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1000 Pounds - Elizabeth II Una and The Lion, Gold Proof
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, rendered in high relief after the fifth definitive portrait by Jody Clark. The Queen is depicted diademed, wearing the George IV State Diadem, with robes draped at the shoulder. The sovereign's titles appear as a circumferential legend around the effigy, with the denomination integrated into the inscriptional border. The engraver's initials J.C. appear in the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·FID·DEF·1000 POUNDS· J.C (Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith) |
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The Una and the Lion design originates from William Wyon's 1839 five-pound piece, widely considered the finest British coin of the nineteenth century. Wyon based the allegorical group on Spenser's Faerie Queene, depicting the young Victoria leading a lion — a piece so admired that it was never intended for circulation and exists today almost exclusively in proof format from that original issue.
The 2019 revival was the largest and heaviest denomination the Royal Mint had produced to that point. At just over a kilogram of .9999 gold, individual blanks required their own dedicated handling protocols during striking.