5 Pounds – The 150th Anniversary of the British Red Cross (2020)

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Image source: The Royal Mint

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Description obverse

The effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II facing right. ELIZABETH II D G REG FID DEF 5 POUNDS

Description reverse

Reverse reflects the British Red Cross’s work in the UK and as part of the world’s largest global humanitarian movement. The idea of connectivity is central to the design, with overlapping lines representing what we can achieve when we work together. Around inscriptions BRITISH RED CROSS - THE POWER OF KINDNESS and years 1870 2020. The edge inscription around the coin bears the powerful words of the Movement, ‘PER HUMANITATEM AD PACEM’, which translates to ‘THROUGH HUMANITY TO PEACE’




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United Kingdom. 5 Pounds (Silver) 2020, The Royal Mint. CoCo GB-2020-0131.

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