£1 One Pound Proof Gold Coin - Pattern Bridges -2003 Millennium

This product is supplied as 'coin only' in a plastic capsule.  There is no box or certificate.

This 2003 £1 One Pound proof gold coin features the Gateshead Millennium bridge. These were released as a pattern design years in advance of the general release of the standard £1 coins of these series. As such they bear the inscription "PATTERN" rather than "ONE POUND". They also feature a plain rather than a milled edge and have the hallmark of the Royal Mint.

Four bridges were depicted by the Royal Mint for this commemorative series, and the Gateshead Millennium Bridge is the most modern of these four. The bridge only opened to the public in 2001 and serves as a connecting walkway/cycle path across the River Tyne to connect
Gateshead to Newcastle-upon-Tyne north of the river.