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GREAT_BRITAIN
KM 911 |
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SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
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GREAT_BRITAIN
KM 911 |
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SHORT COINS ENCYCLOPAEDIA |
| Face Value | Diameter mm | Weight g | Thickness mm | Edge | Composition | Rotation |
| 5 pence | 23.6 | 5.7 | Reeded | Copper-Nickel | Medal |
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Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II right (portrait by Arnold Machin) in the center, inscription along the rim (abbreviation : DEI GRATIA REGINA FIDEI DEFENSOR (By the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith) in Latin, the year of minting. |
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Word and numeral denomination, crowned thistle in the center. A crowned thistle (formally, The Badge of Scotland, a thistle royally crowned). The thistle, in particular Onopordum acanthium (the cotton thistle or Scotch thistle), is the national flower of Scotland. |