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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 205310, member: 669&quot;]The QEII coronation crown (KM#894) which had a mintage of 5,963,000 business strikes, and 40,000 proofs, is valued in the 2007 20th Century 34th Ed. at $7.50 XF, $15 Unc., $45 (normal proofs), and much more for the 20-30 special proofs and the 2 matte proofs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I find it very hard to believe that the 1951 commemorative crown (KM#880) of which 2,004,000 were minted to commemorate the &quot;Festival of Britain&quot; didn&#039;t circulate, at least in Great Britain if not elsewhere in the Commonwealth.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many million more Crowns were minted in 1960, and 1965 (the 9-million+ famous/infamous two headed Churchill Crown).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Their 25 New Pence decimal equivalent was also minted by the millions as circulating commemoratives in 1972, 1977, 1980, and 1981.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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