There are five separate portraits of Queen Elizabeth II featured on legal tender coins in the UK

During her remarkable 70-year reign, which spanned from 1952 until her death in 2022 at the age of 96, the coins celebrated her outstanding life.

There are five separate portraits of Queen Elizabeth II featured on legal tender coins in the UK.

During her remarkable 70-year reign, which spanned from 1952 until her death in 2022 at the age of96, the coins celebrated her outstanding life.

Now according to one TikTok user, owning all five variants can be quite impressive for your collection. The guru, known as @CoinCollectingWizard, shared information in his latest video.

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In a clip with his 162,000 followers, he said: "Do you have coins with all 5 Queen Elizabeth portraits?"

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He added: "During Queen Elizabeth's reign, the nation's circulating coins featured five different portraits of the Monarch.

"Representing a fresh start following the Second World War and announcing a new Elizabethan era, new coins showing the first portrait showing Her Majesty were issued in 1953 known as the Mary Gillick portrait.

"After decimalisation to help the new coins stand out from the older currency, a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth was commissioned, designed by Arnold Machine Rae."

From 1985 to 1997, the UK circulating coins featured a royal portrait by the sculptor Rafael McLoof, that showed Her Majesty wearing a necklace which is often mistaken to be rare and valuable. The TikTok user added: "This is not the case."

He claimed how a competition won by Ian Rank Broadley in 1998 made it an interesting contrast with its predecessor being less idealised and more strongly realistic.

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Then he discussed the final coin which was unveiled in 2015. It was known as the Jody Clark portrait. Since he shared the video, the post scooped 800 likes and hundreds of shares. One said: "We have lots of coins."

While the user didn't specify how much the coins would be worth, owning a collection can still be worth more as it's complete. Also it's likely to sell for more than face value, so that's exciting, right?

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