The Time Period Game - year 2000 to year 2050

[thenickelguy]

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2017 Reverse UNC Kookaburra 1 Oz Silver

 

[DonnaML]

British Crowns 2000-2002 (I stopped buying them after 2002, for reasons stated elsewhere, but do have a complete set of all the different crown types from 1893-2002, beginning with the Victoria Old Head Crown).

Elizabeth II 2001 AR Proof FDC Five Pounds (Crown), 100th Anniversary of Death of Queen Victoria, 1901-2001, S. 4554. Obv. Crowned Portrait of Queen right (by Ian Rank-Broadley) / Rev. Portrait of young Queen Victoria left (based on William Wyon’s Penny Black postage stamp portrait) within stylized railway lines in the shape of a V, together with a portion of the words ONE PENNY below, and the anniversary dates of 1901 and 2001 above, all inside V; in background outside V, the iron framework of the Crystal Palace with the value 5 POUNDS in lower left field. (Reverse design: Mary Milner-Dickens). 38.61 mm., 28.28 g.

The crown in its case, together with the inserts:

The cardboard sleeve the case came in:

Elizabeth II 2000 Queen Mother 100th Birthday Commemorative Crown in Presentation Folder (BU, Cupro-Nickel). S. 4553.

Elizabeth II 2002 Cupro-Nickel Proof FDC Five Pounds (Crown), Golden Jubilee commemorative (1952-2002), S. 4555 (Part of PS 72). Obv. Crowned Portrait of Queen right (by Ian Rank-Broadley); below, denomination FIVE POUNDS / Rev. Equestrian portrait of The Queen left with inscription ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REGINA FID DEF around circumference and AMOR POPULI PRAESIDIUM REG within; in exergue, date 2002 separated by central element of Royal Arms (Reverse Design: Ian Rank-Broadley).

Edited March 25, 2023 by DonnaML

[DonnaML]

Post-2000 British gold:

Elizabeth II AV Half-Sovereign 2005 proof S. 4442 (Rev. New depiction of St. George w/sword raised, dragon to left) 

Elizabeth II AV Britannia 10 pounds 2007 proof in case S. 4484 (Rev. Britannia seated w/trident & shield; lion at her feet) 

[DonnaML]

Did anyone besides me order any of the new Charles III Proof coins from the Royal Mint back at the beginning of October 2022? The two I ordered, on October 6, finally arrived in the mail yesterday after more than 5 1/2 months. The Royal Mint said at the outset that it might take up to 16 weeks, so I was expecting it to take a while, but that was a long wait!

The AR Proof 5 GBP Crown:

The description of the design:

The specifications:

The COA:

The AR Proof 50p coin:

The description of the design:

As the description indicates, the reverse design is based on the reverse of the 1953 Elizabeth II coronation crown:

The specifications:

The COA:

Finally, from the accompanying booklets, the history of all the different Elizabeth II coin portraits together with Charles III's portrait. My favorite of Elizabeth's portraits is probably the Arnold Machin one.

Edited March 26, 2023 by DonnaML

[DonnaML]

I also ordered a Charles III proof half-sovereign a while ago, to keep up my collection of "at least one gold coin for each British king or queen," which currently goes back to George I, plus I have a William III half-guinea. (I once also had Anne, William & Mary, James II, Charles II, Charles I, James I, and Elizabeth I in gold, but sold them years ago.) Anyway, I am hoping that it won't take nearly as long to arrive as the coins I ordered back in October. 

[DonnaML]

I don't believe that anyone has yet posted any Euro coins since we arrived at the 21st century, which brings to mind a few questions for those of you who live in EU countries that use the Euro. Does any of you who collects World coins include Euro coins in your collection? If so, which interests you more: Euro coins from your country, or coins issued by your country before the adoption of the Euro? Which are more popular in general among coin collectors in your country? And do you think the adoption of the Euro, whatever its other merits or drawbacks, has been a net positive for coin collecting in your country and/or in Europe overall?

I know that there must be people who collect Euros, because every time I look at websites that sell European coin supplies (Lindner, Leuchtturm, etc.), there seem to be hundreds of different coin boxes, trays, plastic holders, notebooks, binders, etc. designed to hold Euros.

[DonnaML]

Not counting a pocketful of change picked up in Italy, Germany, and France over the last 20 years, this 2002 set is the only Euro-related item I've ever bought -- where and why, I don't remember:

[shanxi]

16 hours ago, DonnaML said:

Does any of you who collects World coins include Euro coins in your collection?

I don't collect them but there are now 24 countries minting Euros and it is fun to find always new reverse types in your purse.

But that's also the problem for collectors. Too many new types each year including rare types from e.g. the Vatican or Monaco. 

Edited March 30, 2023 by shanxi

[Hughie Dwyer]

I posted a thread about this one. Here is the first coin of King Charles that I have seen...