Gold Five Ounces 2022 Platinum Jubilee, Coin from Ascension Island - detailed information

The obverse features the crowned mature effigy of Queen Elizabeth II by Joel Iskowitz. The Queen faces right, and wears the Royal Diamond Diadem crown worn for her Coronation, pearl earrings and a necklace.

The designer's initials JI are incuse on the Queen's shoulder.

Around the rim, the monarch's legend, the date of issue and the fave value: ELIZABETH II · ASCENSION ISLAND · 2022 · FIFTY POUNDS ·.

Within a beaded border, the reverse of the coin features two crowned portraits of Queen Elizabeth II: in the foreground, her current portrait showing her in her old age, and in the background her young portrait as she appeared in the official photos of her coronation in 1953.

Around right near the rim, the inscription PLATINUM JUBILEE; in smaller letters below that, 70 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE.

Between the two inscriptions, in handwriting font, I shall strive to be worthy of your trust - a quote from the Queen's speech on her Coronation Day, 2 June 1953, where she said:

"The ceremonies you have seen today are ancient, and some of their origins are veiled in the mists of the past. But their spirit and their meaning shine through the ages never, perhaps, more brightly than now. I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.

I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God’s will, united in spirit and in aim.

Therefore, I am sure that this, my coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendour that are gone but a declaration of our hopes for the future, and for the years I may, by God’s grace and mercy, be given to reign and serve you as your Queen."

Finish: Proof FDC.

The coin is part of a range distributed by Rosland. The manufacturer is not mentioned anywhere; our best guess is that the coins were struck by the Commonwealth Mint.