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Queen Elizabeth belongs to Canada!

Postby henrysmedford » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:48 pm

Today Franklin found this coin when he was looking at cent rolls, an when I told him that it was from Hong Kong,Franklin exclaimed, "That can't be Queen Elizabeth belongs to Canada!"
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Re: Queen Elizabeth belongs to Canada!

Postby AGgressive Metal » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:30 pm

Haha. She really makes her rounds. Hong Kong (returned to China in 1999), British Honduras (now Belize), East Caribbean Dollar, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Jersey, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, and probably several others I'm forgetting.
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484

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Re: Queen Elizabeth belongs to Canada!

Postby henrysmedford » Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:22 am

AGgressive Metal wrote:Haha. She really makes her rounds. Hong Kong (returned to China in 1999), British Honduras (now Belize), East Caribbean Dollar, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Falkland Islands, Jersey, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada, and probably several others I'm forgetting.


So I googled coins with Queen Elizabeth and found this list with photos http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php?/topic/28107-collecting-coins-of-queen-elizabeth-ii/
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Re: Queen Elizabeth belongs to Canada!

Postby Mercuryman » Thu Oct 06, 2011 4:41 pm

Cool find, first one ive seen ever pulled from penny hunting.
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Re: Queen Elizabeth belongs to Canada!

Postby uthminsta » Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:30 pm

Don't want to forget... Great Britain. It's kind of a big deal. ;)
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