Magna Carta $5 coin

[trout]

This is something different .

[robbiegal]

it is very attractive
I was looking at the RAM display last night when I was there
didn't take a pic (sorry)

[runway]

I saw it at RAM Giftshop last week.
No my thing

[Nevol]

I 'lifted' this translation of the Latin text from CCF:

'We furthermore grant and give to all the free men of our realm for ourselves and our heirs in perpetuity the liberties written below to have and to hold to them and their heirs from us and our heirs in perpetuity.'

[Episoda]

I purchased one of these last week, and it was delivered to me yesterday.  It is a loose coin like the 2014 Copper Victoria Cross $10 Ballot Coin, and is not in any protective capsule, just the case. As you had to pre-order these, I presume they are only making these on demand with a maximum mintage of 10,000, mine was numbered in the 4,000's so it sounds like they are selling quite quickly.

[Unicorn]

Thanks for the translation Nevol, I was going to look that up.

[robbiegal]

And it is a piece of our Aussie history!!!

The manuscript held by the Australian Parliament is one of four surviving originals of the 1297 Inspeximus issue of Magna Carta and was sent to the Sheriff of Surrey, Robert de Glamorgan, to be proclaimed in the county court. Thereafter the provenance of the manuscript has been a matter for conjecture, other than at some point it came into the possession of King's School in Bruton, Somerset, where it lay undisturbed until the 1930s. It was purchased for 12 500 pounds sterling by the Australian Government in 1952 and brought to Canberra, where it has remained in the custody of the Australian Parliament.

[runway]

medallion not a coin

[trout]

medallion not a coin

This has a denomination on it so YES it is a coin :ok:

[Nevol]

This has a denomination on it so YES it is a coin :ok:

Correct!

2015 $5 Fine Silver Antique Rectangular Coin – 800th Anniversary of the Magna Carta

The Magna Carta has been reissued by Monarchs throughout history, including the 1297 Inspeximus issue by Edward I, which now takes pride of place at the Australian Parliament House. It is a fitting home for a document to which much Australian legislation can trace its roots. This unique coin features a representation of King John's Great Seal which formalised the original 1215 Magna Carta. An inscription taken from the 1297 Inspeximus issue held at the Australian Parliament House also appears on the reverse.

[trout]

Here it is in the flesh

[runway]

No way is this a coin by my definition

[matttheriley]

That is a really nice coin!  They should have used a different portrait for the effigy of the Queen though. The antique finish makes her look like Master Yoda with a crown!

[ausjack]

:laugh2: :laugh2: :laugh2: yoda, yep I can see the resemblance, you crack me up Matt