Queen: Elizabeth II (1952-date)
Type: Non-circulating coin
Year: 1980
Composition: Copper - Nickel
Weight: 28.28 g
Diameter: 38.61 mm
Thickness: 2.89 mm
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑
Commemorative issue: 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Obverse: Second crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around
Lettering: ELIZABETH II D·G·REG·F·D·
Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith (Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensatrix)
Engraver: Arnold Machin
Reverse: Central portrait of the Queen Mother surrounded by a radiating pattern of symbolic bows and lions, which are an allusion to her family name.
Lettering: QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER - AUGUST 4th 1980
Engraver: Richard Guyatt
Edge: Reeded
Struck at The Royal Mint - The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London 1980
References: KM# 921