1 Pound - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Menai Bridge

Features

Issuer	United Kingdom (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	2005
Value	1 Pound (1 GBP)
Currency	Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date)
Composition	Nickel brass
Weight	9.5 g
Diameter	22.5 mm
Thickness	3.15 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	15 October 2017
Number	N# 2763
References	KM# 1051 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Sp# J19 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (Spink). London, United Kingdom (29 volumes).

Commemorative issue

Wales

Series: Regional Bridge series

Obverse

Fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH·II·D·G REG·F·D·2005
IRB

Unabridged legend: Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensatrix

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

Engraver: Ian Rank-Broadley

Reverse

A representation of the Menai Bridge inside a border of railings and stanchions.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ONE POUND

Engraver: Edwina Ellis

Edge

Milled with a decorative pattern symbolising bridges and pathways

Mint

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

Comments

The second of four Edwina Ellis bridge designs, representing Wales, the Menai Suspension Bridge (Welsh: Pont Grog y Borth) is a suspension bridge that carries road traffic between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. The bridge was opened on 30 January 1826 and on 28 February 2005 the bridge was promoted to UNESCO as a candidate World Heritage Site.

Issued for circulation as well as in the Annual sets in both Brilliant Uncirculated (51,776 sales) and Proof quality, the coin was also issued individually in a BU pack (24,802 sales) as well as in a triple coin pack with the Gunpowder Plot £2 and Samuel Johnson Dictionary 50p (10,822 sales), the coin was also struck in silver proof, silver piedfort and gold proof.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2005	99 429 500	$ 1.30	$ 1.40	$ 1.40	$ 1.60	$ 1.60	$ 2.80	$ 3.20		97%
2005	87 400							$ 6.10	BU	1.7%
2005	40 563							$ 5.60	Proof	1.9%

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