GREAT_BRITAIN 

KM 896

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
1/2 penny 25.5 5.4   Plain Bronze Medal
Obverse Reverse

Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II right first portrait) in the center, inscription along the rim: DEI GRATIA REGINA F: D: (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.

Inscription along the rim: word denomination. In the center: 'The Golden Hind', below - the year of minting.

The Golden Hind was an English galleon best known for its global circumnavigation between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake.