BAILIWICK OF JERSEY (CHANNEL ISLAND) - BRITISH CROWN DEPENDENCY
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT) - HOUSE OF WINDSOR
COMMEMORATING THE WEDDING OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND CATHERINE MIDDLETON - APRIL 29th, 2011
RARE GOLD 10 POUNDS FIVE-OUNCE COIN
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH II RIGHT WEARING TIARA; DATE LOWER RIGHT.
REV: WITHIN CIRCLE 3/4 CONJOINED PORTRAIT BUSTS OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND CATHERINE MIDDLETON LEFT; REPEATING GOTHIC QUADRILOBE PATTERN OF WSTMINSTER ABBEY'S ROSE WINDOW AS BACKGROUND.
HRH PRINCE WILLIAM ARTHUR PHILIP LOUIS OF WALES (1982-PRESENT), WAS MARRIED TO CATHERINE ELIZABETH MIDDLETON (1982-PRESENT), 29th APRIL 2011. THIS LARGE AND STUNNING COIN WAS STRUCK BY THE ROYAL MINT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE BRITISH CROWN DEPENDENCY OF THE CHANNEL ISLAND OF ALDERNEY TO COMMEMORATE THAT EVENT. THE COUPLE WERE WED AT THE ROYAL PECULIAR (UNDER DIRECT ROYAL PATRONAGE) COLLEGIATE COLLEGE OF ST. PETER, WESTMINSTER (WESTMINSTER ABBEY). ON THE MORNING OF THE WEDDING, PRINCE WILLIAM, SON OF CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES AND THE LATE DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, WAS CREATED DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, EARL OF STRATHEARN AND BARON CARRICKFERGUS. AFTER THE WEDDING, CATHERINE, BORN OF COMMON DESCENT, BECAME HRH THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE. THE FAIRYTALE WEDDING WAS WIDELY VIEWED LIVE VIA TELEVISION AND THE INTERNET BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN OVER 188 COUNTRIES.
CONTAINS 155.517 GRAMS OF .999 FINE GOLD (5.0 OZS AGW)
65 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 150 MINTED!
THE ROYAL MINT
