Elizabeth II 1953 Coronation Crown Five Shillings

Commemorative issue
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953

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.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRATIA·BRITT OMN·REGINA·FIDEI·DEFENSOR
EIIR EIIR
GL
FIVE SHILLINGS

Unabridged legend: Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Britanniarum Omnium Regina Fidei Defensor

Translation: Elizabeth II by the Grace of God Queen of all the Britains Defender of the Faith

Engraver: Gilbert Ledward

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.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
19 53
EF CT

Engravers: Edgar Fuller, Cecil Thomas

Edge
Plain with incuse lettering.

Lettering: FAITH AND TRUTH I WILL BEAR UNTO YOU +

S4136

In plastic capsule from the Proof Set

Uncirculated with lustre