A collection of UK commemorative cupro-nickel coins, primarily comprising Five Pound (£5) crowns and decimal twenty-five pence crowns, housed in a clear plastic multi-pocket display sleeve. The collection includes various issues such as the 1953 Coronation crown, the 1990 Queen Mother 90th Birthday £5, the 1993 Coronation 40th Anniversary £5, the 1999 Millennium £5, the 2000 Queen Mother Centenary £5, the 2004 Entente Cordiale £5, and the 2017 Sapphire Jubilee £5. The obverses feature several different portraits of Queen Elizabeth II by engravers Arnold Machin, Raphael Maklouf, and Ian Rank-Broadley, with legends including ELIZABETH II D G REG F D and 1952 – 2017. Reverses display diverse commemorative motifs, including the 1953 equestrian portrait and the Queen Mother’s cypher. These coins were issued by the Royal Mint to commemorate significant royal and national anniversaries.
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