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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait, Royal Wedding
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Diameter | 38.61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Fourth definitive effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, depicting Her Majesty wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara in a crowned and draped bust portrait designed by Ian Rank-Broadley. The sovereign's name and royal titles appear in a continuous legend encircling the effigy, with the denomination and date incorporated into the inscription. The sculptor's initials IRB appear below the truncation of the bust. |
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| Mintage | 2011 - BU - 250,000 |
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Issued to mark the April 2011 marriage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, this piece came from a Royal Mint that had relocated just two years earlier from its centuries-old Tower Hill site to a purpose-built facility in Llantrisant, Wales. The copper-nickel version was the mass-market counterpart to a range of precious metal strikes produced for the same event, most of which sold out rapidly on pre-order.
The Spink reference L22 places it firmly in the commemorative crown series that the Royal Mint had been issuing since the 1960s — a format kept alive largely by collector demand rather than any circulating need.