The Royal Mint has released a new coin to mark the bicentenary anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria. The new coin features a double portrait of Queen Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, in their prime. It celebrates the royal couple who personified the Victorian age.

Queen Victoria was born on May 24 in 1819. She became the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland when she turned 18 and maintained the throne until her death more than six decades later on January 22, in 1901.

The new coin is produced in fine silver, pure gold, and Cupro-nickel metals. It has two different reverse designs. While one features a double portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, the second features a young image of Queen Victoria’s face along with a number of innovations of the age, including a vibrant machine cog motif and train, which are symbols of the industrial revolution that took place in her era as queen.

The reverse of the new coin features a double portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. It shows the inscriptions "VICTORIA REGINA +ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX," and “MDCCCXIX". It was designed by William Wyon.

The obverse shows a portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by Jody Clark.

The price of the new coin ranges from £13.00 for the £5 Cupro-nickel brilliant uncirculated version to £49,995 for the gold proof £1,000 coin, which measures 10 centimeters in diameter. The 5 oz silver coin is priced at £420.00. The coin is produced with different specifications in the same precious metal, in terms of weight, diameters, and purity. Therefore, prices also vary for the same metal coin.

Source: Royal Mint, The Sun