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<\/p>\nThe collection entitled Portraits of a Queen is in tribute to the centenary anniversary of the birth\u00a0of Queen Elizabeth II. The fourth effigy of Queen Elizabeth II is the work of esteemed sculptor Rank-Broadley FRBS whose most recognised work would be the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II that has appeared on all UK and Commonwealth coinage from its introduction in 1998. Over the years, Rank-Broadley has established a reputation as one of Britain\u2019s leading sculptors. In 1996, he received an invitation to participate in a competition to design a new royal effigy and a recurring theme, the sculptor was not pleased with the photographs supplied for the design and looking at further images highlighted a challenge \u2013 he needed to be respectful and reflect a sense of The Queen\u2019s age, at that time she was celebrating her 70th birthday. During his studies and travels, Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS developed a great admiration for the work of the famed Italian engraver Benedetto Pistrucci. Taking inspiration from Pistrucci\u2019s portrait of King George III created in 1817, in which the monarch\u2019s head crowds the field of the coin, he submitted three versions of his model to the Royal Mint Advisory Committee. Short-listed for trial pieces, he was sure the strength of his design would win through, as the large portrait filled as much as the fields of the smaller new version 5, 10 and 50 pence coins as artistically possible.<\/p>\n
As a sculptor, Rank-Broadley found the shallowness of the coin\u2019s relief frustrating and came to see this as a challenge to render the image successfully. It took months of additional work to perfect the design and overcome the technical issues faced by the unique medium of coinage. By the release date of the new effigy into circulation in early 1998, the design depicted a realistic portrait of a subject that in the artist\u2019s own words needed no flattery.<\/p>\n
\u201cAge is no respecter of persons, royal or otherwise, and although I was aware that my work might attract criticism, I felt that it was essential to the integrity of the project for the portrait to be a recognisable one, and not over-idealised.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ian Rank-Broadley.<\/p>\n
Ultimately, the\u00a0design\u00a0was\u00a0considered\u00a0as one\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0best\u00a0effigies\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Queen which has been described as mature, life-like and enduring. Rank-Broadley\u2019s effigy was replaced on British coinage in 2015 but his likeness of the Queen was retained by other British Commonwealth and colonial coinage.<\/p>\n
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The portrait on the reverse of the coin has been re-mastered by Gordon Summers, Chief Engraver at The Royal Mint and replicates the second definitive coinage portrait of Elizabeth II, designed by sculptor and artist Ian Rank-Broadley and introduced in 1998. The background includes a linear design and the text placed along the right rim reads PORTRAIT OF A QUEEN 1998 \u2013 2015. The obverse of each coin option features the definitive effigy of HM King Charles III designed by Martin Jennings. The denomination\u00a05 POUNDS\u00a0or\u00a025 POUNDS\u00a0and year of issue\u00a02026\u00a0also appears on the obverse as part of the legend surrounding the King\u2019s likeness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
DenominationMetalWeightDiameterQualityLimited Mintage5 PoundsCupro-nickel28.2 g.38.6 mm.BUunlimited5 Pounds.925 Silver28.2 g.38.6 mm.Proof39105 Pounds.925 Silver56.5 g.38.6 mm.Proof15105 Pounds.999 Silver62.2 g.40 mm.Proof30025 Pounds999.9 Gold7.8 g.22 mm.Proof1255 Pounds.9167 Gold39.94 g.38.6 mm.Proof160<\/p>\n
Available from the 20th January, the BU Cupro-nickel crown coins are housed in a blister-pak type folder with informative text and illustrations.\u00a0The silver proof coins are encapsulated and presented in black\u00a0leatherette matte cases accompanied with numbered certificates of authenticity. The gold proof coins are encapsulated and presented in polished gloss wood cases accompanied with a certificate of authenticity.\u00a0For additional information, please visit the e-webshop<\/a> of the Royal Mint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The collection entitled Portraits of a Queen is in tribute to the centenary anniversary of the birth\u00a0of Queen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[20845,20829,20842,20827,20834,20833,20819,20820,20821,20822,20823,20824,20839,20835,20832,20828,20843,20830,20840,9,24,63,20836,20837,20826,20831,122,124,123,20825,20844,20838,20841],"class_list":{"0":"post-113210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-ase","9":"tag-bluesheet","10":"tag-buffalo-nickel","11":"tag-bullion-value","12":"tag-china-gold","13":"tag-chinese-coin-price","14":"tag-coin-dealer-newsletter","15":"tag-coin-prices","16":"tag-coin-values","17":"tag-currency-prices","18":"tag-currency-values","19":"tag-gold-coin","20":"tag-gold-panda","21":"tag-gold-value","22":"tag-goldsheet","23":"tag-greysheet","24":"tag-mercury-dime","25":"tag-monthly-supplement","26":"tag-morgan-dollar","27":"tag-new-york","28":"tag-new-york-city","29":"tag-nyc","30":"tag-panda-coin","31":"tag-panda-coin-value","32":"tag-platinum-coin","33":"tag-quarterly","34":"tag-queens","35":"tag-queens-headlines","36":"tag-queens-news","37":"tag-silver-coin","38":"tag-silver-eagle","39":"tag-silver-panda","40":"tag-walking-liberty-half"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}