2024 'Giant Deer' Gold Proof 50P - Only 35 issue Limit.
The Giant Deer is the third and final edition of a 3 coin series celebrating the 'Ice Age Giants' with the other 2 featuring the Steppe Mammoth and Woolly Rhinoceros.
The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus), also called the giant deer or Irish deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across Eurasia during the Pleistocene, from Ireland (where it is known from abundant remains found in bogs) to Lake Baikal in Siberia. The most recent remains of the species have been radiocarbon dated to about 7,700 years ago in western Russia. Its antlers, which can span 3.5 metres (11 ft) across are the largest known of any deer. It is not closely related to either living species called the elk, with it being widely agreed that its closest living relatives are fallow deer (Dama).
(source wikipedia)
With just 35 struck, the Royal Mint sold out upon release, we just have one example available.
Issue Limit : 35
Obverse design - Martin Jennings
Reverse design - Robert Nicholls
Weight 15,50g / Dia 27.30mm
Alloy 916.67/1000 Gold (22ct)
Type : Proof - Boxed with numbered COA
Struck by the Royal mint : Llantrisant
We endeavour to keep all years available, the image is of the coin you will receive some years may not be available due to rarity, if you are interested in the rare examples not on offer here, please contact us
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