BIOT 2021 50p Queen's 95th birthday

Started by Deeman, February 22, 2021, 03:31:34 PM

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Deeman

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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates two birthdays each year, her actual birthday on 21st April and her official Birthday on 10th June. To commemorate her 95th Birthday we have produced a new 50 pence coin on behalf of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The coin features the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom which are used by Her Majesty in her official capacity as Monarch of the United Kingdom. The Royal Arms the symbols for England in the first and fourth quarters, Scotland in the second quarter and Ireland in the third quarter. Sweet Peas are shown around the Royal Arms which are the birth flower for April, the month in which Her Majesty was born.
When HM Queen Elizabeth II turns 95 on April 2021, she will make history as the first British monarch to reach that age. The Queen is already the longest-reigning British monarch, having surpassed Queen Victoria back in 2015. Her Majesty, who has reigned for almost 70 years, has dedicated her life to service and in doing so she has been part of much change throughout the years: an empire has become a Commonwealth; aristocracy has been displaced by proclaim celebrities; formality has given way to familiarity; the smartphone and social media have replaced mass media. The Monarchy itself has also evolved and the public has been given access to the life inside Buckingham Palace like never before. This year The Queen will be celebrating a little differently with what is expected to be a smaller Trooping of the Colour ceremony in June from Windsor Castle, where the Queen and Prince Philip have been isolating.

Cu-Ni issue limit 2,750.

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Pobjoy Mint provided me the exclusive information that the coin is the first release in a 4-coin series to commemorate Her Majesty's 95th birthday. Some of the other commemorative 50p coins in the series will be of other British Overseas Territories.

Deeman


Deeman

Quote from: Deeman on February 22, 2021, 03:31:34 PM
Pobjoy info:
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II celebrates two birthdays each year, her actual birthday on 21st April and her official Birthday on 10th June.

The 10 June celebration, second Thursday of the month, applies to BIOT.
In the UK, Elizabeth II's Official Birthday was originally celebrated on the second Thursday of June, the same day that her father, King George VI, celebrated his Official Birthday during his reign. However, this was changed in 1959 and has since then been celebrated on the second Saturday of June, which this year is the 12th.


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The third coin in the 4 coin 50p series that Pobjoy Mint issues for the 95th birthday of the Queen will also be issued for the British Indian Ocean Territory. This coin, that has yet to be issued, will depict the Trooping the Colour.

Deeman

Pobjoy Mint have released a 'Trooping the Colour' 50p, the third issue in the four-coin series marking the Queen's 95th birthday. Dispatch date 11 May. Issue limit 2021.

Sadly, this spectacle is cancelled this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Normally, parading soldiers, horses and musicians come together in a great display of military precision, horsemanship and fanfare to mark her official birthday. The parade route extends from Buckingham Palace along The Mall to Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall and back again. The display closes with an RAF fly-past, watched by the Royal Family from Buckingham Palace balcony. Since 1987, the Queen has attended in a carriage rather than riding side-saddle and wearing the uniform of the regiment whose Colour was being trooped. The regiments take their turn for this honour in rotation as operational commitments permit.
The custom of Trooping the Colour dates back to the time of Charles II in the 17th century when the Colours of a regiment were used as a rallying point in battle and were therefore trooped in front of the soldiers every day to make sure that every man could recognise those of his own regiment.
The tradition for the monarch to have an official birthday in the summertime dates back to George II, who in 1748 combined the annual summer military march with his birthday celebration - even though he was born in October.


Deeman

The Queen arriving at Trooping the Colour in 1963 wearing the colours of the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, mounted on a grey police horse named 'Doctor'.

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Deeman

<k>, it looks identical to the design used for the 1997 Gibraltar 1 crown issue (minus The Rock, of course).

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Yes, you'll be demanding a refund now.  :(
Visit the website of The Royal Mint Museum.

See: The Royal Mint Museum.