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Valued Member
Canada
451 Posts |
Forget 1812 commemms, I want black and white Wolfe Vs. Montcalm coins.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Thanks for the thought Neil... but I don't do Tim Hortons. The coffee is just awful. Anyone here want that lifetime supply of Horton donuts?
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 Australia
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The "War of 1812" actually lasted until 1815. It is usually the final ending of a war that is commemorated, rather than the beginnings of wars. But for Britain, what Americans call the "War of 1812" was merely a part of the greater worldwide conflict Britain was involved with at the time. The Treaty of Ghent may have formally ended the American war in February 1815, but for Britain the fat lady didn't sing until after the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815 and the resultant Paris Treaty of November 1815.
Britain will probably issue a great many Waterloo bicentenary coins in 2015.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'm with Ugly on this one. This was a conflict between the US and GB. I would go as far as to say that 1982 was the birth of Canada, however, with the g20 crap last year I hate to say our country is as dead as disco. We're living in a disguised dictatorship.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I like the idea of both counties issuing common reverse legal tender. Politics aside, I think it would be good economically for both countries, as well as possibly prompting collectors on both sides to collect examples from every mint!?!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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i would not waste my money on it!
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Germany
1064 Posts |
Ask a British person what the war of 1812 was and they will look at you blankly.
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Canada
576 Posts |
Just issue a medallion to commemorate Brock and Tecumseh. I might buy those.
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Canada
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Seems to me that the chance of having those coins is more than 75 percent since the Royal Canadian Mint celebrates everything. |
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Canada
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"Ask a British person what the war of 1812 was and they will look at you blankly."
I think this applies to most wars and skirmishes that got started by the British empire. There are just too many.
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Canada
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This means all the token commemoratives will appear.
Brock, Wellington Tecumseh, Perry ,Hamilton{I think} and many more. There will be a flood of stuff.
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United States
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The idea of a joint Canada-USA commemorative appeals to me.  |
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Canada
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"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Canada
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Why do I see the fourth guy off screen kissing the middle guys girlfriend while the other too proclaim "Awwwwwwwwkward"
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Canada
3692 Posts |
Why would they celebrate the START of the war, and not the END of the war?
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Posted 12/16/2011 1:14 pm
