Lot 427: UK 1999-2000 Millennium Five Pounds Coin, Royal Mint Presentation Pack

A UK five pounds coin, struck for the turn of the millennium. The obverse features the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, as designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The reverse, designed by Jeffrey Matthews, depicts a clock face with the hands set at midnight over a map of the British Isles and the Greenwich Meridian. The reverse is inscribed 1999 2000 ANNO DOMINI FIVE POUNDS. The edge is inscribed WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE. The coin is presented in its original Royal Mint card display pack, which includes a time-zone map and historical timeline. The packaging is printed with the title CELEBRATING THE DAWN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM and The Second Millennium. A printed diagram on the inner sleeve tracks hours from 0800 to 1600.