In 2010 the Royal Mint released a very Limited Issue Piedfort Silver Proof 5 Coin collection all struck in solid .925 Sterling Silver of the new coins for 2010.
The collection comprises the new £5 Five Pound coin celebrating the Restoration of the Monarchy, £2 Two Pound coin celebrating Florence Nightingale, two £1 One Pound coins celebrating Cities from the United Kingdom from Belfast and London, together with a 50p Fifty Pence piece marking the 100th Anniversary of the Girlguides. All the coins in the collection share the obverse of Ian Rank Broadley‘s majestic portrait of Her Majesty, the Queen.
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
Finished to Royal Mint's Proof Quality in Solid .925 Sterling Silver
