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Issue Date Smaller version - June 1990
(Larger version introduced 1968, demonetised 1990) |
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Since 1990
18.0mm
3.25grms
1.7mm
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Cupro-nickel 75% copper, 25% nickel
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Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen
1990 -1997 Raphael Maklouf
1998 to date Ian Rank-Broadley
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A thistle crowned, the Badge of Scotland
Designer Christopher Ironside
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With the introduction of the decimal coinage in 1971 the pre-decimal one shilling coin was re-denominated as a 5p coin and these old shilling coins continued to circulate alongside the 5p coin until 1990.
After a review of the United Kingdom coinage in 1987, the Government announced its intention to issue a smaller 5p coin.
The current 5p coin was issued on 27 June 1990 and as at 31 December 2005 there were an estimated 3,659 million 5p coins.
The 5p coin is legal tender for amounts up to �5.
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| Crown Copyright Royal Mint |
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Last Updated: 01/07/2008
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