5 Pounds - Elizabeth II White Lion of Mortimer; 2 oz Fine Silver

5 Pounds - Elizabeth II (White Lion of Mortimer; 2 oz Fine Silver) - obverse5 Pounds - Elizabeth II (White Lion of Mortimer; 2 oz Fine Silver) - reverse

© The Royal Mint, 2020

Features

Issuer United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 2020
Value 5 Pounds
5 GBP = USD 6.32
Currency Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date)
Composition Silver (.9999)
Weight 62.42 g
Diameter 38.61 mm
Thickness 5.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
180354
References Sp# QBBSA8
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.

Series: The Queen's Beasts

Obverse

Fifth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·F·D·5 POUNDS·
J.C

Unabridged legend: Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensatrix

Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith

Engraver: Jody Clark

Reverse

White Lion of Mortimer supporting a shield portraying a white rose en soleil, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WHITE LION OF MORTIMER · 2oz · FINE SILVER · 999.9 · 2020
JC

Engraver: Jody Clark

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

The eighth design in The Queen's Beasts 2 ounce bullion series which began in 2016 with the Lion of England, there are a total of ten Beasts representing the statues that stood in Westminster Abbey on the Queen's Coronation in 1953. The original statues are now on display in the Canadian Museum of History at Gatineau, whilst James Woodford's sculpted replicas stand in the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, London.

This Jody Clark reverse design was struck in a variety of base and precious metal compositions and denominations.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
2020  $ 53 $ 53 Bullion

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