Churchill crown

[translateltd]

Martin,
  Can you please upload some photos of your Manx Sir Winston Churchill Birth Centenary 1 Crown medal-coin?

It exists in both cupro-nickel & silver.

Aidan.

Who mentioned the Isle of Man?

(Apart from you, just now, that is ...)

[BC Numismatics]

Martin,
  You also mentioned about the Isle of Man earlier in this thread.

You must be getting forgetful in your old age.

Aidan.

[chrisild]

He looks much more sterner on the coin.

Agreed, but the design is a good one nevertheless. Don't try and argue The portrait I find quite impressive, and I also like the idea that the only element which accompanies it is his last name. What I do not like is the font used on that side; other than that, the coin is fine.

Side note - the Royal Mint page about the piece that Martin mentioned in reply #7 can now be found here:
http://www.royalmint.com/History/MuseumArtifacts/ChurchillCrown.aspx

Christian

[chrisild]

Who mentioned the Isle of Man?

In this case Aidan is right ... maybe it was some translateltd impersonator though. Anyway, this is the piece:
http://www.coincraft.com/data2/images/fim4613.gif

And yes, the 1965 Crown is a better design methinks.

Christian

[translateltd]

Martin,
  You also mentioned about the Isle of Man earlier in this thread.

You must be getting forgetful in your old age.

Aidan.

OK, I did a search for "Man" and "Manx" but not "IOM", which I have just found, so I retract.  Never mentioned anything about owning one though (not sure if I do or not!)

And yes, I am indeed getting, erm, what was it we were talking about again?

[BC Numismatics]

Martin,
  We were talking about the Manx 1974 1 Crown medal-coin commemorating Sir Winston Churchill's Birth Centenary.

Aidan.

[chrisild]

Martin,
  We were talking about the Manx 1974 1 Crown medal-coin commemorating Sir Winston Churchill's Birth Centenary.

Aidan.

This topic is getting more and more hilarious. Love it!

Christian

[BC Numismatics]

Christian,
  How?

Just because I describe the Manx 1974 1 Crown as a medal-coin,as none of the medal-coins denominated in Crowns circulate.

Aidan.

[UK Decimal +]

This topic is getting more and more hilarious. Love it!

Christian

I was going to keep quiet, until I started laughing out loud.

Bill.

[BC Numismatics]

Bill,
  Richard Lobel does mention in the blue Coincraft that he tried to spend a Churchill Crown on a bus shortly after he moved to London from America back in the late 1960's.

Aidan.

[UK Decimal +]

You mean one of these (yes, they are a circulation coin).

At least your friend didn't try to spend a penny on the bus! 

Bill.