The Tomb of the Unknown Warrior Centenary Coin

2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the Unknown Warrior — an unidentified British serviceman who died on the battlefields and was buried at Westminster Abbey. 

The tomb of the Unknown Warrior remains a solemn tribute to all service personnel who have lost their lives in combat. The Unknown Warrior symbolises all those who were killed in battle (originally in World War I but since then in any war or conflict), whether lowly private or high-ranking officer. Nobody knows who he was, nobody knows his rank, his number, his regiment or his name – all that is known is that he was killed on a European Battlefield, but as to which one, even that isn’t known. The idea was that the man so interred truly would be nobody and everybody – representative of all.

To mark the centenary, Heritage Coins is proud to present one of the most poignant and significant Armistice Day coin issues — the Unknown Warrior Centenary Silver Coin.

Three ounces of solid silver have been beautifully crafted into an ultra-high relief coin; the backdrop of Westminster Abbey took the artist 4 weeks to draw, and the die cutters seven days to engrave.

Just 499 coins were issued and the mintage is almost fully sold out. Each edition is beautifully presented in a bespoke display box, with a Certificate of Authenticity detailing the fascinating history of the Unknown Warrior.

It forms the ultimate tribute to the thousands of soldiers that have been missing in action during Britain’s wars, many of whom are still unaccounted for.