Five Pounds 2012 Diamond Jubilee, Coin from United Kingdom - detailed information

The obverse shows a commemorative bust of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II wearing a tiara and the robes of the Order of the Garter, facing right. The portrait is inspired by the sculpture mounted in the entrance to the Supreme Court building on Parliament Square in London.

Around above, divided by the tiara, the monarch's legend ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D ·; translated from Latin: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith. Following the legend, around right, are the value and denomination FIVE POUNDS.

The artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley) are in the lower left of the Queen's robe.

At centre, the young portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (her First Effigy by Mary Gillick) above a laurel wreath tied with a ribbon.

To the left of the portrait, the date 2012.

To the right, in five lines, DIRIGE DEVS GRESSVS MEOS (alternatively spelled as DIRIGE DEUS GRESSUS MEOS; however, the letter U did not originally exist in the Latin alphabet and V was used instead). Translated from Latin, this means "May God Guide My Steps" and was first used on British coinage on the commemorative £5 coin known as Una and the Lion issued in 1839 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Victoria.

The artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley) are in relief under the ribbon tying the wreath.

Precious metal coins have a plain edge with incuse inscription: A VOW MADE GOOD; CupoNickel coins have a milled edge with no inscription.

Mintage figure comprised of:
484,775 brilliant uncirculated coins in presentation folder
18,948 brilliant uncirculated coins in PNC
unknown number in brilliant uncirculated mint sets (probably included above)
25,077 proofs
Off-metal strikes not included.

The silver version of the coin was also issued in a three-coin Commonwealth Mints set together with a silver Australian 50 Cents and a silver Canadian $20 (mintage 4,000).

Crown and 50p coins issued in the United Kingdom to commemorate Royal Jubilee and Coronation anniversary events include:
- Crown (25p) Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee 1977
- £5 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee 2002
- £5 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee 2012
- £5 Queen Elizabeth II Sapphire Jubilee 2017
- £5 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Sapphire Anniversary 2018
- £5 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee 2022
- £5 Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee (Equestrian Effigy) 2022
- 50 Pence Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee 2022
- 50 Pence Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee (Equestrian Effigy) 2022