2012 Canada $20 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Double Effigy - Pure Silver Coin
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rcm10-17
CA $80.00
Weight: 31.39grams
2012 Canada $20 Queen's Diamond Jubilee Double Effigy - Pure Silver Coin
Description
This double-effigy commorative coin features Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip. The image is bordered by two decorative elements containing a shamrock, a (Tudor) rose, and a thistle (symbolic of the British Isles) as well as some maple leaves (symbolic of Canada).
A Young Princess Meets Her Prince
Queen Elizabeth II, the first-born child of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, began her public life when she was a teenager. Her first radio address, broadcast from Windsor Castle in 1940, attested to her mettle even from the young age of fourteen, as she encouraged and comforted other children while bombs fell on London.
It was at the age of thirteen, while accompanying her parents on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College in 1939, that Princess Elizabeth met the dashing young Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. The Lieutenant, five years her senior, was born a Prince of both Greece and Denmark, but his family had been exiled from Greece when he was a child. As he escorted Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret around the Dartmouth campus, young Elizabeth fell in love. After more than five years of letter-writing throughout the war, Philip asked for ElizabethÕs hand in marriage in 1946.
After War, A Time to Celebrate
After the bleak days of war, Princess Elizabeth's wedding captured the worldÕs imagination. The ceremony in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947, broadcast by radio to 200 million people around the world, was relatively modest out of respect for BritainÕs war recovery effort.
Philip continued his naval career until ElizabethÕs coronation in 1952. In the years that followed, he became a patron of hundreds of charitable organizations. Today, he is Britain's longest-serving consort.
A Lifelong Partnership
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip have four children and eight grandchildren, and continue their lifelong partnership of mutual support and service to the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and numerous individual organizations and charities.
FEATURES:
Produced By: RCM
Denomination: 20 Dollars
Year: 2012
TECHNICAL SPECS:
Diameter: 38mm
Material: Silver
Fineness: 0.9999
Weight: 31.39grams
EXTENDED INFORMATION:
Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II
Reverse: Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip
Finish: Proof
Quantity Produced: 15000
Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
Theme: The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Note: Coins are pre-owned and capsules, sleeves and coins may have scratches or other defects not mentioned in the description, the clamshell boxes or outer boxes may have wear or scratches.
Description
This double-effigy commorative coin features Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip. The image is bordered by two decorative elements containing a shamrock, a (Tudor) rose, and a thistle (symbolic of the British Isles) as well as some maple leaves (symbolic of Canada).
A Young Princess Meets Her Prince
Queen Elizabeth II, the first-born child of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, began her public life when she was a teenager. Her first radio address, broadcast from Windsor Castle in 1940, attested to her mettle even from the young age of fourteen, as she encouraged and comforted other children while bombs fell on London.
It was at the age of thirteen, while accompanying her parents on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College in 1939, that Princess Elizabeth met the dashing young Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. The Lieutenant, five years her senior, was born a Prince of both Greece and Denmark, but his family had been exiled from Greece when he was a child. As he escorted Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret around the Dartmouth campus, young Elizabeth fell in love. After more than five years of letter-writing throughout the war, Philip asked for ElizabethÕs hand in marriage in 1946.
After War, A Time to Celebrate
After the bleak days of war, Princess Elizabeth's wedding captured the worldÕs imagination. The ceremony in Westminster Abbey on November 20, 1947, broadcast by radio to 200 million people around the world, was relatively modest out of respect for BritainÕs war recovery effort.
Philip continued his naval career until ElizabethÕs coronation in 1952. In the years that followed, he became a patron of hundreds of charitable organizations. Today, he is Britain's longest-serving consort.
A Lifelong Partnership
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip have four children and eight grandchildren, and continue their lifelong partnership of mutual support and service to the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and numerous individual organizations and charities.
FEATURES:
Produced By: RCM
Denomination: 20 Dollars
Year: 2012
TECHNICAL SPECS:
Diameter: 38mm
Material: Silver
Fineness: 0.9999
Weight: 31.39grams
EXTENDED INFORMATION:
Obverse: Queen Elizabeth II
Reverse: Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip
Finish: Proof
Quantity Produced: 15000
Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II
Theme: The Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Note: Coins are pre-owned and capsules, sleeves and coins may have scratches or other defects not mentioned in the description, the clamshell boxes or outer boxes may have wear or scratches.
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