Gold Coin 2 Oz Lover's knot tiara 2021 Proof

Queen Mary's Lover's Knot Tiara

Issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2021, this exclusive gold coin with pearls and diamonds in top-quality proof of the purest 99.99% gold and weighing 60.8 grams features Queen Mary's Lover's Knot tiara, part of Queen Elizabeth II's personal jewellery collection.

The unique coin bears a stylised image of part of the Lover's Knot tiara on its reverse. The platinum-plated jewel features a heart-shaped ornament of three braided knots, which is complemented by three pendant pearls and four small brilliant-cut diamonds. The setting of the central pearl is accentuated by three larger brilliants and a chain pattern in platinum. The platinum decoration continues on the rim of the coin and connects the inscription "CANADA" at the top of the coin and the denomination "250 DOLLARS" at the bottom edge.
The Lover's Knot tiara was commissioned by Queen Mary from the jeweller Garrard in 1913. Diamonds and pearls from other family jewellery were used for the production. The model was the Cambridge Lover's Knot tiara, which Mary greatly admired, but which was owned by the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After Queen Mary's death in 1953, the jewel was passed on to her granddaughter Elizabeth II. The new owner had a number of upright pearls removed. This treatment also reliably distinguishes it today from the Cambridge tiara, with which it is often confused. It gained its fame after 1981, when the Queen lent it to her daughter-in-law Princess Diana on a long-term loan. After her divorce from the heir to the throne, Diana's favourite tiara went back to the royal treasury. It reappeared in 2013 with the new Duchess of Cambridge. Catherine thus became the fourth woman of the royal dynasty to wear a tiara with a "lover's knot".

The obverse features four coin portraits of Elizabeth II that became part of Canadian coins during her reign. These are two modified versions of the British original by Mary Gillick (1953-1964) and Arnold Machin RA (1965-1989) and Canadian designs by Dora de Pédery-Hunt (1990-2002) and Susanna Blunt (since 2003). The individual portrait medallions are interlaced with acanthus ornament. The year of issue "2021" is indicated in the centre of the coin, which is complemented by the inscriptions "ELIZABETH II" and "D.G.REGINA" in the description.

The coin comes in a luxury wooden box along with a numbered certificate for the coin and others confirming the authenticity of the diamonds and pearls. The mintage of the coin is limited to 175 pieces for the whole world!

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