Question by Daniel: I have a half sovereign coin and the shield is the wrong way round to the head.Does this mean its worth more?
I have a half sovereign coin and the shield is the wrong way round to the head.Does this mean its worth more? I was told something about medal and coin alignments?

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Answer by liberty911
Just so you know British coins and US coins are aligned differently. All circulating British (and Canadian, for that matter) coins are aligned so you can hold a coin by the top and bottom, turn it around and the other side is the correct way up. All circulating US coins are aligned so you can hold a coin by the top and bottom, turn it around and the other side is upside down. During ancient times coins often had random die rotation depending on how the dies were placed before striking. I can find very little information on British error coin values, so I would recommend you take it to a local coin expert for an evaluation. I hope that helps.

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Originally posted 2010-07-11 03:25:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by Brent4Liberty: Where is leadership like this to be found in modern times?
Looking at what is going on in America, I wonder is there anyone out there who honestly believes as the Gipper did who can run for President and win in 2012.

I don't think that Huckabee, Pawlenty, Crist, Perdue, Gingrich, McCain, Bloomberg, Schwartzenegger (I know he can't run for President), etc would fire people like Reagan did.

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Program Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, we take pride in presenting a thoughtful address by Ronald Reagan. Mr. Reagan:

Reagan: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you and good evening. The sponsor has been identified, but unlike most television programs, the performer hasn't been provided with a script. As a matter of fact, I have been permitted to choose my own words and discuss my own ideas regarding the choice that we face in the next few weeks.

I have spent most of my life as a Democrat. I recently have seen fit to follow another course. I believe that the issues confronting us cross party lines. Now, one side in this campaign has been telling us that the issues of this election are the maintenance of peace and prosperity. The line has been used, "We've never had it so good."

But I have an uncomfortable feeling that this prosperity isn't something on which we can base our hopes for the future. No nation in history has ever survived a tax burden that reached a third of its national income. Today, 37 cents out of every dollar earned in this country is the tax collector's share, and yet our government continues to spend 17 million dollars a day more than the government takes in. We haven't balanced our budget 28 out of the last 34 years. We've raised our debt limit three times in the last twelve months, and now our national debt is one and a half times bigger than all the combined debts of all the nations of the world. We have 15 billion dollars in gold in our treasury; we don't own an ounce. Foreign dollar claims are 27.3 billion dollars. And we've just had announced that the dollar of 1939 will now purchase 45 cents in its total value.

As for the peace that we would preserve, I wonder who among us would like to approach the wife or mother whose husband or son has died in South Vietnam and ask them if they think this is a peace that should be maintained indefinitely. Do they mean peace, or do they mean we just want to be left in peace? There can be no real peace while one American is dying some place in the world for the rest of us. We're at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it's been said if we lose that war, and in so doing lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening. Well I think it's time we ask ourselves if we still know the freedoms that were intended for us by the Founding Fathers.

Not too long ago, two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, "We don't know how lucky we are." And the Cuban stopped and said, "How lucky you are? I had someplace to escape to." And in that sentence he told us the entire story. If we lose freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.

And this idea that government is beholden to the people, that it has no other source of power except the sovereign people, is still the newest and the most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man.

This is the issue of this election: whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.

You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I'd like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There's only an up or down: [up] man's old -- old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. And regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would trade our freedom for security have embarked on this downward course.

In this vote-harvesting time, they use terms like the "Great Society," or as we were told a few days ago by the President, we must accept a greater government activity in the affairs of the people. But they've been a little more explicit in the past and among themselves; and all of the things I now will quote have appeared in print. These are not Republican accusations. For example, they have voices that say, "The cold war will end through our acceptance of a not undemocratic socialism." Another voice says, "The profit motive has become outmoded. It must be replaced by the incentives of the welfare state." Or
I am a little skeptical on Mitt, he did open the door to socialist health care in Massachussetts, then Duval Patrick didn't bother opening the door, he c-4'ed it off the wall.
Greevy Thom: He started those wars to stop the march of Coomunism, which apparently he didn't doo enough because I think the Communists have taken over the Donkey Party.
The problem with McClintock is that he is only a congressman as is the same story with Paul.

It is very rare if never that someone jumps from the House of Representatives to the White House.
The problem with Perry is he is pseudo socially liberal (see Giuliani) (Executive order ordering HPV vaccine) and he is against sealing the borders if I remember right.

Best answer:

Answer by John A
Mitt Romney comes to mind as a true conservative and true leader.

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Originally posted 2011-05-16 14:42:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by Rick: Read this letter. Can Britain reposess the United Staes?
A Message from John Cleese

To: The citizens of the United States of America:

In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President
of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the
revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties
over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which
she does not fancy).

Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for
America without the need for further elections.

Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.

A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of
you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following
rules are introduced with immediate effect:

You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.

1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will
be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and
'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without
skipping half the letters, and the suffix -ize will be replaced by the
suffix -ise.

Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable
levels. (look up 'vocabulary' ).

3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises
such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of
communication.

There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your
behalf. The Microsoft spell- checker will be adjusted to take account of
the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. You will relearn
your original national anthem, God Save The Queen.

4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.

5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns,
lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and
therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent.

Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to
sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then
you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.

6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything
more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you
wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for
your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we
mean.

8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will
start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you
will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of
conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you
understand the British sense of humour.

9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been
calling gasoline)-roughly /US gallon. Get used to it.

10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French
fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato
chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in
animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.

11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually
beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to
as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be
referred to as Lager.

South African beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the
greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer.
They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them.

12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as
good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to
play English characters. Watching Andie Macdowell attempt English
dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having
one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of
proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in
time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American
football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds
or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try
Rugby - the South Africans and Kiwis will thrash you, like they
regularly thrash us.

14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to
host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played
outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a
world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn
cricket, and we will let you face the South Africans first to take the
sting out of their deliveries.

15. You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.

16. An internal revenue agent (i.e. ta x collector) from Her Majesty's
Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all
monies due (backdated to 1776).

17. Daily Tea Time begins promptly at 4 pm with proper cups, never mugs,
with high quality biscuits (cookies) and cakes; strawberries in season.

God save the Queen.

Only He can.

John Cleese

Best answer:

Answer by The King of Kensington
LETS INVADE THOSE YANKEE WANKERS

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Originally posted 2011-09-23 22:21:52. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by JonathanN: What is the value of this coin?
I have a 1936 large "One Penny" coin with King George V. Its in circulated condition. Its not perfect, it shows sign of the 73 years its been in use. I live in the US and I guess its from England? Please help. Here is what the front looks like, but I can't find a picture of the back:http://www.britishsovereigncoins.co.uk/coins/george-v-gold-sovereign.jpg

Best answer:

Answer by My Opinion
1 cent

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Originally posted 2010-07-25 10:25:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by Emirates-Genius~: America are you ready for this change?
To the citizens of the United States of America:

In light of your failure to nominate competent candidates for President

of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the

revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties

over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas , which

she does not fancy).

Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for

America without the need for further elections.

Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.

A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of

you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following

rules are introduced with immediate effect:

You should look up 'revocation' in the Oxford English Dictionary.

1. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will

be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

2. The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and

'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without

skipping half the letters, and the suffix -ize will be replaced by the

suffix -ise.

Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable

levels. (look up 'vocabulary').

3. Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises

such as 'like' and 'you know' is an unacceptable and inefficient form of

communication.

There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on

your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take

account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize. You

will relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen.

4. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.

5. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns,

lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and

therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent.

Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to

sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then

you're not grown up enough to handle a gun.

6. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything

more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you

wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

7. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for

your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we

mean.

8. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will

start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you

will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of

conversion tables.

Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British

sense of humour.

9. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been

calling gasoline)-roughly /US gallon. Get used to it.

10. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French

fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato

chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in

animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.

11. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually

beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to

as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be

referred to as Lager.

Australian beer is also acceptable as they are pound for pound the

greatest sporting Nation on earth and it can only be due to the beer.

They are also part of British Commonwealth - see what it did for them.

12. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as

good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to

play English characters.

Watching Andie McDowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a

Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a

cheese grater.

13. You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of

proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in

time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American

football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds

or wearing full kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies). Don't try

Rugby - the Australians and Kiwis will thrash you, like they regularly

thrash us.

14. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to

host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played

outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a

world beyond your borders, your error is understandable. You will learn

cricket, a

Best answer:

Answer by Evil Angel
wow...

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Originally posted 2010-12-23 21:05:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by Ta-Ti =]: This made me giggle! how about you?
To the citizens of the United States of America,

In the light of your failure to elect a President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective today.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchial duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories. Except Utah, which she does not fancy. Your new prime minister (The rt. hon. Tony Blair, MP for the 97.85% of you who have until now been unaware that there is a world outside your borders) will appoint a minister for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire will be circulated next year to determine whether any of you actualy noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

1. You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary.

(Then look up "aluminium". Check the pronunciation. You will be amazed at just how badly you have been pronouncing it. Generally, you should raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels. Look up "vocabulary". Using the same twenty seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.

Look up "interspersed".

2. There is no such thing as "US English". We will let Microsoft know on your behalf.

3. You should learn to distinguish the English and Australian accents. It really isn't that hard.

4. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as the good guys. No more sequels to DIE HARD will be made.

5. You will be required to learn your original national anthem, "God Save The Queen", but only after fully carrying out task 1. We would not want you to get confused and give up half way through.

6. You should stop playing American "football". There is only one kind of football. The 2.15% of you who are aware that there is a world outside your borders may have noticed that no one else plays "American" football.

You will no longer be allowed to play it, and should instead play proper football. Initially, it would probably be best if you played with the girls. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which is similar to American "football", but does notinvolve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like nancies).

7. July 4th is no longer a public holiday. November 8th will be a new national holiday, but only in England. It will be called "Indecisive Day".

8. Please tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us crazy.

Thank you for your cooperation.
no im American. i just found it funny!
Borink? look people, if your in jokes and riddles, you should be here to laugh, not to criticize, its just a joke!

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Answer by loveyoutrent
You obviously aren't from the USA! I didn't think this was that funny........Not at all funny.

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Originally posted 2011-03-08 15:04:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by samantha a: i have a george v sovereign coin from 1912 it is 19mm i was just wondering if this is a full sovereign?

Best answer:

Answer by Fulke Hunke.
George v was a full sovereign,but not a full shilling..

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Originally posted 2011-11-10 20:34:09. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by sugarykissesx: Is this coin/sovereign worth anything?
Details-

The box: on the front of the box it says "crown of crowns", inside the box in gold writting it says -
"coin struck by the royal mint, 22ct gold plated by craftsmen of england"
then there is a small leaflet thing with a picture of the coin on it saying, "coin pendants of quality from coin products of london" inside it shows the prices of different sovereigns and krugerrand.

The actual coin -
the coin is gold coloured with a bird and a crown on it on one side, with a swirly leaf thing, and on the otherside a picture of someone riding a horse, with "Elizabeth 2 dg.regfd, 1977 " enscripted on it, also the coing has a chain that you can have attached to it.

By the way im 16 sorry if the discription is a bit wierd... lol, anyway what is the coin for and can anyone value it?

Best answer:

Answer by Eric H
It will be a commemorative coin issued for the silver anniversay (25th) of Queen Elizabeth ascending to the throne.

You might search ebay or google for a value - try "Queen Elizabeth II commemorative coins silver anniversary" and see if you get any hits.

It'll be worth something, especially if it's solid gold, but it may just be gold plate.

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Originally posted 2010-09-20 22:29:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by LovinEcon: All you smart folks... try this!!?
A king demands a tax of 1,000 gold sovereigns from each of 10 regions of his nation. The tax collectors for each region bring him the requested bag of gold coins at year end. An informant tells the king that one tax collector is cheating and giving coins that are consistently 10% lighter than they should be, but he does not know which collector is cheating. The king knows that each coin should weigh exactly one ounce. How can the king identify the cheat by using a weighing device exactly once?

(I will post the answer in 3 hours!!)

Best answer:

Answer by Steg
The king wraps the weighing device around the neck of the nearest tax collector and says, "Tell me who is cheating me!"

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Originally posted 2011-11-20 10:24:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Question by Heidi 4: How's this for Obama speaking to school children?
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization received it's official blessing in 1947.

In regards to young school children, UNESCO'S Director General appointed Julian Huxley, an atheistic philosopher & member of the British Fabian Society stated "....those qualities of citizenship which provide the foundation upon which international government must be based if it is to succeed said in Volume V. In the classroom with children 13 years of age the following:
(read carefully - it is quoted verbatim:

Before the child enters school his mind has already been profoundly marked and often injuriously by influencess ...first gained, however dimly, in the home. On page 9 the teacher is told:

The kindergarten or infant school has a significant part to pay in the child's education. Not only can it correct many of the errors of home training but it can also prepare the child for membership, at about age seven, in a group of his own age and habits - the first of many such social identifications that must be achieved on his way to membership in the world society.

It is frequently the family that infects the child with extreme nationalism. The school should therefore use the means described earlier to combat family attitudes".

Obama is simply a pawn in following the agenda toward the one-world government by destroying family values in a most subtle way".

The U.S. as a soverign Country is gravely at stake. We must wake up and wise up!

Source: NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON by John Stormer

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Answer by Jay
That's kinda like Glenn Beck reading tea leaves.

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