2011 £5 Crown

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Three commemorative crowns were issued in 2011. One to mark the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, another with a big ‘1’ as part of the countdown to the London Olympics and a third to mark the 90th birthday of Prince Philip.

Commemorative £5 Coin, Type 24:

Obverse Type (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):

Reverse Type (design by Mark Richards):

Edge: Milled edge.

Mintage for Circulation: 250,000

Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)

The story behind the design:

The obverse shows the Ian Rank-Broadley bust of the Queen. The reverse by Mark Richards shows the facing busts of Prince William and Kate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_William_and_Catherine_Middleton

 

Commemorative £5 Coin, Type 25: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):

Reverse Type (design by Claire Aldridge):

Edge: Milled edge.

Mintage for Circulation: 163,235

Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)

The story behind the design:

The obverse shows the Ian Rank-Broadley bust of the Queen. The reverse is by Claire Aldridge and features a digital style ‘1’, the London 2012 logo and some other bits and pieces! I think the series of Olympic countdown Crowns are among my least favourite commemorative crowns.

 

Commemorative £5 Coin, Type 26: (info on coin type numbers here)

Obverse Type (bust design by Ian Rank-Broadley):

Reverse Type (design by Mark Richards):

Edge: Milled edge.

Mintage for Circulation: 18,730

Collectability/Scarcity: 1 (for scale details see here)

The story behind the design:

The obverse shows the Ian Rank-Broadley bust of the Queen. The reverse is by Mark Richards and shows the face of Prince Philip facing right. Prince Philip was born on Corfu in 1921:

http://www.royal.gov.uk/thecurrentroyalfamily/thedukeofedinburgh/thedukeofedinburgh.aspx

 

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