{ One is understandably very excited about the new Jubbly 50p – image reblogged from www.goodhousekeeping.com }
2022 is an incredibly big and exciting year for both the royals and for royalists alike. Unfortunately I am neither of these so it is pretty much the same as 2021. It is a bigger number is all 🙂
This is the year that celebrates Queenie having been throned for a whopping seventy years! Yup, that is a loooooong time indeedy. And I am guessing only those of us who have experienced food poisoning will have any idea of what it is actually like to spend that long sitting on the throne :/
Anyway.
{ AFTER the dodgy curry….. – image reblogged from www.goodhousekeeping.com }
With it being such a heady time an’ all, Lizzy the Second decided it would be nice to have a few special coins to mark the occasion (even though she already has her picture on ALL British coinage……). These spanky bright and shinies included fifty pences and five pound coins. Tonight Matthew, I am going to be the guy who tells you about the fifty pences…..
‘And I am guessing only those of us who have experienced food poisoning will have any idea of what it is actually like to spend that long sitting on the throne :/’
There are two versions of the fifty pence and each has a different obverse – one features the current and standard portrait of HRH’s head and the other has a pic of her on horseback (the royals like all things horsey). Therefore having two totally different editions of this release has honestly put the buzz back into numismatics. There has been a proper strong vibe in the air right from this info being shared with the general public. Yup, any despondency regarding coins and how precious little is even released any more was simply obliterated when we all heard about this milestone. It has all become so much more exciting again – literally overnight. You can feel this excitement too? Can you? V–I–B–R–A–N–C–Y. That is what we are all feeling now. I know, right?
{ Vibing. (Yup, Freddie may be gone but Queen is as powerful as ever) – image reblogged from www.goodhousekeeping.com }
Jody Clark (Standard portrait)
Initially this version of the coin was only available in annual sets. That was before (royal drumroll please)……….. it was released into general circulation. Yes! That is right!!!! This landmark occasion was deemed to be soooooo amazingly big and exciting it even meant that Mint released a frikkin commemorative into the big wide world!!!! Hold me, I am dizzy :/
The down side to this is only a few thousand were issued and ALL went directly to Post Offices for ‘distribution’. Sure, they were ‘distributed’ all right……. As any postmaster with brains snaffled the lot and went on to list them on eBay. LOL! So the reality? You can now PAY for one either in a year set or for a ‘circulated’ version from our hallowed auction site. Joy.
John Bergdahl (Horseback)
All Royal Mint presentation packs and all Change Checker blue cards went on sale featuring this portrait. In fact, the amazing royal vibe cruising the airwaves even affected our brothers and sisters over at The Westminster Collection!
Yes, they too saw fit to mark this historic occasion with…… SPECIAL Change Checker cards (currently being upped in price due to the ‘rising costs of materials’ ie an inch and a half strip of cheap, thin card and an even smaller slice of cheap, thin plastic). These ‘special’ cards had….. er….. the official royal headwear logo on them. Hold me again please. Once more I find myself feeling rather light-headed with it all.
{ Chortle Chortle! The merriment amongst the Royals is palpable – image reblogged from www.goodhousekeeping.com }
And there you have it, all you need to know about the two different versions of the lovely jubbly Jubilee coin.
I do hope you are now proper genned up on it all. Me? I need to go take some tranqs and lie down for a while after all of that dizzying excitement.
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