1 Crown - Elizabeth II 1st portrait

Features

Issuer	Bermuda (British Overseas Territories)
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1964
Value	1 Crown = 5 Shillings (¼)
Currency	Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Composition	Silver (.500)
Weight	22.62 g
Diameter	36.1 mm
Thickness	2.7 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 14208
References	KM# 14 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 14 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Crowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ELIZABETH·II·DEI·GRATIA·REGINA

Translation: Elizabeth II Queen by the Grace of God

Engraver: Cecil Thomas

Reverse

Lion holding the coat of arms of Bermuda (the ship wreck "Sea Venture") divides date.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ONE BERMUDA CROWN
19 64
GC
QUO FATA FERUNT

Unabridged legend: Geoffrey Colley

Translation: Where destiny leads us

Designer: Geoffrey Colley

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)

Comments

The Sea Venture, a resupply vessel bound for Virginia, is shown crashing into an outcropping of rock in this detail from a map of Bermuda printed in Amsterdam in 1640 by the cartographer William Janzon Blaeu. Diverted by a hurricane in July 1609, the ship and its passengers lived on the Bermuda Islands for ten months before finally making it to Jamestown. An English colony was later established in Bermuda.

The coat of arms for the Bermuda Company (a version of which was adopted as the country's official coat of arms in 1910): a red lion holds the scene of the wreck in his paws beneath the Latin inscription Quo fata Ferunt ("where destiny leads us"). That phrase, taken from Virgil's Aeneid, would become the official motto for Bermuda.
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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1964	470 000	$ 25	$ 31	$ 37	$ 42	$ 42		96%
1964	30 000					$ 53	Proof	5%

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Bullion value: USD 26.54 Search tips

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Actual silver weight: 0.364 oz

Current silver price: 72.98 USD/oz (see silver price

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 196 Lot 1869	29 May 2026	1964	UNC	USD 32.51 (EUR 28.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 188 Lot 2151	27 Mar 2026	1964	UNC	USD 20.90 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 184 Lot 2750	27 Feb 2026	1964	UNC	USD 22.06 (EUR 19.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 177 Lot 2279	6 Dec 2025	1964	UNC	USD 24.38 (EUR 21.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Summer Evening Auction 162 Lot 2291	7 Jul 2025	1964	UNC	USD 15.09 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 161 Lot 2207	18 Jun 2025	1964	UNC	USD 20.90 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 154 Lot 2328	12 Apr 2025	1964	UNC	USD 23.22 (EUR 20.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 141 Lot 3895	25 Oct 2024	1964	UNC	USD 18.58 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 138 Lot 2973	27 Sep 2024	1964	UNC	USD 20.90 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 136 Lot 3352	28 Aug 2024	1964	UNC	USD 41.80 (EUR 36.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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