| |
| | Year 1990 Queen Mother Gold £5 Crown |
 | | The Queen Mother 1990 90th birthday crowns were issued in three, or arguably four, different versions, base metal issued at face value through banks, base metal specimen version, silver proof version, and the gold proof version which we feature on this page. |
 | | The obverse (head), which is dated 1990, bears the third major different portrait of the Queen, designed by Raphael David Maklouf, FRSA, and in use from 1985 to 1997. |
 | | Also designed by Ian Rank-Broadley, the reverse of the coin perfectly captures the character of the Queen Mother. |
| www.taxfreegold.co.uk /1990crownqueenmother.html (287 words) |
|