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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DrHenley, post: 1729325, member: 50741&quot;]I thought this was going to be a small collection...</p><p><br /></p><p>I decided to collect large silver coins (~1 oz) with Elizabeth wearing the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CDwQygQwAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Personal_Jewel_Collection_of_Elizabeth_II%23The_King_George_IV_State_Diadem&amp;ei=bmLCUfXMDJLLyAGfooDIAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNE54zF5IMHo2OX3q0dy2mwtwk2O_Q&amp;sig2=mx3eFMN3kvLhKP6lYShAMg&amp;bvm=bv.48175248,d.aWc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=2&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CDwQygQwAQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThe_Personal_Jewel_Collection_of_Elizabeth_II%23The_King_George_IV_State_Diadem&amp;ei=bmLCUfXMDJLLyAGfooDIAw&amp;usg=AFQjCNE54zF5IMHo2OX3q0dy2mwtwk2O_Q&amp;sig2=mx3eFMN3kvLhKP6lYShAMg&amp;bvm=bv.48175248,d.aWc" rel="nofollow">The King George IV State <b>Diadem</b></a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=269749&amp;d=1371694343" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In most countries that QEII is the monarch, that would mean coins in the late 1980s and 1990s.&nbsp; I particularly wanted to concentrate on 1990, since I also have a Victoria collection from 1890.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Starting with the obvious countries, Great Britain, Canada, and Australia, I started running across odd countries that I didn&#039;t expect, and in some cases I had never heard of.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next was Alderney (just happened to find this one out of the blue) and Fiji.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is what I have so far:</p><p><img src="http://www.cointalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=269748&amp;d=1371693425" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Top row: Alderney, Australia, and Canada</p><p>Bottom row: Fiji, Great Britain, and the Slave Queen from the Silver Bullet Silver Shield series.</p><p><br /></p><p>This project has turned out like an onion...</p><p>I keep peeling back the layers only to find more layers.&nbsp; I had no idea Lizzie was queen of so many countries. Eizabeth II Queen of Gibraltar???&nbsp; Really???&nbsp; Apparently so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the countries (and British Overseas Territories, and Baliwicks <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )&nbsp; I have found so far that have that particular portrait on their coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>St Helena</p><p>Bahamas</p><p>Bermuda</p><p>Baliwick of Jersey</p><p>Baliwick of Guernsey</p><p>Isle of Man</p><p>Cayman Islands</p><p>Cook Islands</p><p>Tuvalu</p><p>Gibraltar</p><p>Niue</p><p>New Zealand</p><p>Solomon Islands</p><p>Falkland Islands</p><p>St Lucia (1985)</p><p>British Virgin Islands</p><p><br /></p><p>Yikes!&nbsp; I keep finding more every day![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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