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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 214386, member: 5719&quot;]While Thalia Elizabeth&#039;s favorite monarch remains Queen Elizabeth II, we have been working our way backwards as well in UK coinage. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to another CT member :hug: Thalia was able to extend the string back to William IV, who preceded Queen Victoria.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>At the latest meeting of my local coin club, I was able to pick up a very inexpensive (albeit pretty worn) half penny for William IV&#039;s predecessor, George IV.&nbsp; (Or George IIII as it is on the coin).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As I explained to Thalia, that means we only need one more monarch to reach all the way back to the time when the United States were the colonies.&nbsp; That would, of course, be George III.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been told that won&#039;t be too difficult or expensive.&nbsp; We&#039;re looking forward to looking back, in a sense... </p><p><br /></p><p>(Those &quot;cartwheels&quot; are kind of nice...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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