Description

Great Britain Crown (five shillings) 1960.

Subject: British Exhibition in New York.

Obverse: Young laureate bust of HM Queen Elizabeth II right, legend around, engraver's initials on truncation.

Engraver: Mary Gillick.

Legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F·D· - FIVE SHILLINGS. (Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith).

Reverse: The four quarterings of the Royal Arms each contained in a shield and arranged in saltire with, in the intervening spaces, a rose, a thistle, a sprig of shamrock and a leek; in the centre the Crown and in the base the date.

Engraver: Edgar Fuller, Cecil Thomas.

Copper-Nickel,, 28.28g, 38.61mm, reeded edge.

Catalogue: Spink# 4143, KM# 909.

Royal mint, London, 1,024,000.

Grade: Uncirculated, small scratch on the obverse.