Five Pounds (Pre-decimal), Coin Type from United Kingdom - Online Coin Club

Five Pounds (Pre-decimal), Coin Type from United Kingdom (issued 1820 - 1937)

Coin Type	Five Pounds (Pre-decimal)

Obverse
Effigy of the monarch, legend.

Obverse Inscription

Reverse

Reverse Inscription

Edge		Edge Inscription

All (11) Coins of Type: Five Pounds (Pre-decimal)

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Five Pounds 1820 (Pattern)	unknown	Portrait by Benedetto Pistrucci (Laureate Head)	GEORGIUS III D: G: BRITANNIARUM REX F: D: 1820
Five Pounds 1826 (Proof only)	150	Portrait by William Wyon (Bare Head)	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA 1826
Five Pounds 1831 (Pattern)	unknown	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII D:G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D:
Five Pounds 1839 Una and the Lion	400	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA D: G: BRITANNIARUM REGINA F: D:
Five Pounds 1887	54,641	Queen Victoria - Jubilee Head	VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REG: F: D:
Five Pounds 1893	21,178	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Five Pounds 1902	42,977	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII D: G: BRITT: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP:
Five Pounds 1911 (Proof only)	2,812	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Five Pounds 1937 Edward VIII (not released)	unknown	King Edward VIII by Thomas Humphrey Paget	EDWARDVS VIII D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP.
Five Pounds 1937 (Proof only)	5,501	King George VI - Bare Head	GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP.
Five Pounds 1953 (not released)	unknown	Queen Elizabeth II - First Portrait	ELIZABETH II DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REGINA F: D: +

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Five Pounds (Pre-decimal): Details

Country	United Kingdom
Currency	Pound Sterling (pre-decimal)
From	1820
To	1937
Face Value	5 (x Pound)
Current	No (demonetised 1971)
Material	0.9167 Gold
Designer
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Size (mm)	36
Mass (g)	39.9403

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Five Pounds (Pre-decimal): Photos

Image	Details
	Coin - 5 Pounds, George IV, Great Britain, 1826 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Source
	Pattern Coin - 5 Pounds, Queen Victoria, Great Britain, 1839 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Source
	Pattern Coin - 5 Pounds, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski Notes: St George (1887 - 1911). Source
	Coin - 5 Pounds, George IV, Great Britain, 1826 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Source
	Pattern Coin - 5 Pounds, Queen Victoria, Great Britain, 1839 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Source
	Pattern Coin - 5 Pounds, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Naomi Andrzejeski Source
	Proof Coin - 5 Pounds, Queen Victoria, Great Britain, 1893 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Source
	Coin - 5 Pounds, Edward VII, Great Britain, 1902 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Source
	Proof Coin - 5 Pounds, George V, Great Britain, 1911 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Notes: King George V (1911). Source
	Proof Coin - 5 Pounds, George VI, Great Britain, 1937 Copyright: Museums Victoria / CC BY Author: Justine Philip Notes: King George VI (1937). Source

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Five pounds (British gold coin) - Wikipedia