Lot 17: UK 1999 Last Coins of the Twentieth Century Brilliant Uncirculated Coin Collection

A 1999 United Kingdom Brilliant Uncirculated coin collection, issued by the Royal Mint and titled LAST COINS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. The set is presented in a green and gold decorative folder featuring a large illustration of the clock face and tower of the Palace of Westminster. The collection contains eight coins including a two pound coin, one pound coin, fifty pence, twenty pence, ten pence, five pence, two pence, and one penny. The reverse designs include a technological design for the two pound coin, a Scottish Lion Rampant for the one pound coin, Britannia for the fifty pence, a Tudor Rose for the twenty pence, a crowned lion for the ten pence, a thistle for the five pence, Prince of Wales feathers for the two pence, and a portcullis for the one penny. The obverse of each coin features the fourth definitive portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley. The folder is printed with the text UNITED KINGDOM, 1999 LAST COINS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, and BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED COIN COLLECTION. The reverse of the folder is marked REVERSE in the top right corner.