1994 Queen Mother Coins

Obverse of 1997 Pitcairn Islands Queen Mother Coin

Obverse of 1997 Pitcairn Islands Queen Mother Coin

1994 Queen Mother Collection
The complete collection comprises twenty-four silver coins from all over the world with superb reverse designs graphically tracing the remarkable life of the Queen Mother - as the young and beautiful Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, as Duchess of York, as Queen Consort to George VI and finally in her familiar role today as Queen Mother.
The Royal Mint Bulletin issue 53 winter edition 1994 offers these sets for sale to collectors. Typically this offer does not specify which were the 24 countries which would be issuing the coins! If you think this is surprising, the price is not mentioned either. The Barbados coin, only struck in .500 fine silver instead of .925 silver is shown as being offered at a specially reduced price as was the second coin, that from the Seychelles. The price for the Barbados was shown as £9.95, but no actual price was mentioned for the Seychelles coin, we guess it would be more than £9.95, and that the rest of the coins would have been more expensive still. Our guess is that the rest of the coins were probably priced about £29.50 each, making a total cost for the set of about £679.
Our list shows the coins we have in stock from this collection.

Queen Mother Silver Proof Coins
Specifications

Country	Date	Face Value	Description	Diameter	Weight	Mintage
Alderney	1995	5 Pounds	Receiving Bouquet outside Clarence House	38.61	28.28	10,000
Barbados	1994	5 Dollars	Engagement Portrait 1923	38.61	28.28	20,000
Barbados	1994	1 Dollar	Born Elizabeth Bowes Lyon 4th August 1900	30	10.00	50,000
Belize	1995	5 Dollars	Summer in Balmoral Castle 1945	38.61	28.28	20,000
Bhutan	1995	300 Ngultrum	Her Parents Home St. Paul's Walden Bury 1903	38.61	28.28	35,000
Cayman Islands	1994	1 Dollar	Born 4th August 1900	38.61	28.28	20,000
Cook Islands	1994	20 Dollars	The Duchess of York and her Two Daughters 1936	38.61	28.28	30,000
Cook Islands	1995	5 Dollars	Silver Wedding Anniversary St. Paul's 1948	38.61	28.28	30,000
Falkland Islands	1995	Fifty Pence	Birth of Princess Elizabeth 1926	38.61	28.28	30,000
Fiji	1994	5 Dollars	Her London Home - Clarence House	34.14	50.00	50,000
Fiji	1995	10 Dollars	Move to Buckingham Palace 1937	38.74	31.47	30,000
Gambia	1994	10 Dalasis	Year of the Three Kings 1936	38.61	31.47	20,000
Guernsey	1995	5 Pounds	Formal Present Day Portrait	38.61	28.28	40,000
Guernsey	1995	1 Pound	Formal Present Day Portrait	22.50	9.50	25,000
Isle of Man	1995	1 Crown	95th Birthday	38.61	28.28	30,000
Jamaica	1994	25 Dollars	Royal Wedding - Elizabeth and Philip 1947	38.61	31.47	20,000
Nauru	1994	10 Dollars	Inspecting Bombed Buckingham Palace 1940	38.61	31.47	30,000
New Zealand	1994	5 Dollars	Birth of Princess Elizabeth 1926	38.61	28.28	35,000
Niue	1997	5 Dollars	The Blitz on London 1940	38.61	31.47	40,000
Pitcairn Islands	1997	5 Dollars	The Most Noble Order of the Garter	38.61	31.47	40,000
Seychelles	1994	25 Rupees	Wedding - Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon - Duke of York 1923	38.61	31.47	20,000
Seychelles	1996	25 Rupees	Foundation of the Commonwealth 1926	38.61	31.47	40,000
Tanzania	1997	500 Shillings	The Duke and Duchess East African Tour 1925	38.61	31.47	30,000
Tanzania	1995	5 Lima Tala	Birth of Grandson Prince Charles	38.61	31.47	30,000
Tonga	1996	1 Pa'anga	The Coronation of Elizabeth II 1953	38.61	31.47	30,000
Turks & Caicos Islands	1995	20 Crowns	The Lady of the Century	38.61	32	20,000
Turks & Caicos Islands	1997	20 Crowns	1937 Coronation	38.61	32	20,000
Tuvalu	1997	5 Dollars	Opening of the Federal Parliament at Canberra 1927	38.61	31.47	30,000
Tuvalu	1997	5 Dollars	The Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music	38.61	31.47	30,000?
Vanuatu	1994	50 Vatu	End of Victorian Era 1901	38.61	31.47	20,000
Vanuatu	1995	50 Vatu	The Birth of Great Grandson William 1982	38.61	31.47	30,000
Vanuatu	1996	50 Vatu	Victoria and Albert Open Great Exhibition 1851	38.61	31.47	10,000
Western Samoa	1994	10 Talas	Her Youth in Glamis Castle	38.61	31.47	30,000

Notes
Diameter = Diameter in millimetres.
Mintage = Quantity issued, where known, otherwise issue limit.

How Many?
The astute reader, or those with nothing better to do than count the items in our list, may notice that there are a total of 33* coins listed above, from 24* different countries. We assume the Royal Mint didn't throw commercial sense to the wind, and give away the other 8 coins free of charge. Our guess is that some countries issued extra coins which were not part of the "programme", in which case some collectors may have felt cheated that they never acquired the complete set, and possibly never knew about the other coins. There may be other coins or other countries which still need to be added. If any Royal Mint customers have a complete list of the coins they received, we would appreciate a copy so that we can solve the mystery. There are some clues:-
* = Subject to revision.

1. 1995 Alderney £5
   The Royal Mint card for this coin does not state "Lady of the Century", and its mintage is lower at only 10,000 compared with 20,000 for the collection, so it is likely that this coin was not part of the programme.
2. 1995 Guernsey £5
   The Royal Mint card for this coin does not state "Lady of the Century", so it is likely that this coin was not part of the programme.
3. 1995 Guernsey £1
   The Royal Mint card for this coin does not state "Lady of the Century", so it is likely that this coin was not part of the programme.
4. 1995 Isle of Man
   The card we have seen for this is issued by Westminster Collection Ltd, a marketing company who sell coins. It is therefore possible that this coin was not part of the Royal Mint programme
5. 1995 Turks & Caicos Islands 20 Crowns
   The production quality of this coin is far below that of the rest of the series, the portrait looks very amateurish, and the flat "field" on both sides is rather uneven. Presumably these were not made by the Royal Mint. Krause notes that a number of Turks coins around this period had a "crude portrait", but oddly do not mention it for this particular coin. The card is a Westminster one, and fails to state the issue limit.
6. 1995 Turks & Caicos Islands 20 Crowns
   This matches the previous coin for production quality. the Westminster card for this coin does not even state for which country it was issued, it is only by deduction that we can make an intelligent guess.

Prices & Availability

Country	Date	Denomination	Price £	Price $
Barbados	1994	5 Dollars	£30	$50
Barbados	1994	1 Dollar	£20	$30
Cayman Islands	1994	1 Dollar	£25	$38
Cook Islands	1994	20 Dollars	£25	$38
Fiji	1994	5 Dollars	£15	$25
Fiji	1995	10 Dollars	£30	$50
Gambia	1994	10 Dalasis	£30	$45
Guernsey	1995	5 Pounds	£12	$20
Guernsey	1995	1 Pound	£22	$35
Jamaica	1994	25 Dollars	£25	$40
Nauru	1994	10 Dollars	£30	$45
New Zealand	1994	5 Dollars	£20	$30
Seychelles	1994	25 Rupees	£22	$35
Turks & Caicos Islands	1995	20 Crowns	£10	$18
Turks & Caicos Islands	1997	20 Crowns	£10	$18
Vanuatu	1994	50 Vatu	£25	$40
Western Samoa	1994	10 Talas	£22	$35

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Fully Insured £9 (Usually by Royal Mail Special Delivery)
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Fully Insured $20
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