5 Cents - Elizabeth II 1st portrait

Features

Issuer	Eastern Caribbean States
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1955-1965
Value	5 Cents (0.05 BWI$)
Currency	British West Indies dollar (1935-1965)
Composition	Nickel brass (79% Copper, 20% Zinc, 1% Nickel)
Weight	5 g
Diameter	21 mm
Thickness	2 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 899
References	KM# 4 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 4 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Obverse

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to the right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND
CT

Engraver: Cecil Thomas

Reverse

The "Golden Hind", ship of Sir Francis Drake (1542-1596), corsair and English explorer

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BRITISH CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES
FIVE CENTS
5 5
1965
· EASTERN GROUP ·

Engraver: Thomas Humphrey Paget

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1955	8 600 000	$ 0.15	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.58	$ 0.73	$ 1.30	$ 1.50	2 different thicknesses; see comments	56%
1955	2 000								Proof	0.6%
1956	2 000 000		$ 0.25	$ 0.25	$ 0.76	$ 0.76				17%
1956									Proof	0.19%
1960	1 000 000			$ 0.24	$ 0.59	$ 2.60				9%
1960									Proof	0.3%
1962	1 300 000		$ 0.23	$ 0.25	$ 0.47	$ 1.00				12%
1962									Proof	0.2%
1963	200 000				$ 0.30					4%
1963									Proof	0.12%
1964	1 350 000		$ 0.29	$ 0.29	$ 0.41	$ 0.71				13%
1964									Proof	0.2%
1965	2 400 000	$ 0.10	$ 0.19	$ 0.30	$ 0.46	$ 0.79	$ 0.80	$ 1.10		41%
1965									Proof	0.6%
1965									Prooflike	0.6%

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