2018 Silver Great Britain Britannia Oriental Borders - 1 oz (20 Coins)

2018 1 oz Silver Britannia Oriental Border (20 Coins)

The Royal Mint is excited to release a special edition Silver Britannia, designed to celebrate the mint's historic relationship with Asia. This unique 2018 1 oz Silver Britannia Oriental Border design is truly stunning! Inspired by the Chinese-themed rooms at Buckingham Palace and Brighton's Royal Pavilion, this stylistic oriental border addition is quite distinctive!

Britannia's Distinctive Design

As part of the 2018 Silver Britannia release, this 2018 1 oz Silver Britannia Oriental Border coin maintains Britannia's same fine qualities. This special edition contains one troy ounce of .999 fine silver - the purest of silver released by the Royal Mint. The obverse displays the new, right-facing profile of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, introduced in 2016, and designed by Royal Mint engraver Jody Clark.

This was quite an honor for the artist, as this is only the fifth such portrait to be introduced into British coinage. Interestingly, he submitted his design anonymously in a competition. In Clark's own words, "I wanted to make her look less stern, to give her a slightly warmer expression. I hope she thinks it is a fitting and accurate representation." New for 2018, the obverse background features the Royal Mint's distinctive new guilloché pattern.

The reverse was also updated in 2017, still featuring the helmeted Lady Britannia. She stands with a trident grasped in one hand to defend the seas. In the other, she holds a shield, graced with the image of Great Britain's flag, ready to defend the realm. As a symbol of strength and integrity, Britannia has for centuries been featured on British coinage. She is encircled with the inscriptions, "BRITANNIA - 2018 - 1 oz - 999 FINE SILVER." A radial sunburst pattern in the background provides a very attractive texture as well as anti-counterfeiting security. Also, for this special edition, a stunning oriental-styled border encircles the rim.

Highlights

• 2018 1 oz Silver Britannia Oriental Border.
• Contains 1 troy oz of .999 fine silver in BU condition.
• Obverse: Displays Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, against the Royal Mint's new guilloché security pattern. Inscriptions include "ELIZABETH II - D. G. REG. F. D." and the 2 pounds face value.
• Reverse: Features the helmeted Lady Britannia, standing with a trident grasped in one hand and shield in the other. A radial sunburst security pattern also fills the background. For this special edition, a stunning oriental-styled border encircles the rim.
• Limited mintage of only 100,000!
• 2 pound face value.
• Anti-counterfeiting security background patterns on obverse and reverse.
• Sovereign coin backed by the British government.

History

• The Silver Britannia series was introduced in 1997, adopting the same design of the gold issue.
• New portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by Jody Clark introduced in 2016.
• Addition in 2017 of a new finely engraved, radial sunburst security feature to the reverse the radial sunburst to the reverse.
• Addition in 2018 of a distinctive new obverse background security feature, the Royal Mint's new guilloché pattern.