Find out about Elizabeth And Philip 1972 here including value, rarity, demand and availability. Gold coins, silver coins, old milled coins, hammered coins, rare bank notes, all sorts of rare coins available – come and see. The British decimal twenty-five pence ( 25p) coin was a commemorative denomination of sterling coinage issued in four designs between 1972 and 1981. These coins were a post- decimalisation continuation of the traditional crown, with the same value of a quarter of a pound. Uniquely in British decimal coinage, the coins do not have their value stated on them. This is because previous crowns rarely did so. The British regular issue coin closest to the coin's nominal value is the twenty pence coin. Interestingly, this design does not feature the value of the coin on it, unlike today’s coins. Are There Any Other Versions Of The Coin? The Platinum Wedding Anniversary 1947 Heritage Coin and Stamp Set with a silver 1972 crown – In 2017, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrated their Platinum Wedding Anniversary. They were married in 1947, in the midst of post-war austerity, and no commemorative coins were issued at that time.

This is common practice for commemorative coins, as the Royal Mint likes to produce proof versions for collectors to buy alongside the standard version of the coin. How Many Were Minted? issued as part of four Crown Silver Proof Collection which also included a 1977 Silver Jubilee Crown, a 1980 Queen Mother's 80th Birthday Crown and a 1981 Royal Wedding Crown, sourced from the secondary market.We are frequently asked why the 1972 crown, and others do not carry a mark of value. It may be more relevant to ask why it is necessary for most modern coins to carry a statement of their value. In bygone times, most people knew what coins were worth, they did not need to rely on an inscription on the coin to inform them. This would be an interesting subject for further study.

From the introduction of the first crown in 1544, crowns did not carry a mark of value. Only briefly did crowns ever carry such a mark, the occasions being as follows, very rare Charles I Scarborough siege coinage, Commonwealth (1649 - 1660) crowns, and Charles II second issue hammered gold crowns. The value mark on all these was a letter "V", the Roman numeral for 5. Apart from these, the first time that crowns bore a denomination was from 1927, when the word "CROWN" appeared on them. The 1972 crown was the first British coin to have a face value of 25 pence. Previous crowns had been Five Shillings face value. The absence of an inscription denoting the face value now causes some confusion, particularly because, as from 1990, it appears to have been decided that future crowns would assume a Five Pounds face value. In 1972 Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip celebrated their Silver Wedding (25th) Anniversary. They had been married in 1947 and at the time no British coin was issued to celebrate the event. However, in 1972 it was decided to celebrate their anniversary with the issue of a commemorative crown coin.

Silver Wedding Crown 1947-1972 Rare British Coins

Silver Wedding Crown 1947-1972 coins for sale – or find out what is my Silver Wedding Crown 1947-1972 worth. The absence of an inscription denoting the face value now causes some confusion, particularly because, as from 1990, it appears to have been decided that future crowns would assume a Five Pounds face value. It’s important to note that the coins were not issued for standard circulation, as the Crown became much more of a commemorative coin in the 20th century compared to centuries before when it was an ordinary circulating coin that would be used in daily life. Does This Mean It Is Rare? To celebrate the Silver wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Reverse: The initials EP crowned and with a floral garland, with a naked figure of Eros at the centre. The inscription reads:

Another very interesting topic surrounding this coin is that it was minted in 1972, the year after decimalisation. These coins belong to Britain’s predecimal past. Their designs evoke fond memories of a time when twelve pennies made a shilling and twenty shillings made a pound. Today, having lived with decimal currency for over half a century, that coinage system seems distant, but it’s worth remembering that pounds, shillings and pence had been in use for over a thousand years. On the three crowns issued between 1951 and 1960, the value "Five Shillings" appeared, but this was again omitted from the Churchill Commemorative crown of 1965. Britain had only just completed decimalisation in 1971, it may have been sensible, with hindsight, to have shown the new decimal equivalent - 25 New Pence - on this and subsequent crown issues.Loads of superb coins, tokens, banknotes and coin collectibles from England and Britain, from Roman England through to Queen Elizabeth II. The Royal Mint issued British Pound coins in 16 different denominations, including this British Crown coin Elizabeth and Philip silver wedding anniversary (1972). They are part of the predecimal and withdrawn Pound Sterling coins series. The Royal Mint started issuing these 0.25 British Pound coins in 1972. They were withdrawn from circulation in 1972. Philip Nathan (1941) is a sculptor and coin designer. He trained at Guildford School of Art, 1957-62, where he specialized in carving and terracotta modelling, then at the Royal Academy Schools, where he won the silver medal for sculpture. Worked for the Royal Mint as engraver and designer, between 1965 and 1968. Between 1968 and 1973 he worked at the Franklin Mint.

A few years after the wedding Princess Elizabeth would succeed to the throne becoming Queen following the death of her father, King George, on 5 February 1952. Decimalisation The silver crown coin of 1972 was the first British crown ever to celebrate a royal marriage or anniversary. It was also the very first crown coin of the decimal era. This is interesting because a Crown had a face value of five shillings before decimalisation, and since the 1972 Silver Wedding crown was the first one to be minted post-decimalisation it had a face value of 25 pence instead.Gold investment products are VAT free. Silver investment products are inclusive of VAT at the current rate unless otherwise stated. Despite being produced in their millions and being available at face value from most post offices and banks, the ordinary business strike was a Royal Mint commemorative issue and not intended for general circulation. The reverse features the crown of St. Edward above shields bearing the Royal Arms and the Coat of Arms of Prince Philip, separated by an anchor. A dazzling range of fine rare coins up for sale to coin collectors including guineas through to old pennies.