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5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth I, Silver Piedfort
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Value | 5 Pounds |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 2008 - Proof - 3,348 |
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The 2008 Queen Elizabeth I five pound piedfort was issued to mark the 450th anniversary of Elizabeth I's accession to the throne in 1558. Piedforts — coins struck at double the standard planchet depth — have been a Royal Mint collector format since their revival in 1982, drawing on a French minting tradition dating to the 16th century. The irony of striking a piedfort in the year of Elizabeth I's accession anniversary is not lost: she inherited a debased coinage from her predecessors and spent much of her reign attempting to restore public confidence in English silver.