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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 22107, member: 57463&quot;]It is a British penny.&nbsp; The seated figure is Britannia.&nbsp; The legend is abbreviated Latin, but it starts out plain enough:</p><p>Georgius vi, George 6th.&nbsp; He was the father of the reigning queen Elizabeth and the grandfather of Prince Charles.</p><p><br /></p><p>D G = Dei Gratia = by God&#039;s Grace</p><p><br /></p><p>OMN REX - (Omnia Rex = king of all; &quot;omnipotent&quot; (all-powerful) would be a stretch.)&nbsp; The motto used to read BRIT OMN REX or BR OMN REX, meaning &quot;King of All Britain&quot; very Arthurian -- and important up to the end of the Civil War of 1688.)</p><p><br /></p><p>F = Fides (or Faith in Latin)</p><p>D = Defender</p><p>So, FD is Defender of the Faith.</p><p><br /></p><p>IND IMP = India&#039;s Emperor, a title given first to Victoria, and last to George 6, after India&#039;s independence.</p><p><br /></p><p>(By the way, how about that parser, eh? It changed D-colon into the Smiley D: !)</p><p><br /></p><p>(Speaking of Defender of the Faith, there is a famous cartoon that shows the king being denied entrance past the Pearly Gates.&nbsp; &quot;Yes,&quot; says Saint Peter, &quot;but you defended the <u>wrong</u> faith.&quot;)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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