ISLE OF MAN - SELF GOVERNING BRITISH CROWN DEPENDENCY
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT) - HOUSE OF WINDSOR
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RARE GOLD ANGEL HIGH RELIEF PIEDFORT ONE- OUNCE COIN
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 70 FIRST RELEASES
DIAMOND JUBILEE CELEBRATION ISSUE
OBV: DOUBLE EFFIGY OF ELIZABETH II RIGHT, CROWNED CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT BUST FOREGROUND AND LAUREATE BEGINNING REIGN PORTRAIT BEHIND; SURROUNDING LEGEND DIVIDED BY MANX TRISKELS.
REV: HIGH RELIEF DESIGN OF A WINGED, HALOED AND ARMORED ARCHANGEL MICHAEL WITH SPEAR AND SHIELD SLAYING THE DEVIL IN THE GUISE OF A DRAGON; DENOMINATION BELOW; DOUBLE CHAIN LINK BORDER WITH MANX SHIELD AT TOP.
THE MEDIEVAL ANGEL COIN WAS USED BY KING HENRY VIII TO PRESENT TO FAVORED COURTIERS ON OCCASIONS OF STATE. THEY WERE THOUGHT TO BE A POTENT CHARM OF LUCK, POSSESSING SPECIAL QUALITIES TO WARD OF ILLNESS AND BRING TO THE BEARER GOOD FORTUNE.
THIS STUNNING PIEDFORT (DOUBLE-THICK) HALF ANGEL IS A FULL OUNCE OF GOLD AND IS A "FIRST STRIKE", FIRST RELEASE, EXTREMELY LOW-MINTAGE ISSUE.
CONTAINS 1 OUNCE OF .917 FINE GOLD (1.0 OZ AGW)
26 MM IN DIAMETER
POBJOY MINT
