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United Kingdom pre-decimal commemorative coins catalog

United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Crown=5 shillings; Florin=2 shillings; Shilling=12 pence; Penny=4 farthings (till 1968)

George V (1910-1936)

1 crown 1935
silver
Silver Jubilee of Reign
CROWN 1935 / St. George slaying the dragon
CEORGIVS V D G BRITT OMN REX F D IMD IMP / Head left
Coin value - $20-25

George VI (1936-1952)

Crown 1951
copper-nickel
Festival of Britain
1951 / St. George slaying the dragon
FIVE SHILLINGS / GEORGIVS VI D G BR OMN REX F D / Head left
KM#880
Coin value - $6-8

Elizabeth II (since 1952)

Pre-decimal coinage (1952-1968)

Crown 1960
copper-nickel
British Exhibition in New York 1960
1960 /Crown at center of cross formed by rose, shamrock, leek and thistle, shields of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in angles
FIVE SHILLINGS / ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D / Laureate bust right
KM#909
Coin value - $6-8

Crown 1965
copper-nickel
Death of Winston Churchill
CHURCHILL / bust of Churchill right
FIVE SHILLINGS / ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D / 1965 / Laureate bust right
KM#910
Coin value - $1-2

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