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1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday Five Pound Crown Brilliant Uncirculated Coin In Folder

 UK90MBU 1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday £5 Crown BU in Folder Packaging

Buy a 1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday Five Pound Crown Brilliant Uncirculated Coin In Folder

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This Crown design was the first introduced by The Royal Mint in the modern denomination of Five Pounds. First minted in 1544, Crown’s had traditionally been valued at one quarter of a pound, or five shillings. Even during the decimalisation of 1971, the crown maintained its value, switching to twenty five pence. With the increasing price of metal and manufacturing costs, the production of crowns at such a low face value was not economical for The Mint, and so the new value of five pounds was introduced. Today, the crown is almost exclusively used for commemorative coins such as began with this design in 1990. Born in 1900, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon came to prominence when she married the future King George VI in 1923. Following the abdication of Edward VIII, she acted as Queen Consort between 1936 and 1952 until her daughter, Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne. In her widowhood she was affectionately known as the Queen Mother, and she maintained her lifelong passions for outdoor pursuits, especially fishing and horse-racing. Her ninetieth birthday was celebrated by The Royal Mint in 1990 with a range of Five Pound coins, including this Brilliant Uncirculated example. Its reverse, designed by Leslie Durbin, features a delicate, decorative double E cypher to represent both Elizabeth’s, The Queen Mother and The Queen. This is positioned below a royal crown, and between a rose and thistle to represent her Scottish and English origins. The Queen Mother’s image is paired with the third official numismatic portrait of her daughter, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by Raphael Maklouf. Struck in the same Cupro-nickel as the coins in your change, these BU crowns are finished to a high standard to make them more attractive and their designs more appreciable. The Five Pound comes in its original presentation sleeve with a wealth of information and pictures about The Queen Mother; it is one of 45,250 in this presentation. In a standard weight of 28.28 grams and diameter of 38.61 millimetres.
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Obverse

Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen by Raphael Maklouf. Third official effigy. Legend around: 'ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRATIA · REGINA · F · D · FIVE POUNDS’.

Reverse

Double E cypher between Scottish thistle and English rose. Royal crown on top of cypher. Inscription reads: 'QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER' with the dates 1900 - 1990. Artist: Leslie Durbin.

Specification

BU coin. 28.28 grams of cupro-nickel. Diameter: 38.61 millimeters. Face value: £5 / Five Pounds.

Presentation

Offered sealed in its original folding sleeve from The Royal Mint with relevant historical information and photographs.

Condition

The images provided of this product are stock photos. The coin you receive will be from the same issue and will have the same specifications. Some modern UK coins naturally develop toning or milk spots over time and these features may be present on the coin you receive. We cannot exchange coins displaying toning or milkspots.

The Queen Mother On UK Coins

Born in 1900, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon came to prominence when she married the future King George VI in 1923. Following the abdication of Edward VIII, she acted as Queen Consort between 1936 and 1952 until her daughter, Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne. In her widowhood, she was affectionately known as the Queen Mother, and she maintained her lifelong passions for outdoor pursuits, especially fishing and horse racing. 

The Queen Mother became the first person other than a reigning monarch to be featured on a UK coin during their lifetime when The Royal Mint issued a 1980 Crown coin to mark her 80th birthday. Designed by Richard Guyatt, these coins are available in silver proof and cupronickel. In 1990 the Mint marked her 90th with another Crown with a reverse design by Leslie Durbin, this time denominated at Five Pounds (available in BUnc, silver proof and gold proof). The Queen Mum reached her 100th birthday in 2000, an occasion celebrated by a further £5, created by Ian Rank-Broadley. Buy this 2000 commemorative coin in BU, silver proof, piedfort silver proof or gold proof). Her passing in 2002 was a great loss to Her Majesty the Queen and the subject of a fourth and final Five Pound Crown, designed by Avril Vaughan (see this in BU, silver proof and gold proof).

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