She was also on Fijian circulating coins until last year, even though she was deposed as monarch in 1987 and Fiji has been suspended from the Commonwealth several times.
Also note that while the 5p and 10p coins became smaller, they didn’t change in reverse design from the 1968 edition (except that for many years now decimal coins have been inscribed, say, FIVE PENCE in words as well as the numeral 5, whereas the 1968 ones said NEW PENCE and had the number given only by the numeral.
They have changed recently, however - the latest edition of the 5p coin bears the central portion of the Royal Shield (the coins are arranged in a sort of jigsaw puzzle, thusly)
ETA: therefore, the OP’s coin was minted sometime between 1990 and 2008
And the year can be determiined from the obverse (the side with the royal bust): the text surrounding the bust is ELIZABETH II D.G. REG. F.D. 199x or 200x (“Elizabeth II by the grace of God Queen, Defender of the Faith [year]”)
Oops. I missed that the OP actually specified the year.
I noticed the Welsh dragon is missing from the jigsaw, how strange.
It’s also missing from the Union flag - I believe this is because when these things were created, Wales was regarded as a principality, not a distinct country.
Not monarch - she’s Lord of Mann.
Quite right Mangetout, seems it was annexed in 1282 and was part of England, our next in line to the throne being Charley, prince of Wales.
The coin I asked about is third from the left in that link. It was dated 1990, I think the queen has a little less chin but otherwise it’s spot on.
Yes, the portrait of the queen changed in 1998 to the older, jowlier version. Your one will have this portrait.
I don’t know why the UK doesn’t see the need to put its country name on coins. With stamps we get a pass because the UK was the first country to issue them, so it never had to include the name at the beginning.