Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Why The Kings and Queens of England Face Different Directions On Coins

 

 
Today Tom Hockenhull (Keeper of Money and Medals at the British Museum) is going to answer that very question (or both of those questions really) through the cunning use of 500-years of English coinage. You'll find out why the faces of English Kings and Queens alternate, when this started, why this might have started, and why this tradition has been broken in at least 1 instance.

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