Identity area
Reference code
JCAF/5/23
Title
Commemorative Coins (Rustat Dinner)
Date(s)
- 1972, 1977, 1980 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
6 items, metal
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Presentation coins in individual boxes given to attendees at the end of the Rustat Feast. The coins have the Queen's head on one side and different symbols and wording on the other commemorating: the 80th birthday of The Queen Mother, 4th August 1980; Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee, 1977; 25th anniversary of the marriage of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1947-1972
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
There are two coins to commemorate each event.
Note
The coin issued in August 1980 to celebrate the 80th birthday of the Queen Mother shows her left facing portrait on the reverse of the coin. This was the first time a person other than the reigning monarch had been portrayed on a British coin in their own lifetime.