Mercanti Lion and Eagle 2023 £5 2 oz NGC PF70UC First Day of Issue w/British Flag Label – Great Britain – Royal Mint
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First-Ever Collaboration Between Royal Mint And Former U.S. Mint Engraver
When it comes to living legends in the field of numismatics, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone more notable than John Mercanti, the U.S. Mint’s 12th Chief Engraver and the creator of more than 100 coin and medal designs. Now retired, Mercanti achieved everlasting fame as the artist behind the American Silver Eagle design, which was struck from 1986 to 2021. Today, the American Silver Eagle is the world’s most widely traded and collected modern silver coin. It’s also the most popular modern U.S. precious metal coin, having been struck at least 600 million times! Though retired, Mercanti still keeps busy, and now he’s lent his talents to Great Britain’s world-renowned Royal Mint for a new program that shows the national symbols of both America and Great Britain—the Lion of England and Bald Eagle of the United States!
Design Symbolizes Combined Strength Of Great Britain & America
In this first-ever collaboration between the Royal Mint and a former U.S. Mint Engraver, the Mercanti Lion & Eagle coin shows the Lion of England sitting alongside the American Bald Eagle. In the profile, they are both depicted facing right, symbolizing the combined strength of the two nations now coexisting along and supporting one another. The legend “THE LION AND THE EAGLE” is inscribed above the design and is surrounded by a pair of laurel leaves. The 2023 year-date and Mercanti’s initials—JM—are located just above the Lion’s paw that extends towards the coin’s edge.
This stunning legal tender £5 (five pounds) coin was struck in two full ounces of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and comes in gorgeous Proof condition with beautifully frosted details rising over mirror-like fields. In fact, each 2023 Great Britain £5 Two-Ounce Silver Mercanti Lion & Eagle Proof available in this offer has been graded by the Numismatic Guaranty Company (NGC) as being in flawless Proof-70 Ultra Cameo (PF70UC) condition, a distinction that means your perfectly-graded proof will have ZERO imperfections—showing all features and fields exactly as the engraver and mint intended. In addition, NGC has certified that this proof is a First Day of Issue (FDI) coin, a designation that means it was received by NGC or an NGC-approved depository by the release date or on the business day within 24 hours of the official release date. It will also come sonically sealed in an acrylic holder with a white display core and encapsulated with a special British Flag label.
Small Mintage Sparks Intense Demand
Just 2,006 of these 2023 Great Britain £5 Two-Ounce Silver Mercanti Lion & Eagle Proof Coins have been struck for worldwide release and given the appeal to both British and American collectors as well as a new design from John Mercanti, the demand for this coin should be intense. Each coin will also come with its original mint packaging that consists of a beautiful Royal Mint-branded presentation case along with a numbered mint-issued Certificate of Authenticity.
COIN HIGHLIGHTS:
This 2023 Great Britain £5 Two-Ounce Silver Mercanti Lion & Eagle is the first collaboration between a former U.S. Mint Chief Engraver with Great Britian’s Royal Mint. Get yours in flawless Proof-70 Ultra Cameo
PRODUCT SPECIFICATION
Currency: Pound
Country of Issue: Great Britain
Denomination: 5 Pounds
Mint: The Royal Mint
Year of Issue: 2023
Composition: Silver
Grade: PF70UC
Grading Service: NGC
Release Designations: First Releases (FR)