Prince Philip was President of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee on the design of coins, medals, seals and decorations for 47 years, indicative of his interest and commitment. He was also keenly aware of South Africa, Australia and New Zealand being well ahead of Britain in the process, and ‘when in the early days the Committee looked at coins for Commonwealth countries, his knowledge of local customs, flora and fauna proved invaluable’. Sixty years ago Prince Philip was a progressive royal who fully realised the need for a huge change in the British small change. Given that senior members of the royal family, especially the Queen, famously carry no money, the contribution to the appearance of something that rattles in peoples pockets and changes hands with great regularity from HRH The Duke of Edinburg may be unexpected. Download ICS Google Calendar iCalendar Office 365 Outlook Liveĭr Mark Stocker presents an illustrated talk based upon his article published in Majesty magazine in February 2021.
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