Silver Ten Ounces 2023 Petition Crown - Obverse, Coin from United Kingdom - detailed information

Silver Ten Ounces 2023 Petition Crown - Obverse, Coin from United Kingdom
CoinSilver Ten Ounces 2023 Petition Crown - Obverse

Like many other mints, the Royal Mint issues bullion coins in precious metals, having much higher intrinsic value than their face value. The ten ounce (10 oz) silver coins are denominated as ten pounds (£10).

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.

This coin is part of the fourth release of gold and silver coins in the collector series entitled the “Great Engravers", issued to highlight some of the Royal Mint’s great artisans who have made significant contributions to British coinage - many regarded as numismatic masterpieces. The first issue featured Una and the Lion, the second The Three Graces, and the third release was of two parts - one featuring the Gothic Crown reverse, and one one featuring the Gothic Crown obverse (with the iconic Gothic portrait of Queen Victoria).

This release also has two parts: one featuring the reverse of the 1663 Petition Crown, and this second coin featuring the portrait of King Charles II by Thomas Simon which was made for its obverse.

The Petition Crown was a pattern coin produced in 1663 by Thomas Simon, a celebrated English medallist and coin designer. The coin was submitted directly by the artist to King Charles II as a personal "petition" against the contemporary coins designed by the Flemish brothers John and Joseph Roettiers, and for the further Royal consideration that only Simon's designs be used for all future specie now that machine-made currency had been adopted universally for the production of British coinage.

The rivalry between the Roettiers brothers and Thomas Simon resulted from a Royal competition to design this new milled coinage. For unclear reasons, Simon did not submit his trial design in time, resulting in the Flemish engravers winning by default and their coinage being issued for circulation in 1662. However Simon's desire to win back the King's affections resulted in the development of this trial piece the following year. Not only did it dramatically differ from the coins produced by the Roettiers brothers, but also bore his "petition" engraved in 200 letters in two lines around the coin's edge:
THOMAS SIMON MOST HVMBLY PRAYS YOVR MAJESTY TO COMPARE THIS HIS TRYALL PIECE WITH THE DVTCH AND IF MORE TRVLY DRAWN & EMBOSS'D MORE GRACE; FVLLY ORDER'D AND MORE ACCURATELY ENGRAVEN TO RELEIVE HIM [sic].
Even more impressive than the two lines is the fact that the inscription is not all around the edge but only a small part of it, the rest being covered with the kings' monogram of two crossed letters C, crowned.

The adoption of edge lettering on British coinage began under Oliver Cromwell, when Thomas Simon was engraver of dies at the Royal Mint and where he also produced the State Seal of the Commonwealth. The markings were intended to guard against the contemporary practice of clipping or the shaving of precious metal off the edges of a coin for illicit personal gain. At the time of production, Charles II's coinage bore the Latin phrase DECVS ET TVTAMEN (An Ornament and a Safeguard) in relation to this practice. This phrase was still being used on British coins until the revision of the pound coin in 2015.

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Obverse
United Kingdom / Silver Ten Ounces 2023 Petition Crown - Obverse - obverse photo

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 and date of issue: CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 10 POUNDS · 2023 ·. Translated from Latin, the legend means: Charles the Third, by the Grace of God, King, Defender of the Faith.

Obverse Inscription CHARLES III · D · G · REX · F · D · 10 POUNDS · 2023 ·
Reverse
United Kingdom / Silver Ten Ounces 2023 Petition Crown - Obverse - reverse photo

Within a beaded border, the obverse of the coin shows the draped bust of King Charles II facing right, his hair flowing, held by a laurel wreath, with his celebrated "love lock" over his right shoulder. The intricacy of the engraving portrays even the shadows of the King's veins on his neck, and the texture of his clothes.

Below the bust, the signature of the designer: Simon.

Around the rim, the monarch's legend CAROLVS II · DEI · GRA (translated from Latin: Charles the Second, by the Grace of God). On the original coin, this is continued on the reverse as · MAG · BRI FR ET · HIB REX · (of Great Britain, France and Ireland king; the reference to France reflects the king's claim to the throne of France, which he did not actually rule).

Reverse Inscription CAROLVS II · DEI · GRA
EdgePlain, inscribed (raised lettering)Edge InscriptionTHOMAS SIMON · MOST · HVMBLY · PRAYS · YOVR MAJESTY TO · COMPARE · THIS· HIS · TRYALL · PIECE · ...
Notes

Finish: Proof FDC.
Packaging: in two-coin set.

Mintage of the set: 150. Maximum coin mintage: 156.

Both coins in the set feature beautifully recreated raised edge lettering, with over 200 letters etched across two lines:

THOMAS SIMON · MOST · HVMBLY · PRAYS · YOVR MAJESTY TO · COMPARE · THIS· HIS · TRYALL · PIECE · WITH · THE · DVTCH · AND · IF · MORE

TRVLY · DRAWN & EMBOSS'D · MORE · GRACE: FVLLY · ORDER'D · AND · MORE · ACCVRATELY · ENGRAVEN · TO · RELEIVE · HIM·

The ten ounces are like a "piedfort" of the five ounces: same diameter, but double the thickness and weight.

Included in Set
Great Engravers Petition Crown 2023 UK 10oz Silver Proof Two-Coin Set, mintage 150
2 coins: 10 oz Silver Proof Petition Crown - Quartered Arms, 10 oz Silver Proof Petition Crown - Charles II Effigy
See also

The Petition Crown design has been issued and re-issued as:
- Petition Crown 1663 (the original pattern)
- Reddite Crown 1663 (the original pattern, with different edge lettering)
- 1 kg Gold Proof, Petition Crown - Reverse, 2023
- 1 kg Gold Proof, Petition Crown - Obverse, 2023
- 5 oz Gold Proof, Petition Crown - Reverse, 2023
- 5 oz Gold Proof, Petition Crown - Obverse, 2023
- 2 oz Gold Proof, Petition Crown - Reverse, 2023
- 2 oz Gold Proof, Petition Crown - Obverse, 2023
- 10 oz Silver Proof, Petition Crown - Reverse, 2023
- 10 oz Silver Proof, Petition Crown - Obverse, 2023
- 5 oz Silver Proof, Petition Crown - Reverse, 2023
- 5 oz Silver Proof, Petition Crown - Obverse, 2023
- 2 oz Silver Proof, Petition Crown - Reverse, 2023
- 2 oz Silver Proof, Petition Crown - Obverse, 2023

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Silver Ten Ounces 2023 Petition Crown - Obverse: Details
CountryUnited Kingdom
CurrencyPound Sterling
Coin TypeSilver Ten Ounces (10 oz)
Issued2023
MonarchKing Charles III
EffigyKing Charles III - First Portrait
ReverseKing Charles II by Thomas Simon
Face Value10 (x Pound)
Mintageunknown
Mintage Limit156
CurrentYes
Material0.999 Silver
DesignerThomas Simon
TechnologyMilled (machine-made)
ShapeRound
OrientationMedal Alignment (Axis 0)
Size65.6000 mm
Mass312.5900 g
OCC IDYRVP-EVRC-MAKN-EDQG
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