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2007 Great Britain Britannia £10 Platinum Proof Coin Box Coa
$ 448.77
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Description
Specifications:Rare 2007 Royal Mint Britannia 20th Anniversary £10 Ten Pound Platinum Proof 1/10oz Coin
Issuing Country: United Kingdom
Metal: Solid Fine .9995 Platinum
Weight: 3.139 Grams / Diameter: 15.00mm
Quality: Platinum Proof
Issue Limit: 1,000 Worldwide
Presented: Royal Mint Boxed with Certificate of Authenticity
In 2007, to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Britannia, the Royal Mint released a very Limited Issue Britannia £10 Ten Pound Platinum Proof Coin struck in solid fine .9995 Platinum weighing one tenth of an ounce of pure Platinum.
The reverse design is a seated figure of Britannia created by Christopher Le Brun and modeled by John Bergdahl while the obverse design features the Fourth Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank Broadley.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
HOW RARE IS PLATINUM:
PLATINUM IS 30 TIMES RARE THAN GOLD.
IF ALL THE WORLDS PLATINUM RESERVES WERE POURED INTO ONE OLYMPIC SIZED SWIMMING POOL IT WOULD BE JUST ENOUGH TO COVER ONE'S ANKLES. GOLD WOULD FILL MORE THAN THREE SUCH POOLS