struck on thicker than normal blanks.
As their name suggests they are closely associated with France, where from the twelfth century they were apparently issued by the Kings as presentation pieces.
In Britain the practise of striking piedforts is later and less frequent, but medieval and Tudor examples are known.

  • Limited Mintage Worldwide
  • Piedfort Double the Thickness and Weight of its Standard Counterpart
  • Minted in Solid .925 Sterling Silver
  • Commemorating the Victoria Cross
  • Encapsulated
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