1981 UNITED KINGDOM PROOF COIN COLLECTION SET ROYAL IN SOUTH AFRICA

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FAIR PRICES HARRY AND MEGAN'S WEDDING PLANS BRING TO MIND SOME OF BRITAIN'S MEMORABLE HISTORICAL EVENTS   A COLLECTIVE PROOF SET WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES AND LADY DIANA ROYAL  MARRIAGE CROWN INCLUDED The marriage of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana was widely billed as a "fairy-tale wedding" and the "wedding of the century". It was watched by an estimated global TV audience of 1 billion people.The United Kingdom had a national holiday on that day to mark the wedding   FOLLOWING COINS COMPRISE THE SET: £ 5 GOLD   THE GOLD SOVEREIGN  THE ROYAL MARRIAGE SILVER CROWN THE 50, 10, 5, 2, 1 AND HALF PENNY DECIMAL COINS ALL COINS IN THE COLLECTION BEAR, ON THE OBVERSE, THE PORTRAIT OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II CREATED BY ARNOLD MACHIN O.B.E R.A. THE FIVE-POUND AND SOVEREIGN PROOF COINS POSSESS A COMMON DESIGN AND ARE DISTINGUISHABLE FROM EACH OTHER BY DIMENSION AND WEIGHT. THE REVERSE DESIGN, PREPARED BY BENEDATTO PISTRUCCI IN 1817 DATES BACK TO GEORGE III. IT DEPICTS ST GEORGE MOUNTED ON THE HORSEBACK SLAYING THE DRAGON.