MERCURY COMMEMORATIVE COIN COVER

(NO - 0438)

DATE STAMPED - 21/04/2003

NORTHERN IRELAND

"A CELTIC COLLAR SUPERIMPOSED UPON A CROSS WITH A PIMPERNEL FLOWER AT CENTRE"

RARE! RARE! RARE! RARE! RARE! 


COMMEMORATIVE COIN COVER

UNCIRCULATED PROOF £1 COIN

2001 ONE POUND COIN

Item for Sale ;

MERCURY LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE COIN COVER

NORTHERN IRELAND

"A CELTIC COLLAR SUPERIMPOSED UPON A CROSS WITH A PIMPERNEL FLOWER AT CENTRE"

(NO - 0438)

21/04/2003


You are bidding on a 2001 NORTHERN IRELAND CELTIC CROSS £1 BUNC COMMEMORATIVE COIN SET -

CELEBRATING...

NORTHERN IRELAND

"A CELTIC COLLAR SUPERIMPOSED UPON A CROSS WITH A PIMPERNEL FLOWER AT CENTRE"

(NO - 0438)

21/04/2003


1996 One Pound Coin1996
2001

A Celtic Cross with a Pimpernel Flower in the centre surrounded by an ancient Torc representing Northern Ireland.

Edge Inscription:
DECUS ET TUTAMEN

Designed by:
Norman Sillman


About This Design

Last in the second series of £1 coins whose reverse designs honour constituent parts of the United Kingdom, the 1997 £1 coin represents England by featuring the famous Royal Crest of England, three lions passant guardant. On its obverse is Raphael Maklouf's elegant portrait of Her Majesty The Queen.

Background

The United Kingdom coinage is kept under constant review. By 1980 it had become apparent that with the general decline in purchasing power, the £1 unit of currency was more appropriate to a coin than a banknote. The note was in constant use on average lasting only nine months, whereas a coin can last as long as forty years or more and with the growth in the vending industry it was felt that a coin would be more useful.

After consultation with many groups including retailers and special interest groups, the Government announced on 31 July 1981 that a new £1 coin that was to be issued on 21 April 1983.

To make it easy to identify, the £1 coin is thicker than other coins while the 'yellow' colour allowed it to stand out from the cupro-nickel 'silver' coins already in circulation. The weight of the coin was decided largely on the grounds of cost and the need to allow for higher denomination coins in due course.

The reverse designs represent the United Kingdom and its four constituent parts - Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. The first series of designs took floral emblems as its theme, while the second series was heraldic in approach

The £1 coin is legal tender for any amount.


GOOD CONDITION - No Reserve

 

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ITS NOT OFTEN I COME ACROSS THIS PARTICULAR COIN SET - VERY RARE INDEED!!!!

 

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POSTAGE & PACKAGING COSTS

£4.50 UK Signed / Recorded Postage

£9.50 European Tracked Postage

£15.50 Worldwide Tracked Postage

(POSTAGE COSTS ARE A LITTLE HIGHER AS THIS WILL BE SENT REGISTERED / SIGNED FOR DELIVERY)

 

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