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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sonlarson, post: 3409808, member: 15488&quot;]In 2017 the Falkland Islands issued a bullion coin commemorating the 35th Anniversary of Liberation. Remember the 1982 Falkland Island war between Great Britain and Argentina? Original mintage was to be 50,000. When first released in reverse proof, the coins had the moto &quot;Britannia Rules the Waves&quot;. This created a problem with Great Britain which owned the trademark on the use of the name &quot;Britannia&quot;. An order was issued to remove the motto. Only 7,329 coins were issued and released with the motto. The remaining 42,671 did not have a motto.</p><p>Another issue was the motto of &quot;Rules the Waves&quot;, a statement. This was considered an error since the original wording was &quot;Britannia, <b><i>Rule</i></b> the Waves&quot;, a command. So the coin is considered a double error of sorts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Falkland Island 2017 Britannia Rules the Waves PF69 Mintage 7,329</p><p>[ATTACH=full]905403[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]905404[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>No Motto Mintage 42,671</p><p>[ATTACH=full]905406[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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