Month: October 2023
2012 Gold Sovereign Bullion – Elizabeth II
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Changes to the Reverse design of a gold sovereign are rare, but as 2012 was Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee celebrating 60 years of reign, the Sovereign did feature a new reverse design for that year only.
2023 Five Pounds – Mary Seacole – Silver Proof
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£5 coin celebrating Mary Seacole (1805-1881). Mary was awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit (posthumously) in 1990. In 2003 the Every Generation website voted her 'The Greatest Black Briton'.
2023 Gold Fifty Pence The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – Charles III
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2023 Gold 50p The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe which is the best known book from the The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis. It was published in 1950 and has sold about 120 million copies.
181AD Denarius of Emperor Commodus / Liberalitas
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Silver Denarius of Commodus, minted around 1871AD at the Rome mint. Obverse shows the laureate head of Commodus. The Reverse shows the Goddess Liberalitas