She was born in London on April 21, 1926. She grew up with the affectionate nickname “Lilibet”. Her grandmother Mary supervised her training for the duties she would some day assume. She married Philip on Nov 20, 1947. After 1948, when her father George’s health began to fail, she and Philip assumed many of his obligations. One of them was a periodic visitation of the various colonies and dominions of the empire around the world. While on a tour in…
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While a true united states coin enthusiast will take issue with our one cent coin being called a penny, they definitely wouldn’t skip out on sharing this video from CBS, A brief history of the United States Cent.
A brief video on the art of United States Coinage which aired on CBS.
The first bimetallic coin may have been made in the ancient Axumite Empire when a small dab of gold was placed in the center of an already minted bronze coin.