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Olympic 'Kilo' coins
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These gold and silver Olympic 'Kilo' coins were minted to commemorate this year's Olympics.
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11/10/2011 15:05
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12/10/2011 00:35
I think before people knock the royal family and say what a waste of money they are , they should look how much money they generate in this country when the tourist come and visit our Great nation.........Billions.......... and im sure that out weighs the thousands we spend keeping them......We have hundreds of years of history and we should be proud that.
11/10/2011 18:55
A COMMEMORATIVE coin is to be kept to remember the occasion by...not spent. Thats why the royal mint have them and thats the whole point of them.
This will be an occasion that may never be reached again in my lifetime unless William hurries up and makes it on the throne. It will be a joyeous occasion, and i will be in london to see it all :)
Im not a royalist but i think its an occasion that needs celebrating :)
11/10/2011 14:30
12/10/2011 01:38
i for one will be purchasing the new £5 coin. I have over the years collected a fair few of £5 and other coins of interest. these will be left to my children/grandchildren/ and now my great grandchildren, who i hope will keep them as keepsakes for years to come. I prefer to live with our royal family (some) who do a good job rather than live under the likes of mugabe/ gadaffi and the likes of them who suppress peoples wills by domination. at least we can be open about our likes and dislikes in this country with all its faults,unlike other parts of the world
11/10/2011 14:07
i hate it that is not the queen i know and love i think the mint are making too many errors when it comes to selecting the right images for the coins
remember the wedding coin earlyer this year will and kate didnt even look like they were looking at each other *slap in the face* for the untalented artests producing this substandad stuff and *slap in the face* to quality control for passing it
11/10/2011 17:36
12/10/2011 10:12
Anyone who believes this is not a real likeness of Her Majesty should watch scenes of her at Royal Ascot, especially when her horse loses.
She is an elderly Lady, who has and continues to work for most of her life. How many of you believe they would look that good in their middle 80’s?
As for the comment about having coins in place of notes, I would rather have 20 £5 notes in my wallet than 20 £5 coins in my pocket any day.
If you want to complain about something, why not aim your attention into the decline of the Queens English, more and more people who should have listened at school are pronouncing the letter ‘H’ (Aitch) as (Haitch).
It makes you appear as thick and illiterate as those you condemn for ‘Not spoking proberly, an dissing U’…
What next!, are we to address The Queen as, ‘ Er Majusty Da Quean’ ?????
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