British Crown Coin (Queen Mother 80th Birthday) Issued 1980

Queen Mother 80th Birthday Crown (25 New Pence, 1980)

This commemorative crown was issued in 1980 to mark the eightieth birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. Struck in cupro-nickel with a diameter of 38.6mm, it followed the tradition of the modern British crown, which by this period no longer circulated as everyday money but was produced as a keepsake carrying a face value of twenty-five new pence. It is a large, substantial coin with a plain edge, weighty in the hand and designed to be kept rather than spent.

On the obverse, the coin carries Arnold Machin’s portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing a tiara. The surrounding legend reads “ELIZABETH II D·G·REG·F·D·”, abbreviating her Latin titles as Queen by the Grace of God and Defender of the Faith. A beaded border runs inside the raised rim.

On the reverse appears a portrait of the Queen Mother facing left, set at the centre of a striking sunburst of streaming banners, heraldic beasts and small stars that radiate outward across the field. The circling legend reads “QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER” above and “AUGUST 4th 1980” below, recording the date of her birthday.

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