Royal Mint Battle of Britain 50p coin
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Royal Mint Battle of Britain 50p coin
Ohh dear, nice coin, shame about the mount, cannon armed Spitfires that never fought in the Battle, and belonging to an RCAF Sqn that never even formed until Nov 41, a year after the battle was fought...
No. 416 Squadron , Canadian Air Force
Nice try.......
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Surprised the front aircraft isn't coded JE-J 
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Originally Posted by StopStart
Seriously people.......
It's quite a nice day. Why not go outside?
It's quite a nice day. Why not go outside?
I'm sure somebody covered this on an earlier thread. I remember a comment that it was very topical, what with three pilots racing to get to two serviceable aircraft!
I find it rather sad that there were so many errors with this coin. Clearly, The Royal Mint intended to commemorate an historic period of events that most of us on this Forum are extremely proud of. It would be great if these errors could be passed to them so that the 50p (AL1) presentation will be what was intended and accurate.
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I rather liked the quote from the Royal Mint here Royal Mint criticised over 'inaccurate' Battle of Britain commemoration - Telegraph
“Most of our customers purchase products for the coin itself, rather than the display packaging in which it is housed.”
So that's OK, then?
“Most of our customers purchase products for the coin itself, rather than the display packaging in which it is housed.”
So that's OK, then?
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Just to add a little balance, the coin looks very good and I think was discussed somewhere on PPRuNe late last year, the display box/poster is total hoop. Have a look here
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The original work of art was painted by Wilf Hardy over 40 years ago. Wilf did a lot of work on behalf of RAFBF in his time; as you would expect, he is now an elderly chap. Licensing artwork can be expensive, and I suspect that the organisers in this case have exploited available goodwill rather then pay for accuracy.
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Hmmm ... Hurricane US-X in overall olive paint?