United Kingdom 5 Shillings - Elizabeth II, 1953

5 Shillings from United Kingdom. Issued in 1953. Struck in Copper-nickel (75% Cu, 25% Ni). Measures 38.61 mm and weighs 28.28 g.

Obverse

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II mounted on her horse Winston, dressed in her uniform as Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards and as worn by The Queen during the ceremony of Trooping the Colour. (Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen of all the Britains Defender of the Faith)

Reverse

The four quarterings of the Royal Arms each contained in a shield and arranged in saltire with, in the intervening spaces, a rose, a thistle, a sprig of shamrock and a leek; in the centre the Crown and in the base the date.

Edge

Plain with incuse lettering.