5 Pounds - Elizabeth II (4th Portrait) - Millennium
Obverse: © smithymx67
Reverse: © smithymx67
Commemorated Event
The end of the second millennium AD
Description
This coin was issued to mark the new millennium, there was also a version in 2000 which featured a Millennium Dome privy mark.
Key Details
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GBR)
Issuer
The Royal Mint
Currency
Pound Sterling (decimalized)
GBP - £
1971 - to date
Type
Non Circulating
Years
1999 - 2000
Alignment
Medal ↑↑
Shape
Round
Diameter (⌀)
38.61 mm
Thickness
3.2 mm
Weight
28.28 g
Face Value
5 Pounds (5 GBP)
Demonetized
No
Composition
Cupronickel
Obverse (heads)
Obverse Description
Fourth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, with legend around.
Obverse Designer
Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS
Obverse Lettering
ELIZABETH · II · D · G REG · F · D · 1999
IRB
Obverse Unabridged Lettering
Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensatrix
Obverse Lettering Translation
Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith
Reverse (tails)
Reverse Description
The British Isles with clock hands centred on Greenwich set to 12 o'clock with dates and denomination around.
Reverse Designer
Jeffrey Matthews
Reverse Lettering
1999 2000
ANNO DOMINI
JM
FIVE POUNDS
Reverse Lettering Translation
The year of our Lord
Edge
Edge Description
Plain with incuse wording
Edge Lettering
WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE
Mints
Royal Mint, Llantrisant
1968 - to date
Mintage
Year
Mintage
Quality
1999
Brilliant Uncirculated
1999
3,700,000
Circulated
2000
27,546
Brilliant Uncirculated
2000
3,197,739
Circulated
2000
72,469
Proof