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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'sprotection').
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.
Labels:
England 2002,
London,
Royal Mint
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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