UK 2017 £5 The 1000th Anniversary of The Coronation of King Canute Silver Proof Coin (TONED)

PLEASE NOTE: Obverse has minor toning along the edge. FINAL SALE. NO RETURN.

Long before the Norman Invasion of 1066, Canute the Great crossed the North Sea and seized the throne of England. A Viking warrior, with no clear connection to the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, he was crowned in London in 1017. He is best remembered for the story of Canute and the waves - his attempt to prove to his courtiers that only God was powerful enough to hold back the tide.