British Five Shillings Coronation Crown (1953)

The United Kingdom Royal Mint issued British Pound coins in 16 different denominations. Included was this British Five Shillings Coronation Crown coin (1953). These minted coins are part of the pre-decimal and withdrawn Pound Sterling coins series. In 1953 these 25 pence coins were first minted by the Royal Mint and in 1953 were withdrawn from circulation.
1953 was the coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II and to commence the occasion, this British Crown Coronation Five Shillings coin (1953) was issued. This copper-nickel coin weighs 28g and post decimalisation the value was equivalent to 0.25pence. On the obverse side of the coin the four quarterings of the Royal Arms each contained in a shield and arranged in saltire with, in the intervening spaces, a rose, a thistle, a sprig of shamrock and a leek; in the centre the Crown and in the base the date. The reverse side of the coin is a portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II mounted on her horse Winston, dressed in her uniform as Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards and as worn by Her Majesty during the ceremony of Trooping the Colour.
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