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welder Pillar of the Community United States 1037 Posts	Posted 06/07/2014 11:42 pm I started to buy silver bullion coins from different countries because I have a lot of ASE's and wanted something different. I bought some SML's, some Britannia's, some Philharmonics, and a few LTD editions from the Perth Mint. As I was admiring some of my newly acquired treasures, I noticed something thing in common with most of the coins; Queen Lizzy. You know, with all the countries and mirco-nations under the UK's Empire, combined with her being on the throne for some 60 years, it is my opinion that the Queen's face is on more coins than any other face in modern history. Can anyone think of someone else who is on more different kinds of coins? Report this Post to the Staff

Groszy Pillar of the Community United States 589 Posts	Posted 06/08/2014 12:45 am According to http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal...en-s-coinage, she's appeared on more than 54.6 billion coins, but it doesn't state whether that includes the coins of other "nations" under British control. One would need a couple Krause books with mintages and spend a great deal of time adding them up to determine it for sure. What I can say though, is that if the 54.6 billion figure is all the coins of all the United Kingdom and not just of Great Britain, then the Lincoln Cent has a larger total mintage (for example, 1981-P at almost 7.5 billion, 1981-D at almost 5.4 billion, 1982-P at 10.7 billion, and between 1983 and 2001 consist mintages at Philly and Denver of at least 4 billion; rough estimate of the totals of these examples: 175.6 billion) Edited by Groszy 06/08/2014 12:46 am Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9864 Posts	Posted 06/08/2014 02:11 am For appearances on different kinds of coins Elizabeth is the hands down winner. For appearance on the largest number of coins period, my money is on Lincoln. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
triggersmob Pillar of the Community Australia 9412 Posts	Posted 06/08/2014 03:39 am I just did a quick sum on my Excel spreadsheet, as I keep a note of mintages. I don't have all the UK coins, but a total of just the decimal coins that I have, gives me a total of over 53 billion. Then you still have pre decimal on top of that. Then I did a total of the Aussie coins I have and that gives over 20 billion. Then you still have all the other countries to go. I think the total might top Lincoln. Steve Report this Post to the Staff
ASLAN TVorlon Pillar of the Community United States 1234 Posts	Posted 06/08/2014 03:51 am Quote: For appearances on different kinds of coins Elizabeth is the hands down winner. good olde Queen Vic was on the throne for 64 years, Liz just hit 62. Vic built the Empire that crumbled slowly under the Ed's and George's, it was gasping when Liz came in. OK the monetary reform from Pence/Shillings/Pounds to New Pence gave Liz a boost. Vic had coins minted for use on every continent almost (I'm looking at you Antarctica), Liz too I guess but I'm wondering if it's less? How many different African holdings and the middle east, Pakistan through the far east and all the little islands in the pacific were lost before Liz came along? The long lived Dutch queen's might put up a fight for the title too, but I'd say for real people it's almost even money between Liz and Vic. For fictional (Idealized) people I'd have to say "Lady Liberty" Many countries have their own depiction of what "Lady Liberty" looks like and have made coins with her on them for years, centuries in some cases. Seated Liberty, Seated Liberty with rays, Seated Liberty with arrows; Varieties on one denomination over the course of a few years, for one country. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 06/08/2014 05:14 am I'm pretty sure you'll find that QEII rates far higher than Victoria, both in terms of sheer number of coins and in variety (the number of different types of coins). For most of Queen Vic's reign, the official policy of the Foreign Office was that colonies using sterling should use British coinage, rather than have their own coinages made. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
ASLAN TVorlon Pillar of the Community United States 1234 Posts	Posted 06/08/2014 1:39 pm That answers that question, thanks Sap Report this Post to the Staff
nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 06/08/2014 2:02 pm Helvetia has been featured on coins for a very long time. But mintages would not be high enough to seriously contend. Report this Post to the Staff
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