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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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 She was very beautiful in her day. In fact the whole family are attractive...........except for poor Charles who seems to have bumped into the ugly stick.  |
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 Australia
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they have me on some good drugs but not that good and you sicko's are getting a bit off topic as I didn't ask who thinks the queen's hot or who'd throw the leg come on guys lighten up and be honest, the hole family got a really good flogging with it, and the one's that are half decent marry in  but I think they're all related in some way..very strange people  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Well I wouldn't knock her back   |
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Australia
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United States
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The Queen is even today better looking than those ugly coins. At 85 years old she has certainly aged but these coins don't even look like her. I can't believe she approved the way she is depicted.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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 RealMetal. If everyone had the money of the royal family we'd all be a lot better looking  except me Sorry but I really don't get what all the fuss is about over a bunch of leaches and parasites that only ever look after them selves and really shouldn't be there any way And if they make charles king it is even more of a joke   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To me the current Canadian effigy is horrible. not b/c HM is ugly, but b/c it reminds me of "anybody's" grandmother. I always thought a queen should look regal on coins. In fact their present effigy on normal circulating coins is one of the main reasons I dropped collecting them in recent years! When you turn the page in your album, all you see is an elderly lady like you could go to the mall and see. A crown on HM would definitely have been an improvement. And, BTW, I always was surprised when comparing Commonwealth coins with coins from other countries b/c their monarchs since the early 1900's, for the most part, have been more aesthetically appealing in their effigies than a lot of other monarchs/coins - case in point:  |
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Australia
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OMFG that's a cracker..thanks very much earle..makes you wonder what they're thinking
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When you turn the page in your album, all you see is an elderly lady like you could go to the mall and see. A crown on HM would definitely have been an improvement. She is wearing a crown  I dont mind the current portrait. After all, the Queen is 85 years old, so she is an elderly lady. |
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To me the current Canadian effigy is horrible. I was only talking of Canadian coins. I LIKE the looks of other coins in the Commonwealth - such as the one you posted.  This effigy just does not strike me as being "royal" enough. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Most portraits of the Queen are unflattering. She looks much better on TV than on coins.
There are a few portraits of HM on notes that look good. Sadly, none of them are the Australian ones.
I think the Mints - all of them - ought to try harder to get something that does her justice.
Regarding "the record" - Queen Victoria used a couple of portraits simultaneously, but they were essentially the same image of her profile, from 1837 to 1887, when it was overtaken by her "Jubilee" Head. Apparently, she didn't like that, so a few years later, it was overtaken by the "Old" or "Veiled" Head.
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...they were essentially the same image of her profile, from 1837 to 1887, when it was overtaken by her "Jubilee" Head. Apparently, she didn't like that, so a few years later, it was overtaken by the "Old" or "Veiled" Head. Apparently, she didn't object to the Jubilee design herself, but it was widely unpopular with he public (who had, afterall, not seen a new portrait introduced on silver coins since the "gothic" on the 1850 florin) and the press, which derided it as depicting the queen "scowling" in a "silly hat". 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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Posted 12/29/2011 04:08 am
made me do it 
