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Wednesday 7 March 2012

British Half Penny 1967, Coin Necklaces or Pendants


British Half Penny 1967, Coin Necklaces or Pendants. Gorgeous antiqued brass replica 1967 British coins perfect as pendants, watch chain fobs, bracelet charms or earring dangles. These are double-sided: a sailing ship is depicted on one side, and the Queen's portrait on the other. Not identical to actual vintage coins but close enough! These are not the paper-thin metal coins you see on most fabric fringe trim, these are very close in thickness and weight to actual coins. Higher quantities available, please inquire before purchase. 

CUPRO NICKLE REPLICA COIN CHARM Brass Pendant Half Penny 24mm.

 England 1953 Coronation Medal celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabethan

  

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was the ceremony in which the newly ascended monarch, Elizabeth II, was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ceylon, and Pakistan, as well as taking on the role of Head of the Commonwealth. Elizabeth ascended the thrones of these countries upon the death of her father, King George VI on 6 February 1952, and was proclaimed queen by her various privy and executive councils shortly afterward. The coronation was held more than a year after the accession, on 2 June 1953; this followed the tradition that a festival such as a coronation was inappropriate during the period of mourning that followed the death of the preceding sovereign. In the coronation ceremony itself, Elizabeth swore an oath to uphold the laws of her nations and, specifically for England, to govern the Church of England.

Monday 27 February 2012

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

Thursday 23 February 2012

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.

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