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2009 Victoria Cross Heroic Acts Piedfort 50p Gold Proof Coin PCGS PR69 DCAM - Mintage 40

SKU PIED50GPC-013010
£4,799.95
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Product Details
Manufacturer: Royal Mint
Issuing Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2009
Monarch: Elizabeth II (1953 - 2022)
Collections: 40 Years of the 50p
Series / Ranges: Victoria Cross
Denomination: 50p
Metal: Gold
Purity: .9167
Metal Content: 0.9129 Troy Ounce
Weight: 31.00 Grams
Diameter: 27.30mm
Quality: Gold Proof Piedfort
Mintage: 40 Worldwide
Grading Service: PCGS
Grade: PR69 DCAM

In 2009 to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the first UK 50p Fifty Pence Coin, the Royal Mint released a very special Limited Issue Victoria Cross Heroic Acts Piedfort 50p Fifty Pence Gold Proof Coin struck in solid 22 Carat Gold Certified Slabbed and Graded by PCGS as PR69 DCAM.

The Piedfort 50p Fifty Pence Coin weighs 31.10 grams and is double the thickness of its normal counterpart and has a strict mintage of only 40 worldwide and is the smallest issue ever of any United Kingdom coin.

The reverse depicts a soldier carrying a wounded colleague against a silhouette of the Victoria Cross designed by Clive Duncan and the obverse is a portrait of Elizabeth II designed 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 especially 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 practice of striking Piedforts is later and less frequent, but medieval and Tudor examples are known.

  • Limited Mintage of 40 Worldwide
  • Piedfort Version Twice the Weight of Standard 50p Gold Proof Coin
  • Struck to Royal Mint's Proof Quality in Solid 22 Carat Gold
  • Celebrating 40 Years of the 50p Coin - Victoria Cross Heroic Acts
  • Certified Slabbed and Graded by PCGS as PR69 DCAM

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