This will be my last blog on the new Monarchy. Every King or Queen has there Royal Cyper. What is that.? Well if you have been successful in life you would have it on your dinner jackets maybe your car door.�� � ....In Britain it goes everywhere. Post office mail boxes Uniforms letter heads, cars government buildings and in this case The Tower of London gates. They are everywhere. Now the coin below is King Charles 111 Cyper.�� � ....He has King Edwards Crown on top then it has C with an R� inside of that and the 111 inside the top of the R. It means king Charles the 111. Queen Elizabeth had the R meaning Regina Latin for Queen. Now Charles has an R which stands for Rex Latin for King. You can go all over England and see the Rulers of the Monarchy on something.�� � � � �Enlarge the stamp.� You will see Queen Elizabeth 11 on the stamp. You will see King George King Edward, most of them are still up but very few.� There are about 2,000 Monarchs in the world� with a Cyper. Now King Charles 111 will be in Australia ,Canada, and Commonwealth countries. Now think about that. The Kings Chose was designed by the Alms corporation they made it in September. Now its going up everywhere even on envelopes. The guards hats. I could not believe how many places it goes. So if your ever in England count how many places you see this. And if your taking a picture of the coin. Don't do it with the window open. The dust will find its way on the plastic protection� .�� � � � � �I hope you enjoyed this small blog on such a big project because that's what it is. . The coin just came out. And its 9999 proof. The fields are large. Its very hard to take a picture of a coin like this because of dust. It will get on there. !!!!!

Hi everyone. Hope your all doing well. This token is related to England and the U.S. First I apologize for not blogging. Were redoing some of the rooms. Now if you look at the obverse you see the notes to England's National Anthem. "God Save The King". Or when its a Queen that is put in.� � � � �No one knows who wrote it. There are plenty of composers who's name cone up. Wikipedia says Beethoven. No he didn't write it. That's why I stay away from it.There are so many writers I can't name them all.�� � � � � �They agree it as made around 1795. Its the oldest anthem in the world. As a matter if fact it was second to our national anthem. You see the words were changed when it got to the states. You young kids would not remember it. When I was in school we sang every morning My Country Tis of Thee Great land of liberty !! It goes on .�� � � � As time went on the National Anthem was sang before the school day started. I remember then we said a short prayer. Even today Congress starts the day with a prayer by a religious person. Funny we don't sing or pray but the country doesn't start the day with out saying ashort prayer. I will not get political.� � � � ..The great thing Foster did when he made this token was to put every note on it. The first verse only . But all the singing and praying are� gone. All we were doing was given thanks for the country we lived in. Others saw it a different way. Now some schools have a moment of silence.� So I hope you have learned about school in the 1950's and sixtys.� It only took two minutes. And they took it away in the name of freedom. I don't get it.!!

Hi everyone. Hope all is well! I know some of you have read my articles on the Gates of Coventry. Thanks to coins by Gary and Mokie. Well Kempson also did buildings. He did a set on London 32 tokens. The set of Coventry had 19 tokens. He also did tokens of most of England.�� � � � � � One of the greatest engravers of his time. His dedication to detail was beyond understanding. You can count the bricks on the road. The different wood in a fence. The windows and the supports.

Ok my friends. This is the third attempt to write this blog. The third time is a charm!� � � � ....Now I went to write this on February 8. Instead I wrote on the reverse. That is how much history this medal has. This is probably one of the greatest statues known.Its on coinage . There must be a million different souvenirs out there.�� � � �.....The Statue of Liberty Enlightening The World! This was a gift from the French. It was dedicated on October 28,1886. It became a national Monument in 1924. It was designed and built by a few people Frederic Auguste� Bartholds. The frame work was done by Gustave� Eiffel.�� � � � � � Now the statue has seven rays coming from her head they stand for the seven seas and the seven continents. The idea of this statue came from a French historian Eduardo de Labulaye� at the close of the civil war.There are many symbols on the statue. The famous poem you all know the end . Give me your tired etc...If you enlarge the bronze plate you can read the whole thing. The writer was Emma Lazarus. The medal was made by the Medallic Art company.� � � �There is a massive chain at her feet it is broke at a point. It means we broke from oppression to become a Democracy. The book that she holds has our date of Independence done in Roman numerals. The torch such brings light to the world. By the way it gets hit hundreds of times by lightning during the year. The photo below is one of the most dramatic.Look at the details on the obverse. The small ships the two bridges and the buildings as it would be seen in 1965.� � � ...Of course there were many problems building this massive statue. The weather took its toll and it had to be rebuilt. Kids sent cents donations came from everywhere to keep this beacon of freedom shining its light. Now I left out the politics because there was so much and this is a blog about a statue! I will give you the� break down . It was made of Bronze, its weight is 111.9 Diameter is 63.5 and the thickness is 5.2 in.� Now I will try and save this. I hope you get to enjoy it. It stayed up!. Wow I hope Pete finds the problem. Please if you get a chance read about this statue. I can't count on the coinage and medals its on. It is a very big reminder of our history. Read Feb 8 blog. Its on the reverse. Plenty of history on this entire medal.They also say the face is that of a pagan god!!And surrounded by 13 stars. One of the best thought out medals including the historical reverse!!� � � � � � Please� enlarge the picture of the bronze plate you can read the whole thing!!

Hi my friends. I hope you are doing well.Many years ago I had been buying gold. Who wouldn't an 750 an ounce. That's 24 karat gold of famous baseball players. I had bought a memorabilia store for my wife to keep her busy. We had players come to the store for the kids. When I would come to open the store the line was around the block!�� � � �..I still remember there faces of them and there dad or mom. And me. !! Back then they would stay for two hours. But back then the players did it for the kids. I would say its still along line. Don't worry about it they would say!.� � � � �Well we needed a new car I took the Gold out of the safe one day and my friend ,wife and me went to sell it. Everyone was buying it. Gold was selling at 1950. 00 an ounce or 1850.00. We went in to the hotel were they were buying gold. I looked around and went to an open line.I showed the woman the gold and she said 1500.!! I said no you won't. The gentleman came over and I showed him the gold he� said 1850.00 I said deal. So he went to his safe and I put the gold on the table .� He said fair deal . Yes sir!