Elizabeth II, 2008 Gold Proof Double Sovereign/Two Pounds NGC PF70 Ultra Cameo MS70 The official badges of the

The official badges of the capital cities of the United Kingdom with the badge of Cardiff large in the centre

around which are arranged twelve chairs for the Council of Ministers

This coin was also issued in piedfort in 2009 to commorate the 40th anniversary of the fifty pence

Bankers for Townley are perhaps what the Popes were to Francis Bacon – symbols of despotic power and unquestionable authority

The cataloguer notes that the obverse shows rubbing on the high points but with much mint bloom extant in the fields

Elizabeth II, 2008 Gold Proof Double Sovereign/Two Pounds NGC PF70 Ultra Cameo MS70 The official badges of theElizabeth II, 2008 Gold Proof Double Sovereign Two Pounds. 15. 98g of 22ct . 917 gold (Actual Gold Weight: 14. 64 of 24ct pure gold). Obverse: ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REGINA F D (Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith). Fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, crowned with the 'girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara', IRB below truncation for designer Ian Rank Broadley. Reverse: St. George on horseback, brandishing his sword