“Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you’ll have good luck.”
How do certain coins become known as ‘lucky’ coins? In 1792, Augustin Dupré was commissioned by King Louis XVI to design a new French coinage and presented a design featuring an angel on a pedestal.
While the design proved popular, Dupre soon fell under suspicion of harbouring revolutionary ideas and was sentenced to execution. But he somehow managed to escape the cold touch of the guillotine, supposedly by bribing his guards with one of his Angel Coins.
The story took hold, and the Angel Coin quickly gained a reputation as a ‘lucky’ coin.
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19th Century Navy captains wouldn’t leave port without an Angel in their purses. Napoleon himself was not beyond its charms and is believed to have carried one everywhere, only to fatefully lose it the day before his final defeat at Waterloo. The legend continued deep into the 20th Century, with pilots fighting in Vietnam and Iraq flying with a ‘lucky’ Angel in their cockpits.
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• Strictly limited edition of just 500 coins worldwide
• One ounce of sparkling 999 fine silver • Selectively plated with 999.9 fine gold • The Lucky Angel, reimagined for the 21st Century • Elegant new design by celebrated artist Chiara Principe • Struck to our highest Proof quality finish • Bespoke presentation case and storytelling booklet |
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19th Century Navy captains wouldn’t leave port without an Angel in their purses. Napoleon himself was not beyond its charms and is believed to have carried one everywhere, only to fatefully lose it the day before his final defeat at Waterloo. The legend continued deep into the 20th Century, with pilots fighting in Vietnam and Iraq flying with a ‘lucky’ Angel in their cockpits.
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• Strictly limited edition of just 500 coins worldwide
• One ounce of sparkling 999 fine silver • Selectively plated with 999.9 fine gold • The Lucky Angel, reimagined for the 21st Century • Elegant new design by celebrated artist Chiara Principe • Struck to our highest Proof quality finish • Bespoke presentation case and storytelling booklet |
Alloy
Fine silver - 999Ag with 24ct selective gold plate
Denomination
£1
Weight
1oz
Authority
St Helena
Diameter
38.6mm
Edge
Milled
Issue limit
500
Total Mintage
500
Stories
A saving grace, a symbol of luck, a mis-placed charm; the ‘lucky’ Angel coin has played many roles in its long history. Now it is reimagined for the 21st Century with this new 2023 Angel Coin design by the celebrated artist Chiara Principe.
The powerful yet elegant Angel carries a laurel wreath to represent honour, victory and peace, while the bees either side of her wings create a connection back to Napoleon, who adopted the humble, hardworking bee as the symbol of his reign.
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