United State of America

United State of America, 1 Dollar, Cu-Ni, 38.1mm, 22.58g, General/President: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eagle landing on the Moon. 

 

Eisenhower Dollar: The Eisenhower dollar is a coin issued by the United States government from 1971–1978 (not to be confused with the Eisenhower commemorative dollar of 1990, or the Presidential $1 Coin Program, which will feature Eisenhower in 2015). The Eisenhower dollar followed the Peace dollar and is named for General of the Ar and President Dwight David Eisenhower, who appears on the obverse. Both the obverse and the reverse of the coin were designed by Frank Gasparro.

The Eisenhower dollar was the last dollar coin to contain a proportional amount of base metal to lower denominations; it has the same amount of copper-nickel as two Kennedy half dollars, four Washington quarters, or ten Roosevelt dimes. Because of this it was a heavy and somewhat inconvenient coin. It was often saved as a memento of Eisenhower and never saw much circulation outside of casinos. This led to its short time in circulation and its replacement by the smaller, but even less popular, Susan B. Anthony dollar in 1979.

Presidential Dollar series. Dates listed for unreleased coins

 

2015	Harry S. Truman	1945-1953
2015	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1953-1961
2015	John F. Kennedy	1961-1963
2015	Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969

2016	Richard M. Nixon	1969-1974
2016	Gerald Ford	1974-1977

 

2009	William Henry Harrison	1841	February 19, 2009
2009	John Tyler	1841-1845	May 21, 2009
2009	James K. Polk	1845-1849	August 20, 2009
2009	Zachary Taylor	1849-1850	November 19, 2009

2010	Millard Fillmore	1850-1853	February 18, 2010
2010	Franklin Pierce	1853-1857	May 20, 2010
2010	James Buchanan	1857-1861	August 19, 2010
2010	Abraham Lincoln	1861-1865	November 18, 2010

2011	Andrew Johnson	1865-1869	February 17, 2011
2011	Ulysses S. Grant	1869-1877	May 19, 2011
2011	Rutherford B. Hayes	1877-1881	August 18, 2011
2011	James A. Garfield	1881	November 17, 2011

2012	Chester A. Arthur	1881-1885	February 16, 2012
2012	Grover Cleveland	1885-1889	May 17, 2012
2012	Benjamin Harrison	1889-1893	August 16, 2012
2012	Grover Cleveland	1893-1897	November 15, 2012

2013	William McKinley	1897-1901
2013	Theodore Roosevelt	1901-1909
2013	William Howard Taft	1909-1913
2013	Woodrow Wilson	1913-192

2014	Warren Harding	1921-1923
2014	Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929
2014	Herbert Hoover	1929-1933
2014	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1933-1945

Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee commemorative £5 coin.

Royal Mint, London England AD 2002

Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee commemorative £5 coin.   

The Royal Mint, London, England, AD 2002

This commemorative five pound coin has been produced by the Royal Mint to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II, who became Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1952. The obverse, designed by Ian Rank Broadley, includes a new and unusually animated portrait of the Queen as well as the simple inscription 'FIVE POUNDS'.

The design on the reverse, also by Rank Broadley, is reminiscent of the 1977 Silver Jubilee crown and shows the Queen on horseback. This side of the coin carries both the Queen's titles and the Latin inscription 'AMOR POPULI PRAESIDIUM REG' (The love of the people is the Queen's
 

protection').

In the history of the United Kingdom only George III (reigned 1760-1820) and Victoria (reigned 1837-1901) have celebrated a Golden Jubilee and have reigned for longer than the present Queen. Commemorative medals were produced for George III's Golden Jubilee and Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilee and for the Silver Jubilees of George V in 1935 and the present Queen in 1977. 

1972 Silver Wedding Anniversary. Silver Wedding Anniversary Crown.

Wedding Anniversary Crown

1972 Silver Wedding Anniversary. Silver Wedding Anniversary Crown.
The 1972 British Crown was issued to commemorate the 25th wedding anniversary of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.

1947 - 1972

The wedding took place at Westminster Abbey on the 20th November 1947, and was regarded as an important state occasion. Much had changed in the twenty-five years which followed. King George VI died in 1952, and his daughter Elizabeth became Queen on his death, and being formally crowned the following year.
In 1971, the British coinage underwent a major change from the old £sd system of pounds, shillings and pence, to be replaced by a decimal system. Whilst the pound was retained, there were 100 "new pennies" to the pound. 


A New Denomination
 
The 1972 crown was the first British coin to have a face value of 25 pence. Previous crowns had been Five Shillings face value.
The absence of an inscription denoting the face value now causes some confusion, particularly because, as from 1990, it appears to have been decided that future crowns would assume a Five Pounds face value.
We are frequently asked why the 1972 crown, and others do not carry a mark of value. It may be more relevant to ask why it is necessary for most modern coins to carry a statement of their value. In bygone times, most people knew what coins were worth, they did not need to rely on an inscription on the coin to inform them. This would be an interesting subject for further study.
It is From the introduction of the first crown in 1544, crowns did not carry a mark of value. Only briefly did crowns ever carry such a mark, the occasions being as follows, very rare Charles I Scarborough siege coinage, Commonwealth (1649 - 1660) crowns, and Charles II second issue hammered gold crowns. The value mark on all these was a letter "V", the Roman numeral for 5.
Apart from these, the first time that crowns bore a denomination was from 1927, when

the word "CROWN" appeared on them.
On the three crowns issued between 1951 and 1960, the value "Five Shillings" appeared, but this was again omitted from the Churchill Commemorative crown of 1965.
Because Britain had only just completed decimalisation in 1971, it may have been sensible, with hindsight, to have shown the new decimal equivalent - 25 New Pence - on this and subsequent crown issues.
The omission may have been partly historic, for reasons given above, or it may have been partly because crowns had not been part of the regular British coinage since about 1914, and the main purpose of the 1972 issue was as a commemorative piece, which was never primarily intended to circulate.                       

Obverse

 
The second (decimal) portrait of the Queen facing right, designed by Arnold Machin.
D G REG F D ELIZABETH II

Reverse  

The crowned letters EP within a floral garland, the naked figure of Eros at the centre, designed also by Arnold Machin.

ELIZABETH AND PHILIP
20 NOVEMBER 1947 - 1972

Vintage Queen Elizabeth the Second Tiny Medal RARE

Vintage Queen Elizabeth the Second Tiny Medal RARE diameter: 1/2 "both sides the same.

Country Great Britain, Year 1837 Metal Brass

Country Great Britain, Year 1837 Metal Brass, Weight 3.9 g, Diameter 23 mm, Thickness 1.5 mm. Obverse: Victoria Queen Great Britain, Reverse: TO HONVER 1837.

1842-1879 AD. Great Britain, Prince of Wales model sovereign counter, Bronze.

1842-1879 AD. Great Britain, Prince of Wales model sovereign counter, Bronze.                                                                          
Great Britain, Prince of Wales model sovereign counter, 1842-1879 AD., 
Bronze Counter (19 mm / 2,11 g), 
Obv.: VICTORIA QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN , head of Victoria facing left. 
Rev.: THE PRINCE OF WALES MODEL HALF SOVRN, the emblems of the prince of Wales.

1911 - GEORGE V - MARY, CORONATION MEDAL.

George V

1911 - GEORGE V - MARY, CORONATION MEDAL.

1. George V –MARY, 12th December-1911, ANTIQE MEDAL, Size 3.5 Cms. 

King Georage

1919 MEDAL
1914 - 1919 Freedom & Honour 
Soldier carrying wounded comrade 
King George V

UNITED KINGDOM - Half Penny (Year 1921) Description:

UNITED KINGDOM - Half Penny (Year 1921)

Description:

Obverse:

Bare Bust-Depicts King George V facing left,

GEORGIVS V DEI.GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND:IMP:

Reverse:

Britannia seated right on rock by sea, holding shield and trident.

HALF PENNY, Year of minting.

 
Composition: Cu,Tn,ZnYears of Minting: 1911-1922.

First celebration of Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee Queen Elizabeth II 1977 Silver Jubilee Crown

British Crown coin. uncirculated. 1977 issue to commemorate the Silver Jubilee (25 years) of Queen Elizabeth 11.large coin. 1.5" or 4cm in diameter. 

First celebration of Her Majesty's Silver Jubilee Queen Elizabeth II 1977 Silver Jubilee Crown First ever British coin not to feature wording or numbering on reverse side

The Queen Elizabeth II 1977 Silver Jubilee Crown is the very first coin design to feature Queen Elizabeth II on horseback since the Coronation of 1953 and the first ever British coin not to feature any wording or numbering on the reverse side.

You can own the limited edition sterling silver version of the British crown minted for one year only in the Silver Jubilee year of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II back in 1977.

 United Kingdom: Year: 1927 Value: 1 Penny (1/240 LSD) Metal: Bronze Weight: 

United Kingdom: Year: 1927 Value: 1 Penny (1/240 LSD) Metal: Bronze Weight: 9.5 g Diameter: 30.8 mm Thickness: 1.64 mm Shape: Round.                                           

Obverse

Left-facing profile of King George V

Lettering: GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:

Reverse

Seated Britannia (with value above), holding trident and shield, sea behind, date underneath exergue line

Lettering:
ONE PENNY
1927

5 Shilling (1 crown) Great Britain coin of 1953.

Great Britain 1953

5 Shilling (1 crown) Great Britain coin of 1953.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Since 1951).            

Nominal : 5 shilling (1 crown), Coinage Years : 1953, Material : Copper-nickel alloy, Weight : 28.2759 g. Edge Type : Embossed, Edge Width : 3.2 mm, Writings on the edge : FAITH AND TRUTH I WILL BEAR UNTO YOU, Mint : Royal Mint, London (Great Britain), Signs on the coin : obverse - GL, reverse - EF and CT, Occasion of the coinage : Elizabeth II crowning. Owner of the coin regalia: Elizabeth II (21.04.1926), Britain Queen since 1952 from Vindsor's dynasty.                                 

The crown was a large coin, and did not circulate well. However, crowns were generally struck in a new monarch's coronation year (true of each monarch since George IV and up until the present monarch in 1953, with the exception of George V).

The George V 'wreath' crowns struck from 1927 to 1936 (excluding 1935 when the more common 'rocking horse' crown was minted to commemorate the King's Silver Jubilee) depict a wreath on the reverse of the coin and were struck in very low numbers. Generally struck late in the year and intended to be purchased as Christmas gifts, they did not circulate well with the rarest of all dates, 1934, (mintage just 932) now fetching several thousand pounds each. The 1927 'wreath' crowns

were struck as proofs only (15,030 minted).

With its large size, many of the later coins were primarily commemorative. The 1951 issue was for the Festival of Britain, and was only struck in proof condition. The 1965 issue carried the image of Winston Churchill on the reverse, the first time a non-monarch or commoner was ever placed on a British coin. According to the Standard Catalog of coins, 9,640,000 were minted, a very high number at the time, making them of little value today except as a mark of respect for the World War II leader.

The crown was worth 5 shillings (or 60 per-decimal pence) until decimalisation in February 1971, and was also the basis of other denominations such as the half crown and double crown.

The last five shilling piece was minted in 1965.

The crown coin was nicknamed the dollar, but is not to be confused with the British trade dollar that circulated in the Orient.  

1981 Royal Wedding commemorative Crown Prince of Wales and Lady Diana.

Crown Prince

1981: To celebrate the wedding of HRH The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer.

Obverse: The standard portrait of Queen Elizabeth IIby Arnold Machin with the inscription D·G·REG·F·D· ELIZABETH II.  

1981, the coin was issued to celebrate the marriage of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles.

Reverse: A profile portrait of Lady Diana Spencer partially covered by a profile portrait of HRH The Prince of Wales, both facing to the left, with the inscription H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND LADY DIANA SPENCER 

1981. This face was designed by Philip Nathan.

Both faces are encircled by dots. The edge of the coin is milled. There were 26,773,600 cupronickel coins and 17,000 silver coins issued.

1965 UK Great Britain English Crown (5 Shillings) Winston Churchill Commemorative Coin. 

Churchill Crown

The Churchill crown is one of the most familiar of modern commemorative coins. From when it went on sale in October 1965, through to the following summer, close to 20 million were issued, reflecting the respect and affection Churchill commanded amongst the British people. For the reverse a portrait of Churchill by the sculptor Oscar Nemon, derived from a profile

bust that Nemon had completed in marble for Her Majesty the Queen, was selected as the winning design.  While the coin is widely known, the one illustrated here is slightly different from those commonly encountered because of the presence of the artist's initials, in tiny letters, to the left of the portrait. That a coin should carry the initials of the artist is an entirely acceptable feature, but in this instance a decision was taken to remove them on the approved coins possibly because they did not suit Nemon's unconventional portrait.                                                                                                                                                       

Obverse
The first (young) portrait of the Queen facing right, designed by Mary Gillick. 
ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D
1965

Reverse A sombre-looking portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, in a siren suit.     Diameter: 38.61 Weight: 28.28 Alloy: Cupro-neckel.