The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry groups students into four different resident houses. These resident houses have a head of the house who is also a professor at the school, and the students are chosen for each house by the Sorting Hat. Right now, 2021 1 oz Silver Niue House Banner Slytherin Crest Coins are available to purchase online at Silver.com.
Coin Highlights:
- Ships to you in custom-shaped cases with an included shipper and Certificate of Authenticity!
- Shaped, colorized silver coins!
- Assigned individual serial numbers!
- Mintage limited to 5,000 coins only!
- Consists of One Troy ounce of .999 fine silver.
- Bears a face value of $2 backed by the government of Niue.
- The obverse depicts Queen Elizabeth II.
- On the reverse is the crest for Slytherin House.
Each 2021 1 oz Silver Niue House Banner Slytherin Crest Coin comes with individual, presentation packaging. The coins are housed in custom-shaped cases that have been molded to the exact shape of the coin for a snug fit. The coin and case ship in a Harry Potter-themed shipper with a viewing window to showcase the reverse. The Certificate of Authenticity and individual serial number are both printed on the box packaging.
The primary animal of Slytherin House is a snake and the house colors consist of green and silver. During the timeline of Harry Potter’s life at Hogwarts, two professors from Hogwarts held the role of head of the house. Horace Slughorn held the role twice, once before Harry was at Hogwarts and once during, while Severus Snape fills the role for the majority of the Harry Potter timeline.
The obverse side of 2021 Silver Niue House Banner Slytherin Crest Coins features a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty’s depiction on this side includes the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland Tiara on her head. This right-profile portrait was developed for the Royal Mint as the fourth-generation British design of the Queen on national coinage. It was created in 1998 by Ian Rank-Broadley.
On the reverse field of 2021 1 oz Silver House Banner Slytherin Crest Coins is a depiction of the crest for Slytherin House. Salazar Slytherin was one of the four founders of Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry and, as such, one of the four student houses was named in his honor. The Sorting Hat often chooses students it deems to be determined, cunning, and ambitious for selection to live in Slytherin House.
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