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Detailed information about Coin: Five Pence 1993 (Proof and mints sets only) from United Kingdom
| Description | Issued in Royal Mint coins sets only (56,945 in uncirculated sets, 43,509 in standard proof sets and 22,571 proofs in a red leather case), not for general circulation. |
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| Country | United Kingdom | Currency | Pound Sterling | ||||||
| Face value | 5 (x Penny) | Type | Five Pence (CuproNickel, Ironside design) | ||||||
| Year | 1993 | Current | Yes | ||||||
| Mintage | 123,025 (123025) | ||||||||
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| Material | CuproNickel | Designer | Christopher Ironside | ||||||
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II | Effigy | Portrait by Raphael David Maklouf (Third Portrait) | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 18 | Thickness (mm) | 1.7000 | ||||||
| Mass (g) | 3.2500 | ||||||||
| Obverse | Crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing pearls (effigy known as the "Third Portrait", by Raphael David Maklouf); around, the legend and date ELIZABETH · II D · G · REG · F · D · 1993 (Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith). In tiny letters on neck truncation, the designer's initials RDM. |
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| Obverse inscription | ELIZABETH · II D · G · REG · F · D · 1993 | ||||||||
| Reverse | A crowned thistle (formally, "The Badge of Scotland, a thistle royally crowned"), with the numeral "5" below the thistle and the denomination FIVE PENCE around above. |
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| Reverse inscription | 5 FIVE PENCE | ||||||||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof FDC in leatherette case | 43,509 (included in main number) | |
| Proof FDC in red leather case | 22,571 (included in main number) |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Great Britain KM# 937b |
| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | 4372 |
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| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | Mintage | |||
| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | Varieties | Proof FDC, mint sets |
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