Brian's Bits

By Kanyl

Back home, with a reason.

Believe it, or not,  in spite of the grotty photo(s) I am learning from them.  The reason I came back home - two-fold.
       Fold one.  See those two initials below Geo V's head. It's the Designer/Sculptor.  In this case; I just copied the 1st § of three:-
"Sir Edgar Bertram MacKennal KVCO RA, more commonly known as Bertram MacKennal, was an Australian medallist and sculptor. He trained initially under his father, a well-regarded Melbourne artist, before continuing his studies in London and Paris."
       The second fold?  Not yet found; goes along these lines:-
"The Royal Mint officially lists its founding date as 886 – the year that Alfred the Great became King. Under King Alfred, the crown was responsible for all issued currency coins, with multiple mints serving the realm to produce these tokens for the population.
Control became centralised around the Tower of London in 1279, with satellite mints still existing but now reporting to the Tower’s executives.  As different events occurred, such as the English Civil War, other mints were established to fulfil the coin needs of each aspirant to the throne."  
       NO idea, unresearched, but some coins were marked either H
"The history of the Birmingham Mint can be traced back as far as 1794, when local engineer and businessman Ralph Heaton (1755-1832) established his brass foundry on the now-demolished Slaney Street in Birmingham."
or KN 
"Kings Norton Mint was a 19th-century metalworking and minting company founded in Birmingham, England.  As a private company it worked to develop and manufacture various metal products including wire, nails, ammunitions and later coins on behalf of the Royal Mint."
       I know I have both H & KN Pennies lurking somewhere; yet to find.

Daft non sequitur?
We used to attend a quizz in a local Pub, until we were accused of either cheating or colluding with the Quizz-master.  I remember a question, pertinent to this Month.
"Where would you see D : G : BR :OMN : REX?  (I can't now remember if he went the whole Hog and included FID DEF : IMP IMP) GEO V penny actually says:-
DEI GRA : BRIT : OMN : REX : DEF : INP : IMP ("Those were the Days")
       "Lizzie ll", by comparison, only has D . G . REG . F . D 

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