2020 Five Pound Coin – Music Legends: Queen

The 2020 Five Pound Coin - Music Legends: Queen 

The Royal Mint have started a new collection of coins called “Music Legends” and the first artists to be honoured in this way is the British rock band Queen. The 2020 Queen coins include £5 in BU, £2 silver and £100 gold.

Queen was formed in London way back in 1970 and their line up of Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals) have rightfully become music legends.

The Reverse, by Chris Facey, shows the instruments used by each member of the band: Brian May’s Red Special guitar, John Deacon’s Fender Precision bass, Roger Taylor’s Ludwig™ bass drum and Freddie Mercury’s Bechstein™ grand piano. The piano has keys pressed to show the opening notes of Bohemian Rhapsody. The design was approved by band members Roger Taylor and Brian May.

The £5 BU coin is released in four different folder packaging:

• A standard £5 BU coin with a open-out folder with photographs of Queen. No issue limit.
• A standard £5 BU coin with 'Hot Space' slip case + poster, limited to 25,000.
• A standard £5 BU coin with 'A Kind of Magic' slip case + poster + poster, limited to 25,000.
• A standard £5 BU coin with 'Live' slip case + poster, limited to 25,000.

The Obverse shows a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by Jody Clark.

See our article Royal Mint Music Legends Collection Starts with Queen for more information on the Music Legends collection and the Queen series of coins.

Images used by permission of The Royal Mint

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