1996 Northern Ireland Celtic Cross £1 One Round Pound Coin Circulated, ERROR

1996 Northern Ireland Celtic Cross £1 One Round Pound Coin Circulated, ERROR
1996 Northern Ireland Celtic Cross £1 One Round Pound Coin Circulated, ERROR

1996 Northern Ireland Celtic Cross £1 One Round Pound Coin Circulated, ERROR

The first of two first in 1996 and then in 2001 this is one of the first one pound coins from 1996. This coin features the Broighter collar over a Celtic Cross to represent Northern Ireland.

The Broighter collar was discovered in 1896 amongst a hoard of gold Iron Age artefacts near Lough Foyle in Northern Ireland, and is said to be the finest example of Irish La Tène goldworking in Europe. The story behind the design. The obverse portrait of the Queen by Raphael Maklouf was used on all UK circulated coinage from 1985 to 1997 and was the third portrait of the Queen used on coinage. The reverse design shows the Celtic cross, part of the heraldic series by Norman Sillman.

The edge inscription'DECUS ET TUTAMEN' is Latin for'An ornament and safeguard' and was originally used on coins so that the public could tell that the edge was complete, and therefore that the coin was of good weight (without clipped edges). This item is in the category "Coins\Coins\British\Decimal Coinage (c.

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1996 Northern Ireland Celtic Cross £1 One Round Pound Coin Circulated, ERROR