Name: 1980 Queen Mother Crown Cover St Pauls Walden-Bury
SKU: 70173
Price: 5.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

1980 Queen Mother Crown Cover St Pauls Walden-Bury

£5.00

Country: United Kingdom
Year: 1980
Value: 25 New Pence (0.25 GBP)
Currency: Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date)
Composition: Copper-nickel
Weight: 28.28 g
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Thickness: 3.2 mm
Shape: Round
Finish: Brilliant Uncirculated

1 in stock

Description

A crown tariffed at 25 pence was issued in August 1980 to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Queen Mother. Her left facing portrait on the reverse of the coin was the first time a person other than the reigning monarch had been portrayed on a British coin in their own lifetime. The design features her effigy surrounded by a radiating pattern of bows and lions; a pun on her family name of Bowes-Lyon.