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2021 Set 2£ |
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G2PND 2021 G.britain Sir Walter Scott - FR 250th Anniv. of Birth |
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Obverse:
Queen Elizabeth II
Lettering: ELIZABETH II D G REG F D 2 POUNDS
Reverse:
Sir Walter Scott
Lettering: 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH 2021 SIR WALTER SCOTT NOVELIST HISTORIAN POET
Edge:
Lettered
Lettering: THE WILL TO DO, THE SOUL TO DARE
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2021 Set 50p |
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G50P 2021 G.britain Decimal Day Obv. Machin Portrait |
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2021 Set 2£ |
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G2PND 2021 G.britain H.G. Wells |
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75th Anniversary of the Death of H.G Wells
Designed by:
Chris Costello
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2021 Set 50p |
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G50P 2021 G.britain John Logie Baird |
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2021 Set 5£ |
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G5PND 2021 G.britain QE II 95th Anniv of Birth |
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Commemorative issue
95th anniversary of the birth of Queen Elizabeth II
Obverse
Fifth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend around.
Lettering:
ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·F·D·5 POUNDS·2021·
J.C
Translation: Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of God Queen Defender of the Faith (Elizabeth II Dei Gratia Regina Fidei Defensatrix)
Engraver: Jody Clark
Reverse
Floral emblems of the United Kingdom accompanied by Our Royal Cypher, legend around, dates above.
Lettering:
1926 2021
EIIR
TN
◆MY HEART AND MY DEVOTION◆
Engraver: Timothy Noad
Edge
Plain with incuse lettering
Lettering: FULL OF HONOUR AND YEARS
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G5PND 2016 G.britain HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN 90TH BIRTHDAY |
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This Gold Proof £5 coin (Crown) was issued to mark the day that Queen Elizabeth II reached her 90th birthday.
Obverse designer: Jody Clark
Reverse designer: Christopher Hobbs
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G1PND 2016 G.britain LAST ROUND POUND |
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G2PND 2016 G.britain GREAT FIRE OF LONDON 350TH ANNIVERSARY |
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The Great Fire of London swept through the central parts of the English city from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. It threatened but did not reach the City of Westminster, Charles II's Palace of Whitehall, or most of the suburban slums. It destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities. It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.
The death toll is unknown but was traditionally thought to have been relatively small, as only six verified deaths were recorded. This reasoning has recently been challenged on the grounds that the deaths of poor and middle-class people were not recorded; moreover, the heat of the fire may have cremated many victims, leaving no recognisable remains. A melted piece of pottery on display at the Museum of London found by archaeologists in Pudding Lane, where the fire started, shows that the temperature reached 1,250 °C.
This coin commemorates it's 350th anniversary.
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G50P 2016 G.britain BATTLE OF HASTINGS 950TH ANNIVERSARY |
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G2PND 2018 G.britain Frankenstein 200th Anniversary |
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Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley (1797–1851) that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was 18, and the first edition was published anonymously in London on 1 January 1818, when she was 20.
Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story because, in contrast to previous stories with fantastical elements resembling those of later science fiction, the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results.It has had a considerable influence in literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories, films and plays.
This coin commemorates the 200th anniversary of the first publication.
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G2PND 2017 G.britain JANE AUSTEN AN ENDURING ROMANCE |
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Jane Austen( 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism.Her use of biting irony, along with her realism, humour, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike.
With the publications of Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816), she achieved success as a published writer. She wrote two additional novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, both published posthumously in 1818, and began another, eventually titled Sanditon, but died before its completion. She also left behind three volumes of juvenile writings in manuscript, a short epistolary novel Lady Susan, and another unfinished novel, The Watsons. Her six full-length novels have rarely been out of print, although they were published anonymously and brought her moderate success and little fame during her lifetime.
This coin commemorates the 200th anniversary of her death.
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G2PND 2017 G.britain THE AVIATION WWI CENTENARY |
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The First World War Centenary is the centenary of the First World War, which started on 28 July 2014 with a series of commemorations of the outbreak of the war organized across the continent of Europe and ended on 11 November 2018 with a large ceremony in Paris (France) attended by 80 heads of state and 30 heads of government.
This coin pays tribute to the aviation, which saw a great leap forward during WWI.
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G2PND 2016 G.britain THE ARMY WWI CENTENARY |
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The First World War Centenary is the centenary of the First World War, which started on 28 July 2014 with a series of commemorations of the outbreak of the war organized across the continent of Europe and ended on 11 November 2018 with a large ceremony in Paris (France) attended by 80 heads of state and 30 heads of government.
This coin pays tribute to the army, which suffered huge losses during the war.
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G2PND 2016 G.britain HISTORY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |
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William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later.
This coin commemorates the 400th anniversary of his death and pays tribute to his histories, such as Richard III.
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G2PND 2016 G.britain COMEDY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE |
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William Shakespeare (bapt. 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he had three children: Susanna and twins Hamnet and Judith. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. At age 49 (around 1613), he appears to have retired to Stratford, where he died three years later.
This coin commemorates the 400th anniversary of his death and pays tribute to his comedies, such as The comedy of Errors.
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