| Coin | Gold Ounce 2024 Britannia, Bullion |
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Like many other mints, the Royal Mint issues bullion coins in precious metals, having much higher intrinsic value than their face value. The one ounce (1 oz) gold coins are denominated as One Hundred Pounds (£100).
The coins are legal tender but are not intended for circulation. They are targeted at bullion investors or collectors who appreciate the special editions as pieces of art. The coins are typically "one-year" types usually issued in parallel with smaller denominations with the same reverse designs.
Britannia coins belong to an extensive range of British bullion coins issued by the Royal Mint in gold since 1987 and in silver since 1997. The range has a "definitive" Standing Britannia design issued every year as bullion (such as this coin), and a series of one-year types issued as collector proofs only.
The mint says about the coin:
Britannia has represented a nation and its people since Roman times and more than two thousand years later the icon is still instantly recognisable on a bullion coin.
Designed by the team behind the United Kingdom’s 12-sided £1 coin, known as "the world’s most secure coin", the Britannia 2024 bullion coin features four innovative security features that make it one of the most visually secure coins in the world. Surface animation provides a background for Britannia, reflecting the flow of waves as the coin is moved, and between this and the banding of the coin you will find micro-text with the wording "Decus et Tutamen", which translates as ‘"An ornament and a safeguard" and describes the features that both decorate and protect the coin. A latent feature in the lower-hand segment of the coin switches between a trident and a padlock based on the viewer’s perspective - emphasising her maritime strength and the coin’s secure nature - and details such as the Union flag on Britannia’s shield have been specially highlighted with tincture lines. |
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| Obverse | |
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The obverse of the coin displays the first definitive portrait of King Charles III, which shows his bare (uncrowned) head facing left.
Below the neck truncation in tiny letters, the artist's initials MJ (for Martin Jennings).
Around, the monarch's legend followed by the face value: CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 100 POUNDS ·. Translated from Latin, the legend means: Charles the Third, by the Grace of God, King, Defender of the Faith.
The obverse has a textured background ("guilloche" geometric pattern) and a crenellated (toothed) border termed "castellation" by the mint. |
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| Reverse | |
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At centre, the standing figure of Britannia - the female personification of Great Britain, facing left, with flowing robes, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet pushed back to reveal her face. She is holding a trident in her right hand; her left hand rests on a shield decorated with the cross of the Union Jack, and holds an olive branch. She is standing on a rock, with sea waves in the background.
Around, interrupted by the trident, the inscription ' BRITANNIA ' 2024 ' 1 oz ' 999.9 ' FINE ' GOLD '.
The artist's surname NATHAN (Philip Nathan) is in relief in small letters on the rock under Britannia's feet.
There are four advanced security features built into the design:
- in the lower left, a latent image changes from a padlock to Britannia’s famous trident when viewed from a different angle
- "surface animation" brings the background of sparkling waves to life as the coin is moved
- micro text gives both decoration and protection - the words DECUS ET TUTAMEN (from Latin: "an ornament and a safeguard") are repeated multiple times in the inner rim between the central circle with the design and the outer rim with the inscriptions
- Britannia’s shield bears the Union Flag accented with tincture lines - thin lines (also known as "heraldic colours") representing the colours of the flag. |
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| Edge | Milled | Edge Inscription | None |
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| Notes | Gold content (troy oz): 1.000
Finish: bullion (Brilliant Uncirculated).
Packaging: individual coin in capsule, or 10 coins in mint tube, or 100 (ten tubes) in mint box.
Royal Mint Product Code: UKBGB241C.
Release date: 19 September 2023.
Release price: £1,660.68. |
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| See also |
Coins from the Britannia 2024 range (different designs for Bullion and Proof):
- 1 oz Platinum Bullion (£100), Britannia 2024
- 1/10 oz Platinum Bullion (£10), Britannia 2024
- 1 oz Gold Bullion (£100), Britannia 2024
- 1 oz Gold Proof (£100), Britannia 2024
- 1/2 oz Gold Bullion (£50), Britannia 2024
- 1/2 oz Gold Proof (£50), Britannia 2024
- 1/4 oz Gold Bullion (£25), Britannia 2024
- 1/4 oz Gold Proof (£25), Britannia 2024
- 1/10 oz Gold Bullion (£10), Britannia 2024
- 1/10 oz Gold Proof (£10), Britannia 2024
- 1/20 oz Gold Proof (£1), Britannia 2024
- 1/40 oz Gold Proof (50p), Britannia 2024
- 1 kg Silver Bullion (£500), Britannia 2024
- 10 oz Silver Bullion (£10), Britannia 2024
- 5 oz Silver Proof (£10), Britannia 2024
- 2 oz Silver Proof (£5), Britannia 2024
- 1 oz Silver Bullion (£2), Britannia 2024
- 1 oz Silver Proof (£2), Britannia 2024
- 1/2 oz Silver Proof (£1), Britannia 2024
- 1/4 oz Silver Bullion (50p), Britannia 2024
- 1/4 oz Silver Proof (50p), Britannia 2024
- 1/10 oz Silver Bullion (20p), Britannia 2024
- 1/10 oz Silver Proof (20p), Britannia 2024
- 1/20 oz Silver Proof (10p), Britannia 2024
- 1/40 oz Silver Proof (5p), Britannia 2024
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