COOK ISLANDS
ONLY 250 MINTED
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT) - HOUSE OF WINDSOR
KING HENRY VIII ONE-OUNCE GOLD PROOF
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 67 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH II WEARING CROWN RIGHT; DATE BELOW.
REV: FACING PORTRAIT OF HENRY VIII (FROM THE PAINTING BY HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, c. 1540); DENOMINATION BELOW; NAME AND TITLES IN LATIN SURROUNDING "HENRY VIII, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, KING OF ENGLAND FRANCE LORD OF IRELAND".
HENRY VIII TUDOR (1491-1547), BECAME KING OF ENGLAND IN 1509, AT THE AGE OF 17.
HE IS KNOWN AS THE KING THAT MARRIED SIX TIMES AND AS A MONARCH THAT ENJOYED AN OPULENT COURT. HIS DIVORCE FROM HIS FIRST WIFE, CATHERINE OF ARAGON, AND HIS SUBSEQUENT MARRIAGE TO HIS MISTRESS ANNE BOLEYN (WHOM HE LATER HAD BEHEADED) CAUSED THE SEPARATION OF ENGLAND FROM THE CHURCH OF ROME AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BRITISH SOVEREIGN AS SUPREME HEAD OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
CONTAINS 31.1 GRAMS OF .999 FINE GOLD (1 OZ AGW)
40 MM IN DIAMETER
