GREAT_BRITAIN 

KM 900

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge - Plain Composition Rotation
3 pence 21.0 6.6   Shape - 12-sided Nickel-Brass Medal
Obverse Reverse

The inscriptions along the rim: title of Queen (without "BRIT. OMN."), in the center - bust of queen Elizabeth II right produced by Mary Gillick.

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) became Queen of
the United Kingdom on 6 February 1952.

Inscription along the rim: word denomination. In the center: a Tudor portcullis with chains and a coronet, below - the year of minting.