For free delivery are missing -,--
Sum 0,00 £
Price includes discounts
The Symbol: 109426
1 oz Una and the Lion Gold Coin 2027 — 31.1035 g of 999.9 fine gold from The Royal Mint. The reverse reproduces William Wyon's 1839 design: the young Queen Victoria as Una, guiding a lion. 2027 is the design's debut on a Royal Mint bullion coin. King Charles III by Martin Jennings on the obverse, face value GBP 100, diameter 32.69 mm. VAT-exempt in the EU. GoldInvest24.
Availability: In stock 761 PCs.
Price: 15945.54
The 1 oz Una and the Lion Gold Coin 2027 contains 31.1035 g of 999.9 fine gold and has a face value of 100 pounds sterling. The Royal Mint released it on 9 November 2026. The 2027 issue is the design's debut on a Royal Mint bullion coin with UK legal tender status — the mint had previously used it for collector issues and bars.
In the 1 oz size Wyon's design measures 32.69 mm — the same as the Royal Mint's 1 oz Britannia — so Una, the lion and the Latin legend stay legible without a loupe.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Mint | The Royal Mint (United Kingdom) |
| Design | Una and the Lion |
| Year | 2027 (MMXXVII on the coin) |
| Metal | gold |
| Fineness | 999.9 |
| Fine gold content | 31.1035 g (1 oz) |
| Diameter | 32.69 mm |
| Edge | reeded |
| Face value | GBP 100, legal tender in the United Kingdom |
| Obverse | uncrowned King Charles III, design by Martin Jennings |
| Reverse | Queen Victoria as Una guiding a lion, design by William Wyon (1839) |
| Reverse legend | DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS |
| Mint packaging | tube of 10; 100 per mint box |
| Release date | 9 November 2026 |
| CGT (United Kingdom) | UK legal tender gold coins are exempt from Capital Gains Tax for UK taxpayers |
| VAT | exempt — EU Directive 2006/112/EC, art. 344-356 |
In 1839, two years after Victoria came to the throne, engraver William Wyon designed a five-pound piece. He portrayed the young queen as Una — the heroine of Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene (1590), the embodiment of truth, accompanied by a lion. On the reverse Una guides the lion, surrounded by the Latin plea DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS — O God, guide my steps.
The coin never entered circulation. It was struck as a pattern for collectors' proof sets, in an estimated few hundred pieces. The Royal Mint Museum counts it among the most beautiful coins ever made, and 1839 originals are sought after at numismatic auctions today.
In November 2026 the Royal Mint brought Wyon's design to bullion coins dated 2027.
The obverse shows the uncrowned portrait of King Charles III by Martin Jennings, used on British coins since the start of his reign. The legend includes the Latin titles D·G·REX·F·D (by the grace of God King, Defender of the Faith) and the 100 pound face value.
On the reverse the young Victoria, as Una, walks beside a lion and guides it — figure and animal engraved with the detail typical of Wyon's work. The legend DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS runs around the design, and the date appears in Roman numerals: MMXXVII.
The bullion version adds the gold weight and fineness. The edge of the coin is reeded.
Una and the Lion compared with well-known gold coins of the same weight:
| Coin | Mint | Fineness | Face value | Fine gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Una and the Lion 1 oz 2027 | The Royal Mint | 999.9 | GBP 100 | 31.1035 g |
| Britannia 1 oz | The Royal Mint | 999.9 | GBP 100 | 31.1035 g |
| Kangaroo 1 oz | The Perth Mint | 999.9 | AUD 100 | 31.1035 g |
| Maple Leaf 1 oz | Royal Canadian Mint | 999.9 | CAD 50 | 31.1035 g |
| Vienna Philharmonic 1 oz | Münze Österreich | 999.9 | EUR 100 | 31.1035 g |
All five coins are 999.9 gold with identical gold content. Una and the Lion and the Britannia come from the same mint with the same face value — they differ in design.
The coin contains 31.1035 g of 999.9 fine gold. The diameter is 32.69 mm and the face value GBP 100.
The heroine of Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene from 1590, the embodiment of truth, accompanied by a lion. In 1839 William Wyon gave her the features of the young Queen Victoria.
No. The Royal Mint strikes both coins with the same face value and fineness, but the Britannia carries a fixed Britannia design, while Una and the Lion carries William Wyon's 1839 design.
It is a Latin plea: O God, guide my steps. The legend surrounds the reverse design, as on the original 1839 coin.
No. Gold coins of 999.9 fineness are exempt from VAT in the EU under Articles 344-356 of Directive 2006/112/EC; in Poland under Article 122 of the VAT Act.
![[{[item.product.name]}]]([{[item.product.photo.url]}] 75w)
