From the BBC:
“New £5 coin
to mark Queen's 95th birthday”
The Queen's
95th birthday will be commemorated on one of five new coins released this year,
the Royal Mint has announced. The 2021 British coin collection will also mark
the 250th anniversary of the birth of novelist Sir Walter Scott, and the 75th
anniversary of the death of author HG Wells. The release of a £5 coin is
typically reserved for significant royal events. In April the Queen will become
the first UK monarch to reach 95. The new £5 coin depicts the royal cypher
"EIIR", above the words "my heart and my devotion", a nod
to part of her 1957 Christmas broadcast, which was the first to be televised. During
that speech, the Queen told the nation: "In the old days the monarch led
his soldiers on the battlefield and his leadership at all times was close and
personal. "Today things are very different. I cannot lead you into battle,
I do not give you laws or administer justice, but I can do something else, I
can give you my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the
peoples of our brotherhood of nations."
^ This is a
nice way to honor the Queen on her Birthday. ^
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