Lot 68: UK 2000 Millennium Proof Coin Set

A set of commemorative coins from the United Kingdom, dated 2000, presented in a black display case. The collection features the fourth portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley on each obverse, with the legend ELIZABETH·II·D·G·REG·F·D·2000. The centrepiece is a five-pound crown commemorating the millennium, with a reverse depicting a clock face at midnight over a map of the British Isles, inscribed 1999 2000 ANNO DOMINI, FIVE POUNDS, and WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE. The set includes a bimetallic-style two-pound coin with the edge inscription STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS; a one-pound coin featuring a dragon with the edge legend PLEIDIOL WYF I’M GWLAD; a fifty-pence coin for the 150th anniversary of public libraries; and a standard Britannia fifty-pence. Completing the set are twenty-pence, ten-pence, five-pence, two-pence, and one-penny coins. All coins exhibit proof finishes with frosted devices and mirrored fields.