Exceptional: fewer than 1,000 minted.
5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen's 80th Birthday Platinum Piedfort (2006)
Circulating version: 2006 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Queen's 80th Birthday
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2006 |
| Denomination | 5 Pounds |
| Face value | £5 |
| Mintage | 250 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Platinum (.9995) (1000/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 94.200g · 3.0271 t oz |
| Diameter | 38.6mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around.
A fanfare of regal trumpets, dividing dates, legend above.
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About the 2006 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen's 80th Birthday – Platinum Piedfort
The 2006 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen's 80th Birthday – Platinum Piedfort is a collector 5 pounds coin, struck in 99.95% platinum. It weighs 94.2g and measures 38.61mm across. Reverse design: A fanfare of regal trumpets, dividing dates, legend above.
250 were struck.
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How much is the 2006 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen's 80th Birthday – Platinum Piedfort worth?
No verified sale of the 2006 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen's 80th Birthday – Platinum Piedfort has been logged on MyCoinage yet. Its platinum content is worth about £3,423 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How is the 2006 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen's 80th Birthday – Platinum Piedfort different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 2006 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Queen's 80th Birthday, not the coin found in change. At 94.2g of 99.95% platinum it is heavier than the 28.28g nickel circulating coin, so weighing it is the quickest check.
How do I identify the 2006 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II Queen's 80th Birthday – Platinum Piedfort?
Check the weight 94.2g and diameter 38.61mm and the metal (99.95% platinum) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
This is a collector version of the 5 Pounds - Elizabeth II – Queen's 80th Birthday. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
Elizabeth II was born in London on 21 April 1926, and her 80th birthday in 2006 was marked with a £5 crown. The royal proclamation, given at Buckingham Palace on 12 October 2005, ordered coins in gold, silver and cupro-nickel. A separate proclamation added a platinum coin and a silver piedfort.
The Royal Mint publishes two figures for the base-metal coin. Its 2006 sales page lists 330,790 Brilliant Uncirculated coins sold. Its table of crowns struck to circulating standard gives 52,267 for 2006, a steep fall from the 1,075,516 of 2005 and the 1,205,594 of 2004. The Mint adds that from 2008 crowns ceased to be struck to a circulating standard at all.
It was the second crown for one of the Queen's own birthdays. The Royal Mint's list shows an earlier one for her 70th birthday in 1996, with a view of Windsor Castle.
Danuta Solowiej-Wedderburn designed the reverse. The proclamation describes it as three trumpets with trumpet banners, accompanied by the inscription 1926 VIVAT REGINA 2006. The Latin means long live the Queen, and the two years are those of her birth and her 80th birthday. No other date appears on the coin.
The obverse has Ian Rank-Broadley's portrait of the Queen with ELIZABETH II D G REG F D and the denomination FIVE POUNDS.
The cupro-nickel coin has a grained (milled) edge. The gold and silver coins have a plain edge with the incuse inscription DUTY SERVICE FAITH.
Sources
- £5 Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Commemorative Coin Striking Numbers, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and design for five-pound coins commemorating the eightieth birthday of Her Majesty The Queen (notice L-57993-1010), The Gazette (read 10 Oct 2026)
- 2006 Dated UK Commemorative Coin Sales, The Royal Mint (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Proclamation determining the specifications and design for five-pound coins commemorating the eightieth birthday of Her Majesty The Queen, platinum and silver piedfort (notice L-57868-1002), The Gazette (read 10 Oct 2026)
- Elizabeth II, Westminster Abbey (read 10 Oct 2026)
- 2006 £5 Crown, Check Your Change (read 10 Oct 2026)
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