Silver Ten Ounces 2023 King's Virtues - Victory, Coin from Saint Helena - detailed information

Silver Ten Ounces 2023 King's Virtues - Victory, Coin from Saint Helena
CoinSilver Ten Ounces 2023 King's Virtues - Victory

Saint Helena is a small island in the South Atlantic Ocean which is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. The currency of the island is the Saint Helena pound, fixed at parity with the pound sterling. The island has authorised some private mints to issue coins under its jurisdiction, which come in a variety of sizes - including in the very large silver ten ounces (10 oz silver) format, usually denominated as £10.

This rectangular coin has the same form factor as a silver bar, but is legal tender bullion issued by the (modern) East India Company. It is part of the first release in the King's Virtues series (which continues the earlier Queen's Virtues), and features Victory.

The mint says about it:
Victory is perhaps one of the most prominent virtues a Monarch can behold. Defined as the success or triumph of overcoming an enemy, Victory is a key element in both Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II’s reign. Victory signals the end of conflict and a celebration of peace.

The King as Sovereign is Head of the Armed Forces and is still the only person able to formally declare war and more crucially, an end to conflict. The allegorical presentation of the Queen’s six virtues was first presented on the Victoria Memorial, situated outside Buckingham Palace. Designed after Queen Victoria’s death in 1901, The Winged Angel of Victory is featured at the very top of the monument and crouched at her feet are the allegorical figures of Courage and Constancy. Courage wears a helmet and bears a club, while Constancy holds a ship’s compass, and both have cloaks swirling out in the breeze. Beneath stand personifications of Justice, Truth and Charity. Designed and sculpted by Sir Thomas Brock he described the symbolism of the monument as devoted to the “qualities which made our Queen so great and so much beloved".

Victory is said to be the achievement of mastery, success and overcoming an enemy. A key virtue recognised in Victoria’s reign, Victory holds a position at the very top of the Victoria Memorial monument. In gilded bronze stands a Winged Victory on a globe holding a victor’s palm. The victors palm represents victory, triumph and peace, a symbol originating from the Middle East. In ancient Roman religion, Victoria was a goddess personifying Victory, the Roman’s equivalent of the Greek goddess, Nike.

All coins in the series have been designed by Dutch medallist Elles Kloosterman.

MintEast India Company (modern) Mint MarkEIC in heart Mintageunknown
Obverse
Saint Helena / Silver Ten Ounces 2023 King's Virtues - Victory - obverse photo

The obverse of the coin shows the bare (uncrowned) head of King Charles III facing left. In tiny letters on the neck truncation, the artist's initials: GD (for Glyn Davies).

The portrait is in a small oval cartouche, crowned with the Tudor Crown.

Above, the inscription ST HELENA, below which the face value £10 (ten pounds) is separated from the date of issue 2023 by the crown.

On two lines below, the precious metal content 10 oz FINE SILVER 999 (ten troy ounces of 99.9% silver), below which the monarch's legend HM KING CHARLES III (His Majesty King Charles the Third).

Obverse Inscription ST HELENA £10 2023 10 oz FINE SILVER 999 HM KING CHARLES III
Reverse
Saint Helena / Silver Ten Ounces 2023 King's Virtues - Victory - reverse photo

The reverse design depicts the allegorical figure of Victory. She is bare breasted and winged; in her left hand she holds a palm frond - as a symbol of victory. The background has a decorative geometric pattern.

Above left, the inscription VICTORY THROUGH HARMONY.

Above right, the heart-shaped EIC mint mark of the East India Company - the initials are in a saltire (diagonal cross) within a heart shape, crested with a 4.

Reverse Inscription VICTORY THROUGH HARMONY
EdgePlainEdge InscriptionNone
Notes

Finish: bullion (Brilliant Uncirculated).
Packaging: individual coin in sealed plastic, or 10 in a box, or 50 in a master box.
Release date: December 2023.

See also

Coins in The Queen's Virtues / King's Virtues range issued for Saint Helena (ordered by metal / size / design / year):
- 1 oz Platinum Bullion, The Queen's Virtues - Victory, 2021
- 1 oz Platinum Bullion, The Queen's Virtues - Truth, 2022
- 1/10 oz Platinum Bullion, The Queen's Virtues - Victory, 2021
- 1/10 oz Platinum Bullion, The Queen's Virtues - Truth, 2022
- 1 oz Gold Bullion, The Queen's Virtues - Victory, 2021
- 1 oz Gold Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Victory, 2021
- 1 oz Gold Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Truth, 2021
- 1 oz Gold Bullion, The Queen's Virtues - Truth, 2022
- 1 oz Gold Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Charity, 2022
- 1 oz Gold Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Justice, 2022
- 1 oz Gold Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Courage, 2022
- 1 oz Gold Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Constancy, 2022
- 10 oz Silver Bullion (Rectangle), The Queen's Virtues - Victory, 2022
- 10 oz Silver Bullion (Rectangle), The King's Virtues - Victory, 2023
- 250 g Silver Bullion (Rectangle), The King's Virtues - Victory, 2023
- 5 oz Silver Bullion, The Queen's Virtues - Victory, 2022
- 5 oz Silver Bullion, The Queen's Virtues - Truth, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Bullion, The Queen's Virtues - Victory, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Victory, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Bullion, The Queen's Virtues - Truth, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Truth, 2021
- 1 oz Silver Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Charity, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Justice, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Courage, 2022
- 1 oz Silver Proof, The Queen's Virtues - Constancy, 2022

All (9) coins of type: Silver Ten Ounces (10 oz)
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Silver Ten Ounces 2023 King's Virtues - Victory: Details
CountrySaint Helena
CurrencySaint Helena Pound
Coin TypeSilver Ten Ounces (10 oz)
Issued2023
MonarchKing Charles III
EffigyKing Charles III - Portrait by Glyn Davies
Face Value10 (x Pound)
Mintageunknown
CurrentYes
Material0.999 Silver
DesignerElles Kloosterman
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeBar
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size46.4 x 90.5 mm
Thickness7.000 mm
Mass311.0000 g
OCC IDBYNK-EDDC-WDRL-EPQM
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