Kensington Palace – Five Facts

Posted on by Emma Wilde

Kensington Palace has been a home to royalty for over 300 years, and it is situated in the smallest borough in London. It has been in the news recently due to the unveiling of the statue of Diana, Princess of Wales, in the Sunken Garden, to mark what would have been her 60th birthday. But…

Queen Elizabeth II 2021 The 95th Birthday Commemorative Two Coin Set

Queen Elizabeth II 2021 The 95th Birthday Commemorative Two Coin Set

  • The silver two ounce crown is the first time a royal birthday has been celebrated with a British coin in two ounces of pure silver.
  • Both coins have a milled (reeded) edge
  • The cupro-nickel crown is Brilliant Uncirculated while the two ounce version is Proof quality
  • Both feature the superb 95th birthday design (see description of design below)
  • Housed in a luxury presentation case with certificate and colour booklet with images from Her Late Majesty’s life and a timeline.
Queen Elizabeth II 2021 The 95th Birthday Commemorative Silver Set

Queen Elizabeth II 2021 The 95th Birthday Commemorative Silver Set

  • This set includes the five pound crown IN SOLID STERLING SILVER and the pure 99.9% silver TWO OUNCE version
  • This silver two ounce is the first time a royal birthday has been celebrated with a British coin in two ounces of pure silver.
  • The silver five pound has an inscribed edge ‘FULL OF HONOUR AND YEARS’. The silver two ounce has a milled (reeded) edge
  • Both coins are the highest Proof quality
  • Both feature the superb 95th birthday design
  • Housed in a luxury presentation case with certificate and colour booklet with images from Her Late Majesty’s life and a timeline.
The 2021 Queen's 95th Birthday 24 Carat Gold Fractional Infill Sovereign Set SOLD OUT

The 2021 Queen’s 95th Anniversary 24 Carat Gold Fractional Infill Sovereign Set

  • For the first time since 1839 a new version of the iconic Una and the Lion design on the gold sovereigns, and now featuring Queen Elizabeth II as
    Una.
  • Comes in a luxury presentation box with space to put your 2021 Queen’s 95th Birthday Gold One-eighth sovereign
  • Both sides are the work of the same designer, Jody Clark
  • Highest possible proof quality
  • Struck in 24 carat gold
  • Exclusive to Hattons of London
THe Dunkirk Original Coin, Banknote and 65th Anniversary Year Gold Sovereign Heritage

The Dunkirk Original Coin, Banknote and 65th Anniversary Year Gold Sovereign Heritage Set

  • Original British £1 banknote – the World War Two emergency issue, introduced the very same year as Dunkirk 1940 (and issued through the war until 1948) in Grade 5
  • Original British silver shilling and bronze penny of 1940 the very year of Dunkirk – the coins that would have been used by the very same servicemen rescued, and their rescuers, the captains and crew of the rescue boats.
  • The banknote and two original coins mean you own a “pound, shilling and pence” of the Dunkirk era
  • British gold sovereign of 2005, the 65th anniversary of Dunkirk, with a one-year-only version of St George that may have been a ‘silent commemoration’ of this anniversary, in BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED quality
  • Limited to a maximum of 100 sets
  • Each set with numbered plaque and matching numbered Certificate of Authenticity
  • Informative illustrated booklet about the remarkable story of Dunkirk