BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY
REIGN OF ELIZABETH II (1952-PRESENT) - HOUSE OF WINDSOR
FIVE-HUNDRED DOLLAR GOLD FIVE-OUNCE COIN
COMMEMORATING VICE-ADMIRAL HORATIO NELSON, 1st VISCOUNT NELSON (1758-1805), VICTOR AT TRAFALGAR
CERTIFIED BY NGC PROOF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
OBV: PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH II WEARING TIARA.
REV: NELSON'S FLAGSHIP VICTORY IN CLOSE COMBAT WITH THE FRENCH SHIP BUCENTAURE, VICTORY'S GUNS FIRING A VOLLEY AS IT PASSES ITS LISTING FOE, ABOVE THE STAR OF THE MOST HOUNOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH (AWARDED TO NELSON AFTER THE BATTLE OF CAPE ST. VINCENT IN 1797).
NUMISMATIC TRIBUTE TO GREAT BRITAIN'S GREATEST NAVAL HERO AND VICTOR OF THE LEGENDARY BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (OCTOBER 21, 1805), WHERE THE COMBINED FLEETS OF FRANCE AND SPAIN WERE DEFEATED, AND BRITAIN WAS MADE SAFE FROM THREAT OF INVASION BY THE FORCES OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
BEFORE THE BATTLE, NELSON SENT THE IMMORTAL SIGNAL TO HIS FLEET THAT, "ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY".
NELSON LOST AN EYE AND AN ARM IN THE SERVICE OF KING AND COUNTRY, AND WAS SHOT BY A SNIPER AND LOST HIS LIFE AT THE END OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR.
FOR HIS MANY BRILLIANT VICTORIES AND HIS DUTIFUL SERVICE HE WAS ACCORDED A STATE FUNERAL.
THE FAMOUS MONUMENT AND LONDON LANDMARK NELSON'S COLUMN WAS DEDICATED IN 1843 IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN HERO AND HIS VICTORY.
CONTAINS 155.5 GRAMS OF .9999 PURE GOLD (5 OZS AGW)
65 MM IN DIAMETER
ONLY 99 MINTED!
