Five Pounds 2000 Queen Mother, Coin from United Kingdom - detailed information

The obverse shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwald portraits.

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).

Around the effigy is the monarch's legend and the date: ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D · 2000. Translated from Latin: Elizabeth the Second, by the grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith 2000.

The reverse shows the portrait of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother wearing a diamond tiara and pearl earrings, facing left. The portrait is flanked on both sides by a group of celebrating people waving flags.

Around, the inscription reads QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER; inside that, around left are the anniversary dates 1900-2000 and around right the value and denomination FIVE POUNDS.

In the field below the portrait, a representation of her signature: Elizabeth R (R stands for Regina - Latin for "Queen").

The artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley) are in the left field.

The circulation mintage figure of 3,147,092 supplied by the Royal Mint includes both commemorative crown coins of 2000; it is not clear how it is distributed between them. We have (simplistically) assumed equal mintages but please keep in mind that this is arbitrary and the mintage quoted here (1,573,546) is not real.

The coin was not included in the year's mint sets, which had the 2000 Millennium £5 instead.