2003 £1 Silver Proof Boxed with Royal Mint Certificate of Authenticity.

2003 £1 Silver Proof Boxed with Royal Mint Certificate of Authenticity.

One Coin for 2003 Silver Proof Boxed with Certificate, FDC. The one pound coin for 2003 displays the Royal arms, Britain’s noblest heraldic emblem in their present form the Royal Arms remain essentially those of Queen Victoria and today represent the Queen’s sovereignty over the whole of the United Kingdom. Created for the original one pound coin of 1983, the finely detailed depiction of the Royal Arms is by Eric Sewell, formally Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint. The obverse carries the most recent portrait of Her Majesty the Queen, the fourth to feature on the circulating coinage since Her majesty’s accession in 1952. The powerful design, capturing the Queen in a realistic profile, is the work of sculptor and medalist Ian Rank-Broadley, FRBS.