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The obverse has a profile of King George V and his wife Queen Mary in coronation robes, facing left. The reverse has the crowned Royal Cypher above the date of the coronation, 22 June 1911. The 32 millimetres (1.3 in) wide ribbon is dark blue with two thin red stripes in its centre. Awards to ladies have the ribbon in the form of a bow. [5]
The coronation of George V and his wife, Mary, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on Thursday 22 June 1911. This was the second of four such events held during the 20th century and the last to be attended by royal representatives of the great continental European empires.
The King George 'Admirals' issues, 1911-1931. The first series of the King George V definitive stamp issues depict the monarch in profile, facing the viewers left, and were issued from 1911 to 1931 with 11 different denominations ranging from 1-cent to 1-dollar. [3] The engraving of King George is modeled after two photographs by H. Walter ...
1983 "New Pence" Two pence; 2005 "Pemember" Two pounds; 2008 Dateless Twenty pence mule, using the obverse of the 1982-2008 design and the reverse of the 2008-present design, both of which lack dates. 2011 "Aquatics" Fifty pence; Silver 2 pence, a two pence coin accidentally struck on a cupronickel planchet typically used for ten pence coins
King George's pennies were produced in the same alloy as before until 1922, but the following year the composition of bronze coins was set at 95.5 percent copper, 3 percent tin, and 1.5 percent zinc, although the weight remained at 1 ⁄ 3 ounce (9.4 g) and the diameter 1.2 inches (30 millimetres). This alloy was slightly more malleable; the ...
2021: Innovation in Science set (5th coin) - 100th anniversary of the discovery of Insulin; 2021: The Snowman (4th coin) 2022: Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II (alternate obverse) 2022: 2022 Commonwealth Games (5 coins - 4 colourised, one each for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) 2022: 50th anniversary of Pride UK (colourised reverse)
The Coronation Honours 1911 for the British Empire were announced on 19 June 1911, to celebrate the Coronation of George V which was held on 22 June 1911. The honours were covered in the press at the time, including in The Times on 20 June 1911, [ 1 ] listing the formal announcements in the London Gazette on the previous day.
British 1½d stamp of 1912 with the Mackennal portrait of King George V. In 1910 Mackennal designed the Coronation Medal for King George V and also won the important commission for the obverse design (the monarch's head) of the new coinage needed for the new reign from 1911, from which he developed the new design for the King's head on British ...