This 1981 UK Commemorative Proof Gold and Silver Coin Collection consists of The 1981 Proof Full Sovereign Gold Coin, 1981 £5 Quintuple Gold Sovereign, The Silver 1981 Royal Wedding Crown, and a selection of proof currency coins struck in Cupro-Nickel and Bronze.
The obverse of each coin features the Arnold Machin portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Only 5,000 of these collections have been produced.
Denomination | Alloy | Diameter | Weight | Description |
Five Pounds | Gold | 36.02 | 39.94 | St. George & Dragon |
Sovereign (Pound) | Gold | 22.05 | 7.98 | St. George & Dragon |
Crown (25 Pence) | Sterling Silver | 38.61 | 28.28 | Charles & Diana |
Fifty Pence | Cupro-Nickel | 30.00 | 13.50 | Britannia |
Ten Pence | Cupro-Nickel | 28.50 | 11.31 | Lion |
Five Pence | Cupro-Nickel | 30.00 | 5.655 | Crowned Thistle |
Two Pence | Bronze | 25.91 | 7.128 | Prince of Wales Feathers |
Penny | Bronze | 20.32 | 3.564 | Crowned Portcullis |
Halfpenny | Bronze | 17.14 | 1.782 | Crown |