Falkland Islands Britannia Rules The Waves

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mellamobradley46 Valued Member United States 430 Posts	Posted 07/20/2017 09:04 am You might want to jump on this if you collect interesting world coins. There is a Falkland Islands 2017 bullion coin that has "Britannia Rules the Waves" on its reverse. It was produced by Pobjoy Mint, who was forced to halt production after they were sued for copy-write infringement for the use of the word Britannia. Only a little over 7,000 of this coin was produced and sold before it was stopped and the inscription removed for future type 2. They're on ebay now for about 33 dollars, which is a bit high for one ounce bullion, but it might be sought after when word gets out about its scarcity and its interesting story. Report this Post to the Staff

DavidUK Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2624 Posts	Posted 07/20/2017 09:26 am I find it bizarre that copyright can be applied to the word Britannia. It's the Roman name for the province and the lady personification of our island. Still an interesting story. Report this Post to the Staff
mellamobradley46 Valued Member United States 430 Posts	Posted 07/20/2017 10:28 am It's probably a bit more nuanced than how I presented it, but yeah, I also think it's interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
crazyglue Valued Member United States 467 Posts	Posted 07/20/2017 11:49 am I accidentally bought four of these instead of the usual two. This accident turned out to be okay in this case. This is similar in numbers to the recent Ghana 100 cedis issue versus 5 cedis. They ended up with only 5k if that and 45k of the correct coin Report this Post to the Staff
Debrajc Pillar of the Community United States 4211 Posts	Posted 07/23/2017 6:51 pm Congrats on your mistake @crazyglue. I also had a "mistake" but it was on their end. They pulled the wrong coins when they filled my order. They offered me a refund or an exchange of the correct coin in a new version since they are sold out of the original ones. Just my luck! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16862 Posts	Posted 07/24/2017 01:48 am Quote: I find it bizarre that copyright can be applied to the word Britannia. It's the Roman name for the province and the lady personification of our island. Still an interesting story. I agree. The trademark violation is presumably because the word "Britannia" was used on a large silver coin. I reckon the Bank of England should sue the Royal Mint for trademark violation, then. They put Britannia on a large silver coin, way back in 1804. The Royal Mint coins are clearly inferior copies of this. 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
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