One of the many nations in the world to use its female personification on official bullion coinage is Britain. The Royal Mint of England introduced the British Britannia coins in 1987 in gold, expanding it over the years to include silver and platinum options as well. Provident Metals currently offers 2014 British Britannia 1 oz Gold Coins for purchase online.

Highlights:

• Arrives with individual plastic flips, tubes of 10 coins, or Monster Boxes of 500 coins!
• Beautiful 1987 design of Britannia!
• Contains 1 Troy oz of .9999 pure gold in BU condition.
• Issued a face value of 100 (GBP) backed by the government of Britain.
• Queen Elizabeth II is on the obverse.
• Britannia stands tall and mighty on the reverse.

When you purchase 2014 British Britannia 1 oz Gold Coins in this listing, you receive individual coins inside of protective plastic flips. If you purchase multiples, you will receive those in tubes of 10 coins or Monster Boxes of 500 coins. Each individual coin is in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.

Obverse

Queen Elizabeth II is on the obverse of 2014 British Britannia 1 oz Gold Coins in this listing. Her Majesty features here in the fourth-generation British coin design from Ian Rank-Broadley. It was designed in 1998 and featured on British coins from that year until 2015. In this design, the Queen wears the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara that was gifted to her grandmother Mary of Teck when the future Queen Mary married King George V.

Reverse

Philip Nathan designed the modern image of Britannia featured on the reverse of 2014 British Britannia 1 oz Gold Coins. Britannia as a personification of the British people dates back to the end of the Roman Era in the British Isles and she first featured on British coins in the early 18th century following the formal unification of the crowns of England and Scotland.

History

The British Britannia Gold Coins debuted in 1987 and were initially offered as 22-karat gold coins. In 2013, the Royal Mint of England increased the metal content to 24-karat gold, but issued its 1 oz gold coin as a larger, thinner coin with a 38.61 MM diameter just for that year. These 2014 coins were the first to settle at the standardized diameter of 32.69 MM.

Ordering

The 2014 British Britannia 1 oz Gold Coin is a product of the Royal Mint of England, one of the oldest operating mint systems in the world.

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