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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1953 Estados Unidos Mexicanos. 5 Pesos (Hidalgo)   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1953 Australia. 1 Florin - Elizabeth II 1st Portrait - without "F:D:".   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1953 Republica de Panama. ½ Balboa -50th Anniversary.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1953 UK. ½ Crown - Elizabeth II 1st portrait; with 'BRITT:OMN'.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1953 UK 5 Shillings - Elizabeth II Coronation.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1953 Republique Francaise. 20 Francs Guiraud   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1953 Canada. 5 Cents - Elizabeth II 1st portrait, steel.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1953 Estados Unidos Mexicanos. 25 centavos.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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1953 Republica de Paraguay. 5 Centimos.   |
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United States
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1953 proof cameo Franklyn half dollar   Edited by muddler
10/28/2022 1:32 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Australia
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Australia 3 pence  NZ florin  U.K. 3 pence  Cambodia 20 centimes  Canada 1 cent  Fiji 6 pence  India 1 pice  Japan 10 yen  Malaya & British Borneo 10 cents  Paraguay 15 centimos  Vatican 2 lire  Yugoslavia 5 dinara  |
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Russian Federation
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Paraguay, 15 centimos, 1953. For a while I liked collecting decimal 15 coins; there are multiple-type series from Russia/USSR, Romania, Mongolia, and (for some reason) Bahamas, but also a few sporadic issues, including this one from Paraguay, which AFAIK is the only circulating South American decimal 15. I love this series for its shape as well, though, and the design isn't too bad either!   |
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United Kingdom
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1953 was a big year for British coins with the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and new reverse designs for all coins apart from the three bronze ones. It's also the only year for QE2 coins with 'Britt:Omn' in the obverse legend and the only year of the reign that a full set of coins from the farthing to crown was struck. 1953 standard coins:  1953 crown:  The Royal Mint issued a Proof Set of all denominations:  They also issued the so-called 'Plastic Set' with the coins from farthing to halfcrown packed clumsily in a plastic holder. About a million of these were sold at a small premium above face value:  The 1953 penny was only issued in Proof and 'Plastic' sets. However, many sets got broken up - especially by kids who received them for Christmas - and therefore some pennies did escape into circulation! There are two obverse varieties for mosr 1953 UK coins. Some have a 'weak portrait', with very poor definition of the hairlines, eye and facial features, even when the coins are Uncirculated. On these coins the designer's initials on the truncation (MG for Mary Gillick) are so indistinct as to be virtually illegible. Other coins have a 'recut portrait' with better defined hairlines and a clearer 'MG', like the circulated shilling below:  |
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And yet that weak portrait would persist on our coins until 1956. New Zealand made almost as big a fuss of the new Queen as the British, it all came out this year!  The coins to and including the Florin   Halfcrown and the Special Crown issued in November for the Upcoming Royal Tour in which Her Majesty and His Royal Highness were in New Zealand from Dec 23 1953 to January 30 1954 arriving on the Gothic. The Crown itself was a relative flop, being badly designed (A Maori face and some Korus, how interesting). Even worse was they charged 6d extra for it, to pay for a perspex case, which as you can see aged horribly.  However the tour was a massive hit, she saw the whole country and crowds lined the streets. Like the UK, we got the big proof set in the case! Except I don't have one.   A Uncirculated 1953 Threepence showing the "weak" portrait we call the "Strapless" one in New Zealand. Actual numbers of coins issued were not that high, just 200k of the Halfcrown and Florin and no more than a few million of the others came out. There had been a huge issuance of coins between 1947 and 1951 to phase out earlier silver coins and now in 1953 a surplus. Coins showing Her Majesty were first sighted here in September. Edited by Princetane
10/28/2022 05:03 am
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