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1980 Crown Queen Mother 80th Birthday Silver Proof Queen Elizabeth II 25p Coin

1980 Queen Mother 80th Birthday 25p Crown Silver Proof Boxed

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This Crown features the third decimal design released by The Royal Mint after decimalisation day in 1971. First minted in 1544, Crown’s had traditionally been valued at one quarter of a pound, or five shillings. The first four ‘modern’ Crowns carried a direct translation of this denomination, and had a face value of 25p, before they were increased to £5 in 1990 with the increasing price of metal and manufacturing. The decimal Crown has almost exclusively been used for commemorative coins such as this 1980 design celebrating the eightieth birthday of The Queen Mother. 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 eightieth birthday was celebrated by The Royal Mint in 1980 with a range of Five Pound coins, including this Silver Proof example. Its reverse, designed by Richard Guyatt, features a small central portrait of The Queen Mother surrounded by a radial design of lions and bows emerging from the centre outward. This is a pun on her family name Bowes-Lyon. The Queen Mother’s image is paired with the second official numismatic portrait of her daughter, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, by Arnold Machin. Struck in .925 sterling silver and finished to proof quality, this Twenty Five Pence Crown comes in its original presentation box with a wealth of information and pictures about The Queen Mother; it is one of 83,672 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 Arnold Machin. Second official effigy. Legend around: 'ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRATIA · REGINA · F · D'.

Reverse

Small portrait of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother surrounded by lions and bows. Surrounded by a legend reading: 'QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER’ ‘AUGUST 4th 1980'. Artist: Richard Guyatt.

Specification

Proof coin. 28.28 grams of sterling silver. Diameter: 38.61 millimetres. Face value: 25p / Twenty Five.

Presentation

Offered sealed in its original box from The Royal Mint with relevant historical information and photographs. One of a limited issue of 83,672.

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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