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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8352981, member: 20201&quot;]<b><font size="5">1999 Diana Memorial</font></b></p><p><b><font size="5">Gold Five Pound Commemorative Proof</font></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482323[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482324[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>One of my favorite coins.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Year of issue 1999</p><p>Finish Proof</p><p>Diameter 38.61 mm</p><p>Denomination £5 Five Pound Crown</p><p>Total Weight 39.94 Grams</p><p>Metal/alloy .917 Gold</p><p>Minted by Royal Mint</p><p>Mintage limited to 7500</p><p>This coin No 2155</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482325[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There is much good to say about Princess Diana&#039;s short life.</p><p><i>but</i></p><p>It seems not too long ago the world was shocked.</p><p>Hounded by paparazzi, she died of injuries in Paris August 31st 1997 when the Mercedes S-280 limousine crashed into the 13th pillar of the Pont d’Alma Bridge, which traverses the River Seine.</p><p>The limo was speeding to evade the press.</p><p>Driver, Henri Paul and Egyptian billionaire Emad &quot;Dodi&quot; Fayed were killed in the crash, Diana’s British bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones was the only survivor. Diana suffered for a couple hours before dying in the hospital.</p><p>They were less than two miles from the Ritz Hotel they had just left when they crashed.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1482326[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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