1999 Royal Mint Millennium £5 Five Pound Silver Proof Coin PCGS PR70 DCAM

Description

Specifications:
1999 Royal Mint Millennium Anno Domini £5 Five Pound Silver Proof Crown Coin
PCGS PR70 DCAM
Issuing Country: United Kingdom
Metal: Solid .925 Sterling Silver
Weight: 28.28 Grams / Diameter: 38.61mm
Quality: Silver Proof
Presentation: Certified Slabbed and Graded by
PCGS as PR70 DCAM
In 1999 to celebrate the Millennium, the Royal Mint released a very Limited Issue Millennium £5 Five Pound Silver Proof Coin struck in solid .925 Sterling Silver Certified Slabbed and Graded by PCGS as PR70 DCAM.
At midnight on 31 December 1999, there will be a vital moment shared by the thousand years past and the thousand years that stretch head. It is this portentous moment that is captured on the reverse of the United Kingdom, Millennium £5 Five Pound Coin.
Poised on the threshold of time, the British Isles are shown carefully positioned on a symbolic clockface, the hands set at the crucial twelve o'clock between the dates 1999 and 2000 and appropriately pivoted at Greenwich, the Prime Meridian of the World Time.The significance of the moment is emphacised in the words chosen for the edge inscription WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE taken from Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. They appear as raised edge lettering around the edge of the Coin, a feature popular with collectors but rarely seen in recent years.
Gracing the obverse of the Fiftieth Birthday Crown is the new effigy of Her Majesty the Queen by sculptor and medallist Ian Rank Broadley.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
Why is a Certified coin a better investment?
PCGS & NGC are the main two impartial Numismatic Grading Services in the world and is a guarantee that the coin is genuine and has been graded accurately and professionally.
The sonically sealed solid plastic slabb is individually numbered so that the details of the coin(s) can be verified on a central database, and is also tamperproof.
In addition, the coin is protected from handling and keeps the coin(s) condition and finish long term if looked after which can be detrimental to the value once sold.