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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth I, Platinum Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | The fourth definitive effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II faces right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara; the portrait is rendered in high relief after the model by Ian Rank-Broadley. The sovereign's name and royal titles appear as a continuous legend around the periphery of the obverse field. The denomination FIVE POUNDS is incorporated into the legend. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A formal portrait of Queen Elizabeth I occupies the central field, engraved by Rod Kelly, evoking the Elizabethan portrait tradition. The royal figure is encircled by four Tudor roses positioned at the cardinal points of a framework of connecting arches, evoking the decorative vocabulary of the Tudor period. A Latin legend identifying the sovereign and the commemorative dates 1558 and 2008 — marking the 450th anniversary of her accession — runs around the periphery. The composition is rendered in deep proof relief appropriate to a piedfort striking. |
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