1083361 | GREAT BRITAIN. Elizabeth II. (Queen, 1952-2022). 1960 Copper-Nickel 5 Shillings (= 1 Crown). PCGS PL63 (Prooflike). By Mary Gillick. Edge: Reeded. ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F·D·// FIVE SHILLINGS. oung laureate bust of HM Queen Elizabeth II right, legend around. / 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 of the year, 1960. KM 909; SCBC-4143; ESC-4337 Type B/1 (Prev. ESC-393L).

Commemorative issue for the British Exhibition in New York, 1960.


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The standard weight of these coins was 10/11 troy ounce (436.4 grains). Under the Coinage Act of 1946, the composition changed from .500 silver to .750 copper/.250 nickel but the weight remained unchanged.

This coin was not included in demonetization legislation when decimalization was introduced in 1971. It has been confirmed by the Royal Mint that the coin remains legal tender, having been remonetized with a value of 25 pence.