Although my original 1968-issued PPL stated 'Ministry of Aviation' on the cover:
inside, there was a note stating that any Ministry of Aviation reference should be read as if it had been 'Board of Trade' - although the licence itself states 'Board of Trade':
I assume that they must have had a warehouse full of old 'MoA' PPL covers somewhere, which they used up before the 'BoT' ones arrived?
My later (much!) civil licences seemed to get scruffier as their seniority increased:
The gold lettering on the UK R/BCPL and JAR-FCL ATPL is of particularly poor quality. Is the EASA licence holder quality any better?