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In 2009 the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew marked its 250th anniversary as a botanical garden and the Royal Mint joined in the celebrations with a splendid commemorative design.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (brand name Kew) is an internationally important botanical research and education institution. The organisation manages botanic gardens at Kew in Richmond upon Thames in southwest London, and at Wakehurst Place, a National Trust property in Sussex which is home to an internationally important Millennium Seed Bank. Seed stored at the bank fulfils two functions: it provides an ex situ conservation resource and also facilitates research around the globe by acting as a repository for seed scientists.
The organisation has an average of 1 million paying visitors per year. The 326 acre site has 40 historically important buildings and collections of over 40,000 species of plants. Kew Gardens became a United Nations World Heritage Site on 3 July 2003.
Obverse
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Fourth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara. ELIZABETH·II D·G·REG·F·D |
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Reverse
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A design showing the Great Pagoda encircled by a vine and accompanied by the dates "1759" and "2009", with the word "KEW" at the base of the pagoda. 1759 2009 |
Edge |
Characteristics
Type | Commemorative Issue (Circulating) |
Material | Cupronickel |
Weight | 8 g |
Diameter | 27.3 mm |
Thickness | 1.78 mm |
Shape | polygon |
Sides | 7 |
Alignment | Medal |
Mint |
Royal Mint
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