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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Geoff Wall-Davis, post: 1960239, member: 71645&quot;]As a collector of British coins I can say that the image of Britannia (which has appeared on British coins since the Roman occupation of Britain ), has evolved a lot in it&#039;s design.&nbsp; Before the introduction of Britain&#039;s decimal currency I remember that whenever you checked your changed there was always a chance that you could be lucky enough to obtain a Queen Victoria bun penny, I once had one dated 1891 in my change from my school lunch money.&nbsp; The Britannia on Queen Victoria&#039;s Copper and bronze was a work of art, and it also appeared on the 4d groat.</p><p>In today&#039;s current British coinage you only see the image of Britannia on the 50p coin. I would one day love to see the Britannia design re-introduced on the 2p and 1p coins, but this could never be because they would be too similar to the pre-decimal halfpennies and farthings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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