GREAT_BRITAIN 

KM 897

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Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
1 penny 30.5 9.4   Reeded Bronze Medal
Obverse Reverse

 Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II right (first portrait) in the center, inscription along the rim: DEI GRATIA REGINA FIDEI DEFENSOR (By the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith) in Latin.

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21.4.1926) became Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa, and Ceylon upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952.

 

 Word denomination, sitting Britania in the center, below - the year of minting.