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2012 GOLD ISLE OF MAN ANGEL "HIGH RELIEF PIEFORT" NGC PERFECT PROOF 70 ULTRA CAMEO FIRST RELEASE

2012 GOLD ISLE OF MAN  ANGEL "HIGH RELIEF PIEFORT" NGC PERFECT PROOF 70 ULTRA CAMEO FIRST RELEASE
2012 GOLD ISLE OF MAN  ANGEL HIGH RELIEF PIEFORT NGC PROOF 70UC
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Country of Origin: Isle of Man

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