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1965 Churchill Commemorative Very Good Condition
1965 Churchill Commemorative
Obverse of the 1965 Crown - The Last Five Shilling Piece
Reverse of the 1965 Crown Commemorating Sir Winston Churchill
Churchill Commemorative Crown
Following the death of the great man, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, in 1965, a commemorative crown was issued in his honour and memory.
1874 - 1965
Renowned throughout the world as a great statesman, and described as "the greatest living Englishman", Churchill was a man of many talents.
Born at Blenheim Palace at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, he was the eldest son of Lord Randolph Churchill. Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst Military Academy.
Military service included Malakand and the Nile. During the Boer war, as a war journalist, he was captured but escaped.
He served as a Member of Parliament for all three major political parties, entering Parliament in 1900, and held various important positions including Colonial Under-Secretary, President of the Board of Trade, Home Secretary, Minister of Munitions, Secretary of State for War and Air, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Prime Minister at least twice, and still remained as a back bencher after 1955.
He was a talented painter, a union card carrying bricklayer, editor of the British Gazette, and author of a number of important books, including "History of the English Speaking Peoples" in 4 volumes.
He had a supreme command of the English language, both as an orator and a writer, and is credited with many witty remarks and quotations.
His perceptive vision of world politics was one of his outstanding qualities, which combined with his leadership, helped to ensure that Britain survived the Second World War.
There are many stories about his intensely rich, human and vivid personality. His abiding qualities included courage, imagination, passion, magnanimity and foresight. His love of good cigars, vintage wines and fine brandy have become legendary.
With the issue of the 1965 Commemorative crown, he became the first commoner to be portrayed on a British coin.
Obverse:
The first (young) portrait of the Queen facing right, designed by Mary Gillick.
ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D
1965
Reverse: A sombre-looking portrait of Sir Winston Churchill, in a siren suit.
We are sure that Churchill himself would have been the first to admit that he was not pretty, his portrait on this crown is not exactly flattering. It is in quite low relief, and we believe it to be one of the least attractive British coins ever issued.
Quite what Churchill would have made of our comments, we will never know, but this was a very popular coin issue at the time, and over 9 million were issued!
CHURCHILL
Edge
The edge is milled
Specifications
All versions:-
Denomination (face value) Five Shillings
Diameter 38.61mm
Version Alloy Weight Issue
Uncirculated Cupro-Nickel 28.28 grams 9,640,000
What's Wrong?
We invest a great deal of time, effort, and cost into creating some of the best photographic coin images on the internet. We strongly object when lazy and dishonest people decide to use them without a by your leave or thanks, doing so in competition with us.
Copyright theft is dishonest. We recommend you avoid doing business with dishonest dealers.
This particular eBay seller not only stole our 1965 Churchill Crown images, she states the coin is in "good" condition, and fails to inform her potential buyers that the coin in the photograph is not the one she owns, or that they will be bidding on. This is deception.
Sadly, it is also typical of eBay!
She also could not be bothered to write or give any other description. How lazy can she get?
Price
Her coin failed to sell for £2.00.
If it had been the perfect silver proof shown in our picture, it would have been worth around £30, so it looks as though buyers were not fooled, but this kind of listing also cheats any genuine eBay vendor who might have the real thing, and who lose credibility because of all the cheats and crooks, and also because of eBay's tolerance of copyright abuse and dishonesty.
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