| Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio) > 2023 Trial of the Pyx Auction | Auction date: 13 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 1197 Price realized: Unsold | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Gold 5 Pounds. First Platinum Jubilee Assayed. Queen Elizabeth II. Trial of the Pyx Test Piece. Jessopp Facsimile Signature Label. Brilliant Proof (NGC). 39.94 g of .9167 Fine Gold. 38.61mm. An impressive incarnation of the traditional £5 "crown" struck to celebrate the first ever Platinum Jubilee of a British Monarch. The obverse depicts the final coinage portrait of Her Majesty The Queen by Jody Clark. The reverse features an elaborate royal mantle design which was inspired by the mantle, or robe, worn by Her Majesty at the coronation in 1953 and also by the designs on the coinage of King William IV. From a Collection of Historic Test Pieces from the 2023 Trial of the Pyx, Presented on Behalf of The Royal Mint. |  |
