Celebrating a historic royal firstthe royal platinum wedding anniversary in 2017, a new has been released. It features the rare conjoined effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh and is layered in palladium platinum one of the world's rarest precious metals. This November, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh celebrated a remarkable 70 years of marriage, becoming the first members of British royalty to ever celebrate a Platinum wedding anniversary! To mark this historic first a unique Palladium-Platinum layered crown coin has been struck. Officially approved by Buckingham Palace, it features the rare conjoined effigy of The Queen and Prince Philip. Only 2,017 coins will be issued worldwidematching the year of the couples anniversary.Seldom are coins issued with the conjoined effigy motifthe significance and importance of the royal couple's Platinum Wedding Anniversary in 2017 means that on this most significant of occasions specia