In 2022 to celebrate British Monarchs Collection, the Royal Mint released a Limited Issue King George I £5 Five Pound Silver Proof Coin struck in solid Fine .999 Silver weighing two ounces of pure Silver.
The British Monarchs Collection celebrates legendary Kings and Queens of the United Kingdom with each coin bearing an original coinage portrait of a monarch as it appeared during their reign, transposed from genuine historical samples using state-of-the-art technology and faithfully recreated for contemporary coinage.
The third coin in the series from the House of Hanover features an original portrait of King George I struck in proof quality which accentuates the details and enhances the overall aesthetics whilst the obverse depicts the fifth portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Jody Clark. These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
Limited Mintage of 663 Worldwide
Finished to Royal Mint's Proof Quality
Struck in Solid Fine .999 Silver Weighing Two Ounces of Pure Silver
Features an Original, Seventeenth-Century Coinage Portrait of George I
