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Summer flowers.
England expects.
York river boat.HFF
Pendle view.
Union of England & Scotland coin (1 of 2).
Union of England & Scotland coin (2 of 2).
Witches galore. HFF
Buy one, get one free?
Up close and personal.
Please.....slow.....down.
In Memoriam.
Sky and steel.
English Longhorn cattle.
Coal-mining monument.
Autumn leaves.
You have been warned !! HFF
Wallace Hartley's grave (2 of 2).
Pendle Hill (HFF).
English Longhorn.
"By superstition & ignorance".
Pendle view.
Autumn in the woods.
Autumn colours.
UK Euro "Pattern" coin (1 of 2).
KF 4-8-4 Locomotive (2 of 2).
"Coppernob", built in 1846.
Tyne bridge, Newcastle.
Rowan Tree.
King Arthur (2 of 2).
King Arthur (1 of 2).
Euro commemorative coin.
KF 4-8-4 Locomotive.
Livingston Thompson.
"Over the hills & far away".
Sign of the times.
Don't walk by.
Toll-gate sign.
"Rocket" (replica).
York University gardens.
Sunset over Pendle Hill.
Freyja.
Camping in Cumbria.
Vertical elements.
Morrigan (View on black).
Independence of The Bahamas.
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UK "Pattern" coin (2 of 2).
In 2002 the UK issued a series of "pattern" coins based on the Euro. The coins were struck at the Heaton Birmingham Mint (which closed in 2003) with permission granted by the UK Government to use a new portrait of HM the Queen.
A pattern coin is a coin which has not been approved for release, produced for the purpose of evaluating a proposed coin design and not meant for circulation. They are often produced to proof standard in Gold or Silver and as "Piedforts" (double the thickness and weight of the standard version of a particular coin). They are collected or studied by coin collectors because of their highly-elaborate designs and their rarity....this one is a Sterling Silver Piedfort (one of only 5000 ever made to this specification). Pattern coins have been created for a variety of reasons, including sample coins for VIPs and for testing various designs and die cuts in the minting equipment.
Camera: Sony RX100.
Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.
A pattern coin is a coin which has not been approved for release, produced for the purpose of evaluating a proposed coin design and not meant for circulation. They are often produced to proof standard in Gold or Silver and as "Piedforts" (double the thickness and weight of the standard version of a particular coin). They are collected or studied by coin collectors because of their highly-elaborate designs and their rarity....this one is a Sterling Silver Piedfort (one of only 5000 ever made to this specification). Pattern coins have been created for a variety of reasons, including sample coins for VIPs and for testing various designs and die cuts in the minting equipment.
Camera: Sony RX100.
Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.
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However the artist has made an error similar to one made in the1840s when a florin/two shilling piece (10p in today's money) was issued without the DEI GRATIA/DEI GRA/DG, and was known at the "Godless (or graceless) florin.
This one omits the FIDEI DEFENSOR/FID DEF/FD text.
HMQ would not be amused!
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