Crowns
Crowns were originally silver coins with a face value or denomination of five shillings. They are, or were, our largest circulating coin for many centuries. First issued in 1551, they have continued in production to the present day. The last issue which was extensively used in circulation was that of 1902. Although a few worn coins of later dates turn up, most of them were never circulated, as people tended to keep them as souvenirs, and they have increasingly been used to commemorate special occasions.
In 1990, two things happened to crowns. Firstly all new issued were re-tariffed as five pounds instead of five shillings or their decimal equivalent twenty five pence, secondly, the Mint started to produce and market collector versions in silver and gold proof editions.
This page is exclusively for these new gold proof commemorative five pound crowns.

Confusion?
Since 1820, there have been eight issues of gold five pound coins, three of which entered into spasmodic circulation, and the newly promoted crowns issued from 1990 onwards can easily be confused with the original quintuple sovereigns, as we now term the non-crown gold five pounds. To add to the confusion, the Mint have also been in the habit, since 1980 of issuing old quintuple sovereigns in proof, "brilliant uncirculated" , and "bullion" versions.
Many people now think all crown are five pounds, which is not true, others believe all five pounds are crowns, which is also inaccurate.

Gold Proof Commemorative £5 Crown Coins For Sale:-
Prices & Availability All prices are subject to gold bullion price fluctuations.

Notes
All the above coins come complete with original box and certificate as originally issued unless marked *.
* (In Date Column) = Coins which were only issued as part of a complete proof set. These do not have box or certificate which obviously would only come with the complete set, which we have split.
* (In Mintage Column) = Quantity issued separately, additional coins issued in gold coin sets .
V* = 1994 Proof Without Box and Certificate.
Bullion* = Uncirculated, not boxed.
B.U. = Brilliant Uncirculated with box and certificate.

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Postage & Packing
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EU Insured Post £10 per order, plus £1 per £1,000
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