God Bless The Queen……

RIP……….Terrible things being posted on Twitter… This country is going to Hell. I hope everyone who disrespects her is cursed.

 

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When something momentous happens, the uni-brow mouth breathers always crawl out from under their rocks.
RIP Elizabeth, ou had a tremendous reign.
Dont have an ancient Queen but an Empress will suffice

 

As a collector of ancients I have but one portrait of this long-reigning queen.
I post it in her memory.

Krause number: KM# 303a
Country: Isle of Man
Denomination: 50 pence
Year: 1991
Obv.: Queen Elizabeth II (1970 - 2022)
Rev.: Christmas – Nativity
Metal: Silver 0.925
Shape: Heptagonal

 

RIP to a real lady. There will likely never be another like her.

 

Yes I just heard about it, RIP Queen Elizabeth, here's my tribute coin!

 

Can you imagine becoming queen (or king) at 26!! Good job. I know there are many in Britain who don't like any Royals, but please let them hold on to it a bit.

 

I think it’s very bad taste to bad mouth any head of state so soon. Think what you will, but she held the commonwealth countries (and US!) together for almost a century.

The queen is dead. Long live the king.

 

Here, Here….We tear down all that is good. She was a symbol of freedom and compassion. Forget the days of colonialism, which every country is guilty of, celebrate the life of a good person.

 

Does anybody know what this does for UK and commonwealth (Canada, Australia, et al) coinage? Do denominations of the respective countries get King Charles III obverses the next time the minting machines are in operation?

I'm just curious about the process. Sorry if this is a newbie question.

Oh, and much respect to QEII. Such a class act IMO. RIP

 

As I understand, for the next dated year coin it will be Charles III unless he abdicated for William or something.

there shouldn’t be any 2022 Charles coins; they will start with 2023

 

May her spirit dwell wherever it wants.

Even though my main area of interest is ancient Roman and Greek coins, I do have a few modern coins just because ...

Honoring Queen Elizabeth II with this coin that I think represents peace and freedom.

Commemorative issue of Canada’s Centennial, the only time the maple leaf design was not used for the penny, with the Queen's portrait when she was 39 years old:

Centennial Issue, 1 Cent
Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa, Canada
Engraver: Alex Colville

Bronze (98% Copper, 1.5% Zinc, 0.5% Tin)
19.05 mm, 3.24 g
KM 65, Schön 67

Ob.: ELIZABETH II D • G • REGINA portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right
Rev.: CANADA 1867-1967 A rock dove in flight, 1 CENT above

 

Now, THAT obverse-reverse pairing rings differently today than in any of the previous 55 years.

 

People on Twitter do say terrible things.

Were they saying stuff like this ^ ?

 

I told my wife yesterday within 24 hours the social media haters would be well into their slander campaign. So much hate out there today. She will take her rightful place in history with the haters losing this battle big time. I also admired her husband very much. I know it is too much to ask for them to be allowed to rest in peace.

 

God rest you, dear Lady.........

 

I'd dance on Putin's grave. If that is political so be it, but the man is a monster cut from the same cloth as Hitler.

Not all heads of state deserve respect. Respect is earned, or in Putin's case, trashed.

 

I'll try to be even a little less political: I'd like to think I'll never speak ill of a newly-deceased politician, but there are many for whom my silence would be very, VERY strained. The Queen is certainly not one of those.

 

My mother always repeated the quote: "Never speak ill of the dead". Although I doubt she knew she was quoting Chilon of Sparta.

She was also fond of telling me "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. If you are only going to say something rude or mean-spirited, keep quiet instead."

 

I find any post-mortem rituals or altered norms to be a bit silly. The purpose in all of that is solely to benefit the living. But, if a person's emotional stability requires ritualistically honoring or remembering those that have died, then their psychology is built upon some pretty flimsy foundations. Honoring or making shows of remembrance are completely wasted on the dead, as they are no longer having an experience either way.

But, with respect to the quote. If a person deserved ill statements while they were alive, then why would that change when they were dead?

This is a useful, but oversimplified, adage for children. But, the world would be worse off if rational, thinking people really took it to heart.

We have to be allowed to criticize everything and everyone (anything else would be tyranny). As you alluded to in your post, the problematic aspects of this general rule pertain to the motivations behind the statements. If a person is tearing somebody down just to build themselves up, or mindlessly regurgitating insults in support of unfounded political doctrines, then that is a problem (This is most of the people that post in social media).

However, we can't draw lines that disallow rational, productive criticisms of sensitive topics. For instance, while some of the things being said on Twitter might be poorly timed, in poor taste, or even untrue, if this motivates a person to believe that there are no valid criticisms of Queen Elizabeth, then they become part of a different type of problem.

 

We need not try to bury a person's misdeeds with them. By all means, examine legacies critically. Just... maybe consider holding back the harshest comments until they're at least in the ground. As you say, as a gesture to the living.