2005 Horatio Nelson Gold Proof Five Pound Crown (£5) NGC Graded PF69 UCAM

39.94 grams of 22 carat Gold.

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This commemorative £5 Crown-sized coin marks the Bicentenary (200th anniversary) of the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar - a naval engagement fought by the British Royal Navy against the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies on 21st October 1805 during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars (1803 - 1815).

As part of an overall French plan to combine all French and allied fleets to take control of the English Channel and enable Napoleon's Grande Armée to invade England, French and Spanish fleets sailed from the port of Cádiz in the south of Spain on 18 October, 1805. They encountered the British fleet commanded by Admiral Lord Nelson, recently assembled to meet this threat, in the Atlantic Ocean along the southwest coast of Spain, off Cape Trafalgar, near the town of Los Caños de Meca.

In a fierce battle, 27 British ships of the line fought 33 French and Spanish ships of the line. Although the lead ships of the British columns were heavily battered, with Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory nearly disabled, the greater experience and training of the Royal Navy overcame the greater numbers of the French and Spanish navies. The Franco-Spanish fleet lost 22 ships; the British lost none. During the battle, Nelson was shot by a French musketeer, and he died shortly before the battle ended.

The victory confirmed the naval supremacy Britain had established during the course of the eighteenth century, and it was achieved in part through Nelson's departure from the prevailing naval tactical orthodoxy of the day.

This coin the death of the British commander, while another one issued together with it marks the anniversary of the battle itself.

The obverse of the coins shows the crowned mature head of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (her effigy known as the "Fourth Portrait"). The Queen wears the "Girls of Great Britain and Ireland" diamond tiara, a wedding gift from Queen Mary (Her Majesty's grandmother) in 1947 - which she also has on the Machin and the Gottwaldportraits.

In small letters below the head, the artist's initials IRB (for Ian Rank-Broadley).

Around the effigy is the monarch's legend: ELIZABETH · II D · G · REG · F · D FIVE POUNDS. Translated from Latin: Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith, followed by the value and denomination in English.

The reverse design features the facing uniformed portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson. Around above, divided by the portrait, the inscription HORATIO NELSON. Below that, also divided by the portrait, the anniversary dates 1805 and 2005.

The artist's initial's JB (for James Butler) are in the right field next to the admiral's shoulder.