I was too lazy to flip all 15 coins, but they all have the same snooty-looking guy on the obverse....
king George vi--a good man--very nice set ,in my book with the Maundy coins £500-i see them sell for a bit less-well worth having in a collection
It's been a few decades, so I've (1) forgotten, and (2) misplaced my spending log. I think it was about USD 200 (these days = GBP 19.95!)
Yes, quite the man... though I've heard it was his wife who insisted that they remain at Buckingham Palace during the blitz. Adolph once called her "the most dangerous woman in Europe." Of course, Herr H. had the "most dangerous man" award sewn up....)
two years after this set when the bombs started falling ,the king and queen went every day to the city that had the worst of it.the east end of London suffered badly and they were there,when Buckingham palace was bombed the queen said-good now we can look the eastenders in the face-
=> it's actually kinda funny, because I don't know too much about King George VI's wife ... before 1937 (the start of King George VI's reign), the other members of the Royal family were shown on the paper-notes, but once KG-VI took over, only his portrait was on the lower denomination common notes (and apparently I learn about these Royals because they appear on my collection pieces) ... Ummm, I don't think that I have any numismatic examples of the queen that you're referring to ... curious? are there any out there? => Oh sorry, fantastic set by the way (very cool) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother
OOPS, that's George, not Edward. Battin' 1000 tonite folks. Maybe I should lay off the bourbon..........
Britain was very lucky that Edward did not stay king for long,all that is good about George vi and the queen mum was bad about Edward-he would have signed peace with hitler---Britain is in debt to the lady from baltimore
