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  1. Hello everyone, haven't been on here in a while, will have to check to see if I have had anything new that I haven't added to this thread, unfortunately it's time to strike one country off the list now, Fiji dropped the Queen's portrait this year unfortunately so we're down a country, I wonder how many more may do this in the near future? :(

  2. umm, 1 and 2 cent have been discontinued,

    5 - 50 cent revised in 2009 (5 cent slightly larger, 10, 20 and 50 cent reduced)

    The 1 Dollar was supposed to be revised too, but I've not heard any more about this and as we're well into 2010 maybe it's been shelved.

     

    Ah, didn't know that, I haven't seen the new coins on ebay, yet :ninja:

     

    I'll have to seek them out ;)

  3. Fiji

     

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    An incomplete set of pre-decimal Fiji coins, I particularly like the six pence & three pence, Fiji is one of the few places where the three pence was of the same design as the UK version

     

    Decimal

     

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    Complete set of the currently circulating coins of Fiji, as can be seen the Third portrait of Elizabeth II is still used, Fiji also uses a very unique font on their coins as well, a nice little set IMO

  4. Here is an interesting coin, ran across it in an older Coin People forum message and decided to look around on ebay for it....

     

     

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    According to the currency conversion software over at Coinmill.com, this coin only has a face value of 19 cents (US)

     

    Nice, thanks for pointing that one out to me, just got hold of one :ninja:;)

     

    As for crests on coins, yep definitely agree, they work so well, especially on bigger coins.

     

    I hope to have some more up in the next few hours ;)

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    I really like the coins with the coat of arms....

     

    I do as well, the coat of arms of any country usually works well on coins (Full Royal shield on the 1983, 1993, 1998 & 2003 £1 coins although I think it would have looked better on the 50p coin as can be seen in my avatar, Australian 50c, British Jamaica 1/2 & 1c coins, just several examples that spring to mind).

     

    Also regarding the Canadian coins, interesting that only the 1st & 2nd UK portrait were used by Canada yet the 3rd was a variation & the 4th completely unique. Gibraltar is the only crown dependency to move onto a fifth portrait, which is a hybrid of the 3rd & 4th.

  6. Isle of Man,

     

    Series 4 is Heraldry (1984-1987)

    Series 5 is Technology (1988-1995) rather than industry. Ellan Vannin is the Manx name for the Isle of Man.

    The 5p of 1994-1995 was modified to have a pair of golf clubs.

     

    As in Jersey the Isle of Man still has £1 notes - £1 and £2 Isle of Man coins are quite hard to find in change.

    The £5 does not circulate to the best of my knowledge - though I suppose it would be possible to spend one.

     

    The 1998 without Triskeles issue was rather odd, it seems the first batch issued did not have the Triskeles, whilst the coins since did. 1p, 2p, 5p and £1 were issued with this 'error' - Krause also lists a 10p but I cannot confirm that it exists.

     

    Commemoratives,

    Christmas 50p have been issued for every year since 1980 (two in 2008)

    TT 50p were issued 1981-1984, 1999, 2004, 2007 (two), 2009 and 2010.

    A special 50p was issued in 1979 and 1980 to commemorate the millennium of the Tynwald (the Manx parliament),

    and a 1994 issue commemorated the legislative building centenary.

     

    I do apologise AndyG, I have just seen this post, thanks for all of this information, never realised the 5p had been modified at one point from the windsurfer, do you know what the 10p was for the sports series as I have never seen an example of it anywhere. The £5 info I got from Wikipedia (although I suppose I should know better than believe anything off of that these days :ninja: ).

     

    Ah so the 1998 without the Triskeles is a sort of "error" then, interesting I'll have to look out for those.

     

    As for the commemoratives, I'll have to think about those, there's absolutely loads of them to collect, although the Manx TT ones don't particularly interest me the Christmas ones oddly enough do.

     

    Thanks again for the info ;)

  7. Seychelles

     

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    A small selection of Seychelles coins, included here are the latter issue 1c & 5c coins, both of which are made of aluminium. The 10c coin here is the same size & weight as the UK Threepence coin. I have a complete set on their way to me at the mo, once I receive them I'll post the pictures :ninja:

     

     

    UPDATE: Complete set of Seychelles coins

     

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    All coins here from 1 cent to 5 rupee, interestingly enough the portrait is only changed for newly added coins which in this case are the shrunken 1c & 5c coins and the new 50p shaped 5 rupees coins, which is one of my favourites.

  8. Alderney

     

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    The third island of the Channel Islands that issues coins with it's name on it, however unlike Jersey & Guernsey, Alderney only issue commemorative coins. I only have one from here at the mo, however I do rather like this coin. Celebrating the Diamond Wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip this was (I believe) the first six sided coin (of the Pound Stirling at least). Personally if they were to replace the £5 note with a £5 coin, this is the shape I'd like it to be although it would need to be smaller size wise, preferably between the £1 & £2 in thickness & diameter.

  9. Niue Island

     

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    Rather unusual commemorative coin featuring Snoopy, although another island that issues commemorative coins, in 2009 a set of coins from 1c-$1 were issued, pictures of these to appear in the next few weeks :ninja:

     

    UPDATE: Niue Islands first set of coins

     

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    I believe that these may only be a commemorative or collectors set of coins but either way I rather like these, completely uncirculated, the designs have a nice amount of detail. I should point out that the white mark on the image of the 20c coin is actually a bit of dirt on the glass that I didn't notice at the time when scanning these.

  10. Turks & Caicos Islands

     

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    Turks & Caicos Islands is one of several overseas territories/commonwealth members that issues commemorative coins only as opposed to standard circulating coins. Here is a picture of two coins from these islands, the first one is a One Crown coin from 1969 the second one is a 25 Crown coin from 2000 celebrating the millennium.

  11. Nice, liking those quite a lot, I think I have one coin from the 2000 set, the top left one that says Integrity. Thanks for sharing those pics :ninja:

     

    I have a few more to upload tomorrow (Fri), I'm hoping several more turn up tomorrow so can I can get some of these sections updated, I've been holding back on my Fiji coins, so far as I've been awaiting those coins from there.

  12. Only the 2 cents were ever issued (1955+1957) with Elizabeth II portrait on, the George VI 1951 coins were issued without date change for many years until independence.

     

    Oh really, fascinating I did wonder why the only other Elizabeth II coin I've seen for Ceylon was another 2 cent coin, do you know why it was only the two cent coin that was changed at all? Did anything similar happen in other countries at all?

  13. Cayman Islands

     

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    Oddly enough the Cayman Islands only has four circulating coins for some reason, however I have seen a set (which someone bought the day before I was going to :ninja:) which also contains a 50c, $1, $2 & $5 coins so they may have issued the 50c & $1 for general circulation at one point.

     

    Other than that I don't know much else about the Cayman Islands, the coins are very hard to get hold of even for a currently circulating set.

  14. United Kingdom

     

    OK so originally I wasn't going to add the UK to this but I might as well seeing as this is a thread about coins baring QEII's portrait. EDIT: UK Pound sets now added

     

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    All are here barring the Farthing (I thought I had a loose one of those), of which would be the last pre-decimal coins of the UK. Several designs carried over from George VI (namely the Farthing, Half Penny & One Penny) but the majority were re-designed. I have included the 1960 Five Shilling coin here, reason being that unlike the rest this one doesn't actually state what it's commemorating like the rest & just looks like a rather nice, standard circulating coin.

     

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    First set of decimal coins for the UK, of which only the 1/2p, 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p & 50p were released. All these coins bare the "New Pence/Penny", which was replaced by 1982 with the values of each coin instead when the 20p was introduced.

     

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    Here are the decimal coins nearly 40 years on, the 1/2p has been withdrawn, the 5p, 10p & 50p have been shrunk and the 20p, £1 & £2 have been introduced. Shown here is the old sized 5p (with Five Pence rather than New Pence on it) & old sized (thickness wise) £2 coin which was more of a commemorative coin than a general circulation coin at that point, although they are still legal tender. Some coins here are dated 2008, the original plan was to not release any of the original series dated 2008, however several coins (namely the 1p, 5p & 10p) ended up in circulation for some reason (although the 1p & 5p often have circulation issues as a lot of people don't like using them in this day & age due to their size I don't know why the 10p issue never circulated).

     

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    In 2008 we got the biggest change in UK coinage for 40 years, gone were the designs of Christopher Ironside & in came the new designs by Matthew Dent who's designs won the competition to redesign them by the Royal Mint, several years earlier. The coins are rather unique as six of them form together to make up the Royal Shield, originally the £1 coin was excluded however I imagine that due to the design that was eventually chosen, they decided to change the £1 coin to show the design as a whole. The £2 coin remained unchanged (and so is missing from this set). There are several other changes as well, the beading round the outside has now been removed, the date for the 20p coin is now on the front instead of the back & the point of the 50p is now at the bottom instead of the top. I do rather like these coins, however when Queen Elizabeth II finally leaves the throne I imagine these will be discontinued. The problem with these coins is that if the Royal Mint decided to withdraw (for example) the 1p & 2p coins or shrink the 2p coin, then the whole design of them will need to be changed. Also whilst the 2p, 10p & 50p have rather detailed areas of the shield, the 1p & 20p in particular end up with the arse end of the design (literally with the 20p). Either way they're unique and rather striking, when all put together.

     

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    Bit of an odd curio here, a "What if" of sorts, these were the first pattern Euro coins minted for the UK to show what the coins would look like if the UK had adopted the Euro on the 1st January 2002. Obviously for legal reasons the reverses are not the official ones, the obverse however could pass as an official portrait of the Queen although due to new rules on EU coins the "United Kingdom" legend would have to move up outside the border. Three unofficial sets have been minted for the UK, 2002 (pictured above), 2003 (without a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II) & 2006 which features Queen Elizabeth II but with different reverses. I shall post pics of the complete 2006 at a later date. the 2c & 1 Euro are missing from this scan above.

  15. Really great thread! I just recently started collecting coins and it is the coins which feature the effigy of Queen Elizabeth II which has initiated this interest for me.

     

    Anyways, a quick question from a noobie to the forum here, and to the hobby....

     

    Canada released a circulating commemorative 50 cent coin featuring the same effigy used on the 1953 Coronation Medallion, but I can find no reference to who sculpted the image. Can anybody tell me who the artist who designed the obverse for this coin was?

     

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    I really like that portrait, shame it hasn't been used on more coins IMO. As for the sculptor, unfortunately I don't know who did it unfortunately. I'm rather hoping that come the Diamond Jubilee year they change the portrait like they did with Victoria in one of her Jubilee years.

     

    A few more examples up in a little while & a few updated up thread.

  16. South Africa

     

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    Another incomplete set sadly, this time for South Africa, included here is the 1p, 3p, 1s & 5s coins, coins from South Africa especially with QEII's portrait are rather hard to get hold of, especially in good condition. The designs for certain coins were carried over onto the first Rand coins of 1961 which carried a portrait of Jan van Riebeeck.

  17. Rhodesia & Nyasaland

     

    EDIT: New scan now includes the Threepence coin

     

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    In contrast to the previous series, the Rhodesia & Nyasaland coins are one of my favourites, sadly they are very hard to get hold of possibly because the designs are so striking & a lot of people like them. Only two coins here sadly at the mo, Two Shillings & Half Crown, I do however have a Three Pence on the way to me. Interestingly enough the Three Pence & Two Shillings seem to be the most common of the lot (on eBay at least).

     

    EDIT: Threepence coin now added, oddly enough this seems to be the only common Rhodesia & Nyasaland coin with the Six Pence & One Shilling seeming to be the most elusive

     

    My search for coins of Rhodesia & Nyasaland continues :ninja:

  18. East Africa

     

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    Another one of those nations of which getting hold of the Queen Elizabeth II variant of the coin is tough, unfortunately I only have one coin from this set & although the detail is still very clear the coin does have rust pictures on it sadly, I hope to get a few more East African coins with QEII but these sadly seem to be few & far between.

  19. Guernsey

     

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    Guernsey has had two series of decimal coins, the first series did not oddly enough feature a portrait of the Queen or bare her name (and so has not been posted on here), however the second series (introduced in 1985) displayed the Queen's head, along with the crest of Guernsey which was on the obverse of all coins prior to 1985, Guernsey is the only country to have another symbol alongside the Queens head (although the IOM coins have the Triskeles round the edge). A complete set shown above with a bonus 10 Shilling coin from 1996 (in the same shape and size as the latter Jersey £1 coin of 1981), I have included this here as it was the only coin prior to 1985 in Guernsey that displayed the head of a monarch.

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