In 2020 to celebrate a new collection called Music Legends, the Royal Mint released the third issue in the Music Legends Coin Collection a Limited Issue David Bowie £500 Five Hundred Pound Gold Proof Coin struck in solid fine 999.9 Gold weighing five ounces of pure Gold with a special enhanced surface of the lightning bolt which appears laced with stardust to create a glitter effect.
The reverse of the David Bowie Gold 5oz Coin features a portrait of David Bowie with lightning bolt while the obverse features the Fifth Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II both designed by Jody Clark.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.