The original value of the United Kingdom Crown was Five
Shillings. Queen Elizabeth II Crowns come in two values, namely
five shilling or twenty-five pence and five pounds. The reason for
this is because as a result of inflation, it was decided in 1990 that
future issues of crown sized coins would have a face value of Five
Pounds.
The Three Issues of the Five
Shilling Queen Elizabeth II Crown Coin
Only three Queen Elizabeth II Crown Coins were issued before decimalisation in 1971.
1953 Queen
Elizabeth's Coronation Crown. The first Five Shilling Crown was to
celebrate the coronation and shows the Queen riding on horseback.
1960 New York Exhibition Crown. The
second was a more conventional crown with the same reverse and was
struck for the British Trade Fair in New York, but this time the
obverse shows the Mary Gillick portrait of the Queen.
1965 Churchill Commemorative Crown. The final
crown before decimalisation was struck after the death of Sir Winston
Churchill. There are two varieties of this Crown, differing on the
reverse in the shape of the R.
The Four Issues of the Twenty-Five Pence Queen Elizabeth II Crown Coin
Only four Queen Elizabeth II Twenty-Five Pence Crowns were issued before the revaluation of the crown to Five Pounds.
1972 Queen's
Silver Wedding Anniversary Crown. The first twenty-five pence crown was
struck to commemorate the Queen's 25th Wedding Anniversary.
1977 Queen's Silver
Jubilee Crown. The second was struck to commemorate the 25th
Anniversary of the Queens Accession to the throne.
1980 Queen
Mother's 80th Birthday Crown. The third twenty-five pence crown was
struck to commemorate the Queen Mother's 80th Birthday.
1981 Charles
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