Gold Coin 1 Kg Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday 2006 Proof

One pound gold coin commemorating the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.

A unique gold coin issued in 2006 by the Estates of Alderney, struck by the British Royal Mint weighing one kilogram in top proof quality, to mark the 80th anniversary of the birth of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II..

The reverse of the coin depicts four portraits (cameos) of Queen Elizabeth II by Mary Gillick (from 1953), Arnold Machin RA (from 1964), Raphael Maklouf (from 1985) and Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS (from 1998). The portraits are flanked by an ornament resembling rose stems with thorns, surrounded by flowers in various stages of inflorescence. The motif is surrounded by the inscriptions 'HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II', 'EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY' and 'ONE THOUSAND POUNDS'. The obverse shows a traditional portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Raphael Maklouf, accompanied by the inscription 'Elizabeth II Alderney' and the year of issue.

The coin comes in a luxurious mahogany wooden box along with an illustrated and numbered certificate of authenticity in an extremely limited edition of only 40 pieces for the entire world!

Queen Elizabeth II.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II(Elizabeth Alexandra Mary), English Elizabeth II, (21 April 1926, Mayfair, London - 8 September 2022 Balmoral Castle, Scotland) was the reigning Queen of the independent states known as the Commonwealth Realm. With variations, these were Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, Canada, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

In each of these countries she was considered the monarch of a separate state, and the performance of royal duties for each country was separate. She was also head of the Commonwealth and supreme head of the Church of England. Despite her large number of common law offices, she rarely interfered in politics.

Elizabeth became Queen of Great Britain on the death of her father George VI on 6 February 1952. The long period of her reign saw the dissolution of the British Empire (a process already begun under her father) and the subsequent creation of the Commonwealth. After the British colonies gained independence, she became Queen of several newly independent countries. Some of them later changed their status to republic.

Elizabeth married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in 1947, with whom she had four offspring.

In 2022, Elizabeth II celebrated the platinum anniversary of her reign as the longest reigning monarch in British history.