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Hiya Daltonista. Yes, the Oak is very "English". We built black and white houses out of it for centuries. It has also been used for the construction of lock gates in our canals, and the hills of our sailing ships were made of it until we found that Teak didn't attract wood-boring sea-creatures. Most country estates had plantations of it for maintaining their properties. It is also celebrated on the old-style "round pounds" of 1987, 1992, and 2013. (Round pounds with these designs from other years are forgeries, but that's another story...
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United Kingdom
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Oops! Fat finger syndrome! Hulls not hills!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thank you, Spyro.
Nice coins, Bacchus 2 and GLB49!
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Thank you, daltonista.
My American Silver Eagle collection http://goccf.com/t/448125My random silver coin collection http://goccf.com/t/449270My MS-70 silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490829My dragon silver coin collection https://goccf.com/t/490859My silver Libertad collection https://goccf.com/t/491087 |
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United Kingdom
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Another recent pick-up Edward III - half Groat (Pre&-Treaty), London Mint (ND 1351-1352) Ob. + EDWARDVS . REX . ANGLI . Z . FRANCI Rev. + POS VI DEV ADIVT OREM / CIVITAS LONDON The reverse lettering broadly translates to ""I have made God my helper" / "City of London";"  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice coin, Bacchus2!  Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A fine addition, Bacchus2.
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Another recent pick-up... Edward III - half Groat (Pre&-Treaty), London Mint (ND 1351-1352) Fantastic! |
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United Kingdom
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Bought this at one of my relatively local coin shops today - an 1892 Maundy Set. It fills a gap as I didn't have a Jubilee Head one. I might try to upgrade the fourpence sometime as it's more worn than the other coins - maybe the original 4d was lost and replaced, or perhaps it just got separated from the other coins and mishandled. Usually if any coins in a Maundy Set look different from the others, it's the penny (tiny and easily lost) or the threepence (Maundy recipients in need of some cash sometimes spent them, as until 1927 they were the same as the currency threepence):   |
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United Kingdom
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That's a really nice Maundy set.
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United States
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A very nice purchase, NumisRob.
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Thanks guys! Daltonista... Quote:
NumisRob, I'm familiar with oak leaves all over my silver and copper tokens, but they're generally just used in wreaths that surround a denomination or coat of arms. Is this the first use of an oak branch as the main "device" on a UK coin? Aside from strength and stability, does it carry any special significance in British iconography? (I get thistles and shamrocks, etc., but oaks... ) Sorry, I started typing a response to this 3 days ago, but couldn't get the pictures to upload. I think Spyro has answered your question, but this is what I was going to say... I think this article says more than I could! https://www.historic-uk.com/Culture...English-Oak/The 1987 UK Pound Coin showed an oak tree inside a crown, and one of the Pound Coins issued in 2013 showed an oak sprig and a rose:   Edited by NumisRob
Yesterday 7:45 pm
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Thanks, NumisRob, for teaming up with Spyro to bring me up to date on the oak imagery.
I guess I wasn't seeing the forest for the trees.
"If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough."
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Great purchases, NumisRob! Errers and Varietys.
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