£2 & £5 added today

Filling in a few missing items from my £5/Crown folder collection

1996
£5 in folder of issue
70th birthday of Queen Elizabeth
Designed by Avril Vaughan
3 Flags depicting the Royal standard/Union flag/Queens personal flag along with 2 penants dated 1926 & 1996 with Windsor castle in the background
Queen Elizabeth II by Maklouf



The obverse has a wonderful golden toning to it

1999
£5 in folder of issue
Princess Diana Memorial Issue
Designed by David Cornell
Portrait of Princess Diana 1961-1979
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley



2001
£5 in folder of issue
Victorian Age Anniversary
Designed by Mary Milner
Glass panes of the Crystal palace with a young head of Queen Victoria 1901-2001
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley

 

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I have to wonder who would be more upset about being on the same coin, the Queen or Diana? Seems like they made Diana look very plain and that is not how I remember her. Nice additions Steve!

 

LOL conspiracy theorist Thanks Darryl hope to have a couple more arriving shortly another £5 and a 50p in folders :thumb:

 

Exactly. Look forward to seeing the new pieces.

 

Good thing is I am now down to needing only 2 more 50p coins in folders, 6 x £5 and a lot of £2 ones LOL just checked and I actualy have 2 £5 on the way

 

Couple more arrived this morning

1998
50p in folder of issue
50th anniversary of the National Health Service
Designed by David Cornell
Caring hands holding sun's rays
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley


2007
£5 in folder of issue
Diamond Wedding Anniversary of the Queen & Prince Phillip
Designed by Emma Noble
The rose window of Westminster Abbey accompanied by the Latin inscription TVEATVR VNITA DEVS - May God guard these united kingdoms
Conjoined heads by Ian Rank-Broadley
Edge inscription: MY STRENGTH AND STAY

 

Added another £5 in folder today and hope to pick up 2 of the 3 Millenium issues next week (I have 1) so this collection is getting there unfortunatly the 2002 Queen Mother commem I bought has gone walk abouts in the Postal system so not too happy about that

Lattest addition
2003
£5 in folder of issue
Coronation 50th anniversary
Designed by Tom Phillips
Central motif God save the Queen - Coronation Jubilee
New portrait of Queen Elizabeth

 

Forgot that I had not actualy scanned these

2011
50p in folder of issue
50th Anniversary of the World Wildlife fund
Designed by Mathew Dent
Variouse animals helped by the fund with the Giant Panda in the center
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley


2011
£2 in folder of issue
400th Anniversary of the King James Bible
Designed by Paul Stafford & Benjamin Wright
Depicting 2 Types of printing the Original Printing block and the Modern Recessed text
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley
Edge inscription The Authorised Version


2011
£2 in folder of issue
500th Anniversary of the Mary Rose
Designed by John Bergdhal
The Mary Rose
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley
Edge inscription Your Noblest Shippe 1511


2011
£5 in folder of issue
90th Birthday of HRH Prince Phillip
Designed by Marc Richards
Portrait of Prince Philip
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley

 

This now gives me all the Millenium issues (official)

2000
£5 in folder of issue
Millennium
Designed by Jeffrey Matthews
Clock face showing time as midnight. Map of Great Britain and Ireland, arranged so that Greenwich is at the centre of the clock 1999-2000
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley
Edge Inscription WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE


2000
£5 in folder of issue
Millennium Dome Issue
Designed by Jeffrey Matthews
Clock face showing time as midnight. Map of Great Britain and Ireland, arranged so that Greenwich is at the centre of the clock 1999-2000
Dome Privy Mark at 3 O Clock
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley
Edge Inscription WHAT'S PAST IS PROLOGUE
Sold only at the Millennium Dome for a Premium


I am not 100% sure but I think there might be a Advertising issue as well will have to check into that

 

Since Greenwich is in the middle of the coin (which, in combination with the clock and its hands, is a nice idea), one has to wonder where that Millennium Dome is located. Roughly halfway between Cologne and Frankfurt maybe?

Still, I like the design. I have that coin too - the dotless one though ...

Christian

 

LOL I like that Christian now then you say you have the dotless one but which dotless one would that be yep there are 2 one is dated 1999 and the other 2000 (good way of making money for the mint 3 diffrent issues of basicly the same coin LOL)

 

Ah, I just have one of those three (or even more if you include the silver and gold varieties). Mine is dated 2000, and since I do not collect "by year" anyway but rather by design, that one is enough for me.

Of this year's special issues (which I have too), I like the King James Bible design best because it combines the text from the Bible and the aspect of printing. The WWF coin design is interesting too, as I have not seen many coins in such a style so far. The fourth or fifth design like that, however, I would find dull.

Philip's portrait, well, it shows an interesting perspective, better than the Charles portrait on the £5 coin from 2008. But this new one does not "go along" very well, style wise, with the Queen's portrait. The Mary Rose coin is a little too ornate for me, with the font used for the ship's name, and the doo-dads on the ring. But I know that many collectors find ships on coins attractive ...

Christian

 

It was pointed out to me the similarity in design between the newer Jeffersons and the Prince phillip so I checked it out and yep there is a similarity LOL

 

3 more folders arrived this morning

2004
£2 in folder of issue
Bicentenary of the Steam locomotive
Designed by Robert Lowe "toothed wheel" inscription 2004 R. TREVITHICK
1804 INVENTION-INDUSTRY-PROGRESS
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley
Edge inscription Decorative design intended to represent a railway track


2007
£2 in folder of issue
Bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire
Designed by David Gentelman
1807 with the 0 as part of a broken chain AN ACT FOR THE ABOLITION OF
THE SLAVE TRADE
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley
Edge inscription: AM I NOT A MAN AND A BROTHER


2007
£2 in folder of issue
Tercentenary of the Acts of Union 1707
Designed by Yvonne Holton
Split into four jigsaw pieces, Scottish thistle in the top left,
English rose in the bottom right, parliamentary gates in the top right
and bottom left. 2007-1707
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley
Edge inscription: UNITED INTO ONE KINGDOM

 

This one has just arrived this evening

£2 Silver Proof
500th Anniversary of the Mary Rose
Designed by John Bergdhal
The Mary Rose
Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank-Broadley
Edge inscription Your Noblest Shippe 1511

 

i have said many times that the WWF 50p is the best coin the uk has produced in many many years..........