1 Pound - Elizabeth II 2008-2015

Weight

19.62 g

Diameter

22.5 mm

Thickness

3.15 mm

Material

Gold (.9167)

Shape

Round

Edge Type

Milled with incuse lettering

Technique

Milled

Front design

Fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around.

Back design

Royal Shield of arms divides denomination.

Year of Minting

2008-2015

Queen

Elizabeth II (1952-2022)

Mint location

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

Mint mark

NA

Orientation

Medal alignment ↑↑

Inscriptions

Obverse: ELIZABETH·II·D·G REG·F·D·2008 IRB Reverse: ONE POUND

Context

The 2008 strike was issued to commemorate the change to the new royal shield design in a dual Emblems of Britain & Royal Shield of Arms set (886 sales) as well as individually (860 sales). The 2013 strike was issued in both the annual gold set (59 sales) and in a 3-coin set (17 sales) to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the £1 coin alongside the Royal Arms design by Eric Sewell and the Crowned Royal Shield design by Derek Gorringe. © The Royal Mint, 2013 © The London Coin Company The 2015 strike was issued to commemorate the change to the Jody Clark 5th portrait in both a dual set (34 sales) and a single 4th portrait set (175 sales) as well as individually (no sales data). © The Royal Mint, 2015 The coin has also been struck in nickel-brass, silver proof, silver piedfort and platinum proof. 2008 Issue Limit: 1,000 2009 Issue Limit: 1,000 2012 Issue Limit: 150 2015 Issue Limit: 500

Rarity

Ultra rare

Coin type

Non-circulating

In circulation

No

Demonetized

Yes

Marketplace listings

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