500 Pounds - Elizabeth II White Horse of Hanover; Gold Proof

500 Pounds - Elizabeth II (White Horse of Hanover; Gold Proof) - obverse500 Pounds - Elizabeth II (White Horse of Hanover; Gold Proof) - reverse

© The Royal Mint, 2020

Features

Issuer United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2020
Value 500 Pounds
500 GBP = USD 632
Currency Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date)
Composition Gold (.999)
Weight 156.3 g
Diameter 50 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
224610
References Sp# QBCGD8
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: The Queen's Beasts

Obverse

Fifth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·F·D·500 POUNDS·
J.C

Unabridged legend: Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensatrix

Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith

Engraver: Jody Clark

Reverse

White Horse of Hanover supporting a shield portraying The House of Hanover, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
· 2020 ·
JC
WHITE HORSE OF HANOVER

Engraver: Jody Clark

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

The eighth design in The Queen's Beast series which began in 2016, there are 10 Beasts in total which are a representation of the statues that stood in Westminster Abbey on the Queen's Coronation in 1953. The statues are now on display in the Canadian Museum of History.

For the White Horse of Hanover there are currently 11 different issues of varying metals and denominations, which all share Jody Clark's design.
Issue limit: 69

 ©The Royal Mint, 2020

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