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Behind the Craft - Constancy

The Virtue of Constancy is featured on the Victoria Memorial covered in gold gilt sat at the feet of Victory.

An allegory for quality of being faithful, enduring and dependable, this virtue can be undoubtedly attributed to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's 70 year reign.

A constant at times of often great challenge and sorrow she led our country in to the modern age, readying her subjects at times of need.

2022 Queen's Virtues Constancy 1oz Silver Proof Coin with Selective Gold Plate
2022 Queen's Virtues Constancy 1oz Silver Proof Coin with Selective Gold Plate
2022 Queen's Virtues Constancy 1oz Silver Proof Coin with Selective Gold Plate

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2022 Queen's Virtues Constancy 1oz Silver Proof Coin with Selective Gold Plate

ONLY 750 COINS WORLDWIDE

£124.95
The East India Company’s exclusive ‘The Queen’s Virtues’ series continues with the sixth coin representing Constancy, the virtue of being steadfast and constant.

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Our coin collection celebrates the six royal virtues founded by Queen Victoria and upheld today by her great-great-granddaughter, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The ‘Queen’s Virtues’ form part of the Victoria Memorial at Buckingham Palace, and have been reinterpreted in a series of stunning coin designs by the celebrated artist Elles Kloosterman.
• Our celebrated series ‘The Queen’s Virtues’ continues
• A strictly limited edition of just 750 coins worldwide
• One ounce of gleaming 999 fine silver selectively plated with 24ct gold
• Exclusive new design by Elles Kloosterman
• Struck to our highest Proof quality finish
• Bespoke presentation case and storytelling booklet

Product Detail

Our coin collection celebrates the six royal virtues founded by Queen Victoria and upheld today by her great-great-granddaughter, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. The ‘Queen’s Virtues’ form part of the Victoria Memorial at Buckingham Palace, and have been reinterpreted in a series of stunning coin designs by the celebrated artist Elles Kloosterman.
• Our celebrated series ‘The Queen’s Virtues’ continues
• A strictly limited edition of just 750 coins worldwide
• One ounce of gleaming 999 fine silver selectively plated with 24ct gold
• Exclusive new design by Elles Kloosterman
• Struck to our highest Proof quality finish
• Bespoke presentation case and storytelling booklet

Specification

  • Alloy

    Fine silver - 999Ag with 24ct selective gold plate

  • Denomination

    £1

  • Weight

    1oz

  • Authority

    St Helena

  • Diameter

    38.6mm

  • Edge

    Milled

  • Issue limit

    750

  • Total Mintage

    750

Stories

Constancy

The ‘Queen’s Virtues’ were first introduced to the public as part of the Victoria Memorial situated outside Buckingham Palace, its enormous central monument featuring beautifully sculptured allegorical figures that personify:

• Victory
• Truth
• Charity
• Justice
• Courage
• Constancy
The Victoria Memorial was commissioned shortly after the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901. Eminent sculptor Sir Thomas Brock was briefed to design the central monument in tribute to her extraordinary reign, and his proposal was approved by King Edward VII in the October of that same year. The monument and the surrounding memorial gardens were formally unveiled by King George V in 1911.

Brock’s monument takes centre stage. The gold-gilded winged angel of Victory stands at the very top, with the figures of Courage and Constancy at her feet. The four sides of the memorial’s lower level feature the figures of Truth, Justice and Charity and a magnificent, seated sculpture of Queen Victoria.

Constancy is represented by a seated allegory holding in her hand a compass with its needle pointing north to emphasise the need to always remain on the right path. Seated at the base of the gold winged Victory, Constancy is demonstrated as being essential to being victorious.

The 2022 Constancy 1oz silver proof coin with 24ct selective gold plate design is completed by the Latin phrase:

ACTA NON VERBA
which translates as
ACTIONS NOT WORDS.

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