First ever Collaboration between Royal mint and Former US Mint Engraver John Mercanti. TOP GRADE PF70 Ultra Cameo with First Release designation by NGC. LOW POP 550 as of 12/26/23 per NGC. NGC has certified that this proof is a. Coin, a designation that means your coin was received by NGC or an NGC-approved depository within the. First 30 days of issue. Special British flag NGC label. Comes with mint box and COA. COA # and NGC cert # will vary as multiple coins are available. Limited mintage of 4,510 coins worldwide. Free S&H in US. First-Ever Collaboration Between Royal Mint And Former U. When it comes to living legends in the field of numismatics, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone more notable than John Mercanti, the U. Mint’s 12th Chief Engraver and the creator of more than 100 coin and medal designs. Now retired, Mercanti achieved everlasting fame as the artist behind the American Silver Eagle design, which was struck from 1986 to 2021. Today, the American Silver Eagle is the world’s most widely traded and collected modern silver coin. It’s also the most popular modern U. Precious metal coin, having been struck at least 600 million times! Though retired, Mercanti still keeps busy, and now he’s lent his talents to Great Britain’s world-renowned Royal Mint for a new program that shows the national symbols of both America and Great Britain-the Lion of England and Bald Eagle of the United States! Design Symbolizes Combined Strength Of Great Britain & America. In this first-ever collaboration between the Royal Mint and a former U. Mint Engraver, the Mercanti Lion & Eagle coin shows the Lion of England sitting alongside the American Bald Eagle. In the profile, they are both depicted facing right, symbolizing the combined strength of the two nations now coexisting along and supporting one another. The legend “THE LION AND THE EAGLE” is inscribed above the design and is surrounded by a pair of laurel leaves. The 2023 year-date and Mercanti’s initials-JM-are located just above the Lion’s paw that extends towards the coin’s edge. In addition, NGC has certified that this proof is a First Releases (FR) coin, a designation that means your coin was received by NGC or an NGC-approved depository within the first 30 days of issue. It will also come sonically sealed in an acrylic holder with a white display core and encapsulated with a special British Flag label. STUNNING COLLABORATION BETWEEN JOHN MERCANTI AND ROYAL MINT. This represents the first collaboration between a former U. Mint Chief Engraver with Great Britian’s Royal Mint. The design is the work of the U. Mint’s 12th Chief Engraver John Mercanti and shows the national symbols of both America and Great Britain-the Lion of England and Bald Eagle of the United States. The coin’s obverse features the portrait of King Charles III. STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER. Each Mercanti Lion & Eagle Coin was struck in a full ounce of highly pure 99.9% fine silver and measures 38.61 mm in diameter. PERFECT PROOF CONDITION. KEY FIRST RELEASES CERTIFICATION. NGC has certified that this proof is a First Releases (FR) coin, meaning that it was among the first struck by the mint and was verified within the first 30 days of issue. It will come in an acrylic holder with a white display core and encapsulated with a British Flag label. LOW LIMITED EDITION.