| Coin | Gold Ten Ounces 1985 Angel - Sample, Obverse |
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Medals are a form of "exonumia" - objects related to coinage but not coins themselves. Such are, for example, the medals included in some coin sets, or promotional and commemorative pieces using coin-like formats. They do not have any "face value" and are not tokens either, but can still be of interest to coin collectors.
This medal is a "base metal sample" of the first ten-ounce gold Angel bullion coin, which was released in 1985. It shows the obverse of the coin. |
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| Obverse | |
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The obverse displays the Pobjoy Mint logo - a fortress tower, inside which a circle with a lion walking to left, surrounded by the inscriptions POBJOY MINT on the left, SUTTON SURREY on the right, and ENGLAND below.
On three lines above, the inscription THIS IS A BASE METAL SAMPLE . |
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| Obverse Inscription |
THIS IS A BASE METAL SAMPLE POBJOY MINT SUTTON SURREY ENGLAND |
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| Reverse | |
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The obverse of the coin shows the crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right (her effigy known as the "Third Portrait"). The Queen is wearing the royal diadem which she wears on her way to and from the State Opening of Parliament, a pearl necklace and earrings.
Incuse in tiny letters on the neck truncation, the designer's initials RDM (for Raphael David Maklouf).
Around, the monarch's legend and the date of issue: ISLE OF MAN * * ELIZABETH II * 1985 *.
The tiny letters PM below the Queen's portrait are not a designer's initials but the mint mark of the Pobjoy Mint.
The dividers in the text of the legend are little triskelions. |
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| Edge | Plain | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | We do not know the specifications of this medal, its mintage, or its purpose. It is "gilt" (gold plated).
Stack's Bowers sold the illustrated example, graded PCGS Proof-67 Deep Cameo, for US$ 460.00 on 24 April 2023. |
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