Especially for Baby, a sparkling silver £1 coin, struck to Brilliant Uncirculated quality, nestles in a cream gift case and comes with a charming booklet which has room to note all those important Baby details.
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The definitive £1 coin bears on its reverse a rendition of the heraldic shield of the Royal Arms by Matthew Dent – only the third version of the Royal Arms to appear on the £1 coin since 1983 - while the obverse features the acclaimed portrait of Her Majesty The Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS.
As a powerful symbol of royal authority the Royal Arms has featured on the coinage of every monarch since the reign of Edward III (1327-77). Coins were, and still are, issued under the personal authority of the monarch and have come to be regarded as vehicles for royal imagery, whether in the form of a portrait or a monarch's personal coat of arms. In choosing the Royal Arms therefore, Matthew Dent could point out that ‘heraldry has been the basis of coinage design in Britain for hundreds of years’. The central section of the Royal Arms is divided into four parts: England being represented by the three lions passant guardant in the first and fourth quarters, Scotland by the lion rampant in the second and Northern Ireland by the harp of Ireland in the third.