Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Pounds - Elizabeth II 80th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II - Windsor Fire
| Issuer | Guernsey |
|---|---|
| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Left-facing portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in later life, wearing a headscarf, positioned to the left of the design. To the right, a view of the Round Tower of Windsor Castle is depicted alongside a large decorative Tudor rose in high relief. The gilded numeral '80' appears prominently in the centre-lower field, commemorating the Queen's eightieth birthday. The inscription FIVE POUNDS is engraved along the lower margin within a beaded border. The overall composition alludes to the Windsor Castle fire of 1992 and the Queen's enduring connection to the castle. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
The Windsor Castle fire of November 1992 broke out in the Queen's Private Chapel and spread rapidly through the northeastern section of the building, destroying or damaging over 100 rooms over the course of fifteen hours. Restoration took five years and cost approximately £37 million, much of it controversially funded by opening Buckingham Palace to paying visitors for the first time.
Guernsey issued this piece as part of a multi-reverse commemorative series marking the 80th birthday, with the fire and subsequent restoration chosen as one of several defining episodes of the reign.