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Queen Elizabeth II was still Princess Elizabeth when she married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten on 20th November 1947. The wedding took place in Westminster Abbey and was the occasion of widespread public rejoicing. To mark their Diamond Wedding Anniversary, in November 2007 the Royal Mint issued a £5 coin bearing two specially created designs. Crown's & £5 coins: home: Fifty pence: Olympic fifty pence: Two pound coin: Mintage figures are for circulated quality coins unless stated as BU, 2008 to date are all BU.

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Five Guineas
Charles II,James II,William & Mary,William III,Anne,George I,George II,George III

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George III,George IV,William IV,Victoria,Edward VII,George V,George VI,Elizabeth II

It is stressed that the following prices are a guide only, and inUK pounds. They represent what you might have to pay a dealer,rather than what you might be able to sell them for.
I can take no personal responsibility for their accuracy, although every efforthas been made to ensure that they have been copied correctly. In addition itshould be noted that the price of gold coins is very dependent on the bullionvalue of gold.

Some prices given below may well be out of date, as gold prices can fluctuate markedly.The bullion value of a modern five pound gold coin was about £1619 ($2175) on 4th November 2020, whereas on 8th March 2015 it was £880. Live bullion values may be available on my Bullion Value page.

The information has generally been taken from the UK monthly magazineCoin News,and is reproduced by the kind permission of
Token Publishing Ltd, 40 Southernhay East, Exeter, EX1 1PE

Condition Grades

The headings F, VF, EF and Unc refer to the condition grades of the coins. A guide toevaluating grades is found on my UK Coin Values Index page.
Proof coins relatively often found are listed, but the absence of a mention does not mean thata proof of that year does not exist.

Five Guineas

Charles II

First Bust (pointed truncation)

el: elephant below bust (1677/5 has the elephant)
ec: elephant and castle below bust
a: bust 1

Second bust (rounded truncation)

James II

William & Mary

ec: elephant and castle below busts
1694 is known with the overdate 4/2. Slightly higher price than normal.

William III

ec: elephant and castle below bust
The 1701 coin has a different 'fine-work' bust.

Anne

V: VIGO below bust
bu: pre-union - separate England/Scotland shieldsPost-Union

au: post-union - conjoined England/Scotland shields

George I

George II

George III

Extracted from Coin News February 2020

Five Pounds

Some lower prices given below may well be out of date, as gold prices can fluctuate markedly.The bullion value of a modern five pound gold coin was about £1320 ($1739) on 12th December 2019. Live bullion values should be available on my Bullion Value page.

George III

George IV

William IV

Victoria

Una and the Lion IssueJubilee IssueOld Head Issue

Edward VII

George V

George VI

Extracted from Coin News December 2019

Elizabeth II

The following list applies to the standard St.George reverse Five Pound coins,or those matching the other sovereign designs that year.

Uncirculated coins up to 2001 can be distinguished from proofs by thepresence of a U in a circle, usually to the left of the date. These are indicated by BU below.However, regular issue bullion coins without the U were issued in 2000and 2002. These are indicated by 'Bull'.

Prices given below may well be out of date, as gold prices can fluctuate markedly.The bullion value of a modern five pound gold coin was about £1619 ($2175) on 4th December 2020. Live bullion values are normally available on my Bullion Value page.

First portrait

Second (Machin) portrait

Third (Maklouf) portrait

Modified Maklouf portrait

Sovereign Anniversary Issue

Third portrait

Fourth (Rank-Broadley) portrait

Shield Reverse

Fourth portrait

Noad Reverse

Fourth portrait

Day's Reverse

Fourth portrait

Fifth (Clark) portrait
Designs after 2016 vary - full details not yet available

Values extracted from Coin News November 2020.

Fuller details of the post-1971 gold coins of Queen Elizabeth can be foundon the Decimal Gold or Decimal Crowns pages

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