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Isle of Man 1996 Camelot Series Legend of King Arthur Commemorative Crown
Isle of Man 1996 Camelot Series Legend of King Arthur Commemorative Crown
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Isle of Man 1996 Camelot Series Legend of King Arthur Commemorative Crown
In 1996, the Pobjoy Mint issued a series of commemorative one-crown coins celebrating the legend of King Arthur. Totalling five unique designs, the series featured King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, Merlin, and Camelot Castle. This one shows King Arthur in the romantic style of a High Medieval British monarch: crowned, forward-facing, sword in one hand and globe in the other. Throughout his long history, Arthur has been considered to be a historical figure, a semi-mythical king, or an entirely fantastical folkloric hero off-and-on by various generations and schools of thought. He is sometimes tied to Roman Britain, to the 5th-6th century wars against the Saxons, or even to ancient Celtic gods who, not fully forgotten, were folded into Christian storytelling. In any case, his myth is one of those rare ones that has enjoyed almost continuous evolution: Arthur is reinvented for almost every period in British history, with some of his most recognizable characteristics coming from the Romantics and later Victorians. Today, he is widely recognized through novels like T.H. White's Once and Future King and Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave, films like Disney's The Sword in the Stone, and TV shows like the BBC's Merlin or Starz's Camelot.
Take a trip to Camelot with this highly collectible commemorative crown. Or don't. After all, 'tis a silly place.
In 1996, the Pobjoy Mint issued a series of commemorative one-crown coins celebrating the legend of King Arthur. Totalling five unique designs, the series featured King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, Merlin, and Camelot Castle. This one shows King Arthur in the romantic style of a High Medieval British monarch: crowned, forward-facing, sword in one hand and globe in the other. Throughout his long history, Arthur has been considered to be a historical figure, a semi-mythical king, or an entirely fantastical folkloric hero off-and-on by various generations and schools of thought. He is sometimes tied to Roman Britain, to the 5th-6th century wars against the Saxons, or even to ancient Celtic gods who, not fully forgotten, were folded into Christian storytelling. In any case, his myth is one of those rare ones that has enjoyed almost continuous evolution: Arthur is reinvented for almost every period in British history, with some of his most recognizable characteristics coming from the Romantics and later Victorians. Today, he is widely recognized through novels like T.H. White's Once and Future King and Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave, films like Disney's The Sword in the Stone, and TV shows like the BBC's Merlin or Starz's Camelot.
Take a trip to Camelot with this highly collectible commemorative crown. Or don't. After all, 'tis a silly place.
