As Fortune reported last fall, the “one-of-a-kind” coin is valued at about $23 million and is “a little wider” than an NBA basketball.
It was produced ahead of the one-year anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death by the East India Company
The coin, known as The Crown, is made of eight pounds of gold and 6,426 diamonds and weighs 486 carats. It reportedly took 83 people to create.
Work on the coin actually began before Queen Elizabeth’s death on Sept. 8, 2022, according to Fortune.
On the East India Company website, CEO Sanjiv Mehta wrote that Queen Elizabeth II “was an inspiration for many generations”
and embodied the virtues “which guided her through” seven decades on the throne.
Very Unlikely Collectors Will Own This Coin The Crown coin is part of a collection minted by the East India Company that bears “five effigies,” or official portraits, of Queen Elizabeth II.