In 2000, to celebrate the Centenary of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother's 100th Birthday, the Royal Mint released a very Limited Issue Queen Mother £5 Five Pound Silver Proof Coin struck in solid .925 Sterling Silver.
For his superb portrait of the Queen Mother, Ian Rank Broadley worked from photographs which the Queen Mother graciously allowed to be taken for this very special purpose.
To symbolise The Queen Mothers century, he has included cheering crowds in the background, those in Victorian dress rejoicing at her birth and those in modern dress celebrating her hundredth year. Below the portrait appears a representation of her signature. The obverse is the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank Broadley FRBS, FSNAD.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.
Limited Mintage 31,316 Worldwide
Finished to Royal Mint's Proof Qualityin Solid .925 Sterling Silver
Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
