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1999 Great Britain Rugby World Cup Set Brilliant Uncirculated
$ 13.19
- Description
- Size Guide
Description
Set as pictured in original government packaging. Description of individual coins in set follows.2 pound
, bi-metal, coin measures 28.35mm and 12 grams.
The coin features a portrait of Queen Elizabeth on the front.
The rear features a rugby ball and goal posts surrounded by a stylized stadium, date above, legend below.
The Edge is inscribed "RUGBY WORLD CUP 1999”
1 Pound
coin. The nickel-brass coin weighs 9.50 grams and measures 22.50 mm.
Design features the Scottish arms – a lion rampant within a double tressure.
Very thick coin (3.15mm) with NEMO ME, IMPUNE LACESSIT (no-one provokes me with impunity), the motto of The Order of the Thistle, engraved on the edge.
50 Pence
coin. (30mm wide/13.5 gram weight)
This coin is chock full of symbolism. The primary design element is Britannia, the symbol of Roman Britain. Britannia is a young woman wearing a Corinthian helmet. She wields Poseidon's Trident, representing dominance over the seas. Beside her is a Greek hoplite shield sporting the Union Jack and seated next to her is a Lion, long a symbol of England and Scotland.
20 Pence
coin. (21.40mm wide/ 5 gram weight) The coin is 7-sided.
The reverse design features the Badge of England, a crowned Tudor Rose, representing the combination of the white and red roses of the House of Lancaster and the House of York. It symbolizes the uniting of these two Houses under the Tudors after the War of the Roses.
10 Pence
coin. (24.50mm wide / 6.5 gram weight)
The reverse design features a lion passant guardant royally crowned. The lion is part of the crest of England.
5 Pence
coin. Coin weighs 3.25 grams and is 18 mm wide.
Design features a Crowned Thistle Plant and Flower. The Thistle is the national symbol of Scotland.
2 Pence
Coin.
(25.91mm wide/ 7.12 gram weight)
Design features Ostrich Feathers and coronet, the badge of the Prince of Wales, with the German text “ich dien” (I serve)
1 Penny
Coin. (20.32mm wide / 3.56 gram weight)
Design features the Portcullis, an adaption of a badge of King Henry VII. A Portcullis is a gate to a fortress or walled town.