Gold Five Ounces 2015 Longest Reigning Monarch, Coin from United Kingdom - detailed information

Crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right. The Queen wears the "George IV State Diadem" - which she also has on the Raphael Maklouf and the Jody Clark portraits.

In small letters to the left of the head, the artist's initials JB (for James Butler).

Around right, the monarch's legend: ELIZABETH II · DEI · GRA · REG · F · D ·. Translated from Latin: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith.

The face value, denomination and date TEN POUNDS · 2015 are around left, facing the opposite way.

The reverse shows each of the five definitive portraits of Queen Elizabeth II which have been used on regular coinage of the United Kingdom, creating a time-line effect.

From left to right, the First Portrait by Mary Gillick (1953), the Second Portrait by Arnold Machin (1965), Third Portrait by Raphael David Maklouf (1985), Fourth Portrait by Ian Rank-Broadley (1998) and Fifth Portrait by Jody Clark (2015).

Below the portraits, the Queen's monogram E II R (abbreviated from Elizabeth II Regina, from Latin: Elizabeth the Second, Queen), crowned with the Imperial State Crown.

Around below, the inscription THE LONGEST REIGN.

The artist's initials ST (for Stephen Taylor) are below the monogram. The value, denomination and date are on the obverse.

There are two versions of the five ounce coin - in gold and in silver, both with face value of ten pounds.