<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Reverse </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> No standard reverse design; the design varies each year with the event being commemorated </Td> </Tr> <P> The British five pound (£ 5) coin is a commemorative denomination of the pound sterling . Its obverse has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction in 1990 . Two different portraits of the Queen have graced the coin, with the latest design by Ian Rank - Broadley being introduced in 1998 . The coin has no standard reverse; instead it is altered each year to commemorate important events . Variant obverses have also been used on occasion . </P> <P> The coin is a continuation of the crown, which after decimalisation become the commemorative twenty - five pence coin . The twenty - five pence was discontinued in 1981 after creating a large coin with such small value became prohibitively expensive . The five pound coin shares the same dimensions as the twenty - five pence coin but has a value twenty times greater . </P>

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