GREAT_BRITAIN 

KM 903

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
6 pence 19.5 2.9   Reeded Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse

Effigy of Queen Elizabeth II right (first portrait) in the center, inscription along the rim: DEI GRATIA REGINA (By the Grace of God, Queen) 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 Feb. 1952.

Inscriptions along the rim: title of queen, word denomination and the year of minting. In the center: garland with rose, thistle, shamrock and leek.