This 2005 annual Proof coin set brings together the eight definitive UK coins of the year and four commemorative issues. The definitive UK coins feature the fourth definitive coinage portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, designed by Raphael Maklouf. The coins in this set have been struck in base metal to Proof standard. 

The commemorative issues in this 2005 Annual Proof Set include a £5 coin celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, a £5 coin celebrating the 200th anniversary of the death of Horatio Nelson, a £2 coin celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, and a 50p commemorating the 250th anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language