2009 British Crowns

Henry VIII

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Specifications
All versions:-
Denomination (face value) £5
Diameter 38.61mm

Version	Alloy	Weight	Issue
Silver Proof	Sterling (.925) Silver	28.28 grams	35,000?
Gold Proof	22 Carat (.917)	39.94 grams	2,500?
Uncirculated	Cupro-Nickel	28.28 grams	N/A
Platinum Piedfort	.9995	94.20 grams	250?

For Sale

Version	Alloy	In Stock	Issue Price £	Price £	Price $
Uncirculated Specimen in Folder	Cupro-Nickel	2009	£TBA	£TBA	$TBA
Proof	Silver	2009	£TBA	£TBA	$TBA
Proof	Gold	2009	£TBA	£TBA	$TBA
Proof	Platinum Piedfort	2009	£TBA	£TBA	$TBA

2009 Crowns £5 for £5
Each year, both the Royal Mint, Westminster Collections, and others, offer a loss-leader of a £5 crown for £5, post free. This is to get you onto their mailing lists, and into their clutches, usually so they can market their more profitable items at you. Here at Chard, we don't believe in this type of aggressive marketing, and some years back, we stopped offering the ordinary circulation crowns because we recieved too may complaints about the quality of their finish, even though this is a factor which is beyond our control.
We noticed the Royal Mint's offer which is restricted to one coin per household

The Royal Mint has received approval to issue an historic new British coin on the occasion of The Queen's Diamond Wedding. The £5 coin will be available for one year only and is sure to be a real collector's item. As we are expecting unprecedented demand we are issuing a limit of one per household and have introduced a special application procedure to allow you to order your coin in advance. Don’t miss your chance to be amongst the first to own one for no more than the face value of £5. The Queen’s Diamond Wedding £5 coin will be sent direct from the Royal Mint in 2009, in time to celebrate The Queen’s 80th birthday on 21st April.

Gold £5 Crowns
For current pricing on the gold proof versions of any of the Five Pound Crowns, from 1990 onwards, please use the £5 Gold Coins pages of our "Tax Free Gold" website.

British Platinum Piedfort Crowns
Starting in 2004, the Royal Mint has issued platinum piedfort proof crowns. These are naturally very expensive. We can usually supply them new to order if required, but we prefer to source lower priced ones from the secondary market. Please contact us if you are interested.

Platinum Bullion Coins
Platinum coins are subject to VAT in the UK, so we have not until recently offered new platinum bullion coins, however, we can now obtain and supply them to special order. If demand is sufficiently high, we will start to carry them in stock.

Olympic Crowns in Silver, Gold, & Base Metal?

A Comment from ALLAN WALLACE, formerly Director of Collector Coin for The Royal Mint.
I was fortunate to play a part in the successful bid for the 2012 Olympics. As Director of Collector Coin for the Royal Mint I was asked to be a member of the Bid Team that met with the Olympic Evaluation Committee, in case there were questions about the Royal Mint's Collector Coin Programme proposal. I was as pleased as most people when the games were awarded to London and knew that a real opportunity lay ahead of the Royal Mint to construct a programme that would reach out to collectors at all levels.
I retired from the Royal Mint in March 2006 and at that time no discussions had been held, or proposals made, on the shape of the 2012 Olympic Games Coin programme.
The following comments and suggestions are entirely my own thoughts on what the Royal Mint could be (or should be) considering for a London 2012 Olympic Coin Programme that would stand out as one of the best ever. It would need to reach out to both new and traditional collectors, meet the requirement of both younger and mature collectors alike and uniquely leave a positive legacy on UK circulating coin which would be in existence for decades after the 2012 Olympics has ended.
The most accepted coin for the modern collector is the £5 Crown because the large surface area (38.61mm) allows the design to be shown off to best effect.
The traditional collector coin programme should use the £5 crown in its various alloys (CuNi silver and gold) and its various quality standards (circulation BU and proof). Starting in 2009/2010 an annual issue of three base, three silver and one gold could be considered over a four year period. The Royal Mint will also have an obligation to generate revenue for the London 2012 Olympics and will need a programme which will continue to attract both traditional and new collectors through its lifetime.
What the above programme will not do is reinvigorate an interest in coins and coin collecting amongst the younger generation and/or the general population.

2009 Coin Sets

2009 Coins

See also our British Coin Sets page.

Postage & Packing:
UK: At buyer's Risk £2.50 or
Fully Insured £6 (Usually by Royal Mail Special Delivery)
USA: Airmail at buyer's risk $10 or
Fully Insured $20
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