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The Queen truly defined the the role and definition of a Life Long of
Service . A remarkable woman , a wonderful Human Being .
May she rest a well deserved Peace .
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Complete professionalism and always nice to everyone. She kept the monarchy relevant in a changing world!   Machin portrait of Her Majesty on a NZ dollar from 1970   Australian silver Jubilee 50 cent coin from 1977 showing 25 crowns! Edited by Princetane
09/09/2022 12:51 am
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I like this coin as it shows her on horseback and she was a great horsewoman and one of the world's leading experts on horses:  I only saw her once. It was about 20 years ago. I was sitting right at the front of a bus in London. We got to a crossroads and suddenly a policeman put out his hand and stopped the bus. A chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce then came by, with a police motorcycle escort: the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were inside. I'd been chatting to two French tourists on the bus, and when I pointed out to them that it was the Queen, they didn't seem at all surprised: they assumed that it was an everyday thing to see the Queen if you spent a day in London! I later found out that she had been on her way to attend a banquet in the Mansion House (the Lord Mayor's Official Residence) with the Lord Mayor of London. By the way, Princetane, I've always liked that Australian 50c coin. I remember at the time of its issue some UK collectors were grumbling about Australia issuing a relatively small, low-face value coin when obscure territories were striking huge silver and gold ones. But I think it's great that the Australian Jubilee 50c actually circulated and indeed still does - I've received several in change on my visits to Australia! Edited by NumisRob
09/09/2022 05:13 am
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It's very quiet here today. Everyone seems to be speaking little and with hushed voices. The vast majority of people alive in the UK today have never known another monarch, and most people seem a little shook up.   Edited by Gainn
09/09/2022 09:06 am
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Rest in peace, Queen Elizabeth II. An absolute shining example of dignity, class & tireless sense of duty to people everywhere. Rest now your Majesty...You certainly have earned it.
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I apologize if it is too soon to discuss things, as I certainly mean no disrespect. Does The Royal Mint continue minting coins with QEII on them or do they stop? What is the process for transitioning to the new monarch on their coinage? |
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Quote:I apologize if it is too soon to discuss things, as I certainly mean no disrespect. Does The Royal Mint continue minting coins with QEII on them or do they stop? What is the process for transitioning to the new monarch on their coinage? As has been discussed in the threads on the Canadian, Australian and Main subforums... No, the mint does not suddenly stop making coins with the old monarch's portrait when the monarch dies. It takes time to approve a new royal coinage portrait, and coins can't be issued without an offically approved portrait. Approving the royal portrait for coinage is one of the few things the British monarch still retains a direct, personal veto power over. And it's not something they can do "in advance", because it would have been rude for the Mint to design a coin for the queens successor while the queen was still alive. So now that she has passed away (and probably after a month or two - it's not that much of a high priority for new monarchs these days), they'll invite artists from Britain and abroad to come and take portraits of the new king. These portraits then get turned into a coin design, before being submitted back to the monarch for approval. If the monarch doesn't like it, they have to start the whole process over again. If the monarch approves, then the coin design goes to Parliament for ratification and enshrining in legislation. Meanwhile, the country still needs coins for commerce, and the Mint will want to be selling NCLT. So for our current situation, coins will continue to be struck with the "2022" date and the late queen's portrait, until the new designs are ready. After all, a 2022 QEII coin isn't "wrong", as she was queen for at least part of 2022. A 2023 coin with her portrait would be "wrong", so those won't be made (apart from the NCLT coins that might already have been made with the "2023" date). If they still haven't resolved the portrait issue before January 1 2023, then they'll just keep issuing 2022 QEII coins. Which will, in turn, mean that "2022 coins" will be minted for more than 12 months, making them more abundant than would otherwise have been the case. So don't bother hoarding 2022 coins with the expectation they'll become valuable some day; if 1936 and 1952 are anything to judge by, they won't. All this usually means that coins featuring portraits of the new king aren't likely to be actually in circulation until about the same time as his coronation, which will probably happen in about a year's time. There's no law or convention saying they have to wait until the coronation to start issuing them, that's just how the timeframe usually has gone, for the last hundred years or so at least. 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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I wonder if they will try to get a portrait approved in time to mint coins for the Royal Maundy Ceremony. That will take place on April 6 next year. In 1936 and 1952, Maundy sets bearing the effigies of George V and George VI were distributed by their successors, but, as Sap pointed out, these monarchs were on the throne for at least part of those years - George V died on 20 January and George VI on 6 February. I don't see how it would be acceptable for King Charles III to distribute 2023-dated Maundy coins with his late mother's portrait, unless of course these have already been minted...
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Given how commercial the mint is now, I would not be surprised if 2022 dated Carolus III sets are available by Christmas.....
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God save the Queen!  Canada $1 Proof NCLT 2018. |
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A beautiful example, canadian_coins
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The obverse of the Canadian 2006 Timber Wolf $1.  |
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With her husband Prince Philip in 1997 on the occasion of their Golden Wedding Anniversary:   |
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