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331 relations: ABC-Clio, Aberystwyth, Aberystwyth Castle, Abyssinian War Medal, Acts of Union 1707, Air raid shelter, Airstrike, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Alistair Darling, Alloy, Anne Jessopp, Antimony, Architect, Arctic Star, Arsenic, Ashantee Medal, August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Australian pound, Bank of England, Banknotes of the pound sterling, Battle of Waterloo, BBC, BBC News, Bishop, BitGo, Blockchain, Blue Peter, Bristol, Bristol Castle, Britannia, Britannia (coin), British Armed Forces, British Columbia, British Columbia gold rushes, British Empire, British Hong Kong, British Isles, British Overseas Territories, Buckinghamshire, Bullion, Bullion coin, Bust (sculpture), Buxus, Canada, Canadian dollar, Cantiaci, Capital city, Cardiff, Caribbean, Carlisle, ... Expand index (281 more) »
- 886 establishments
- 9th-century establishments in England
- Bullion dealers
- Companies based in Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Currencies of England
- Currencies of the United Kingdom
- Economy of London
- Government-owned companies of the United Kingdom
- Llantrisant
- Mints of the United Kingdom
- Organisations based in Wales with royal patronage
- Tourist attractions in Rhondda Cynon Taf
ABC-Clio
ABC-Clio, LLC (stylized ABC-CLIO) is an American publishing company for academic reference works and periodicals primarily on topics such as history and social sciences for educational and public library settings.
Aberystwyth
Aberystwyth is a university and seaside town and a community in Ceredigion, Wales.
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Aberystwyth Castle
Aberystwyth Castle (Castell Aberystwyth) is a Grade I listed Edwardian fortress located in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Mid Wales.
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Abyssinian War Medal
The Abyssinian War Medal was awarded for service between 4 October 1867 and 19 April 1868 to those who participated in the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia.
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Acts of Union 1707
The Acts of Union refer to two Acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of England in 1706, the other by the Parliament of Scotland in 1707.
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Air raid shelter
Air raid shelters are structures for the protection of non-combatants as well as combatants against enemy attacks from the air.
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Airstrike
An airstrike, air strike, or air raid is an offensive operation carried out by aircraft.
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey
Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey, (28 November 185129 August 1917) was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, the ninth since Canadian Confederation.
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Alistair Darling
Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, (28 November 1953 – 30 November 2023) was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under prime minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010.
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Alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described.
Anne Jessopp
Patricia Anne Jessopp (born in Preston, Lancashire), known professionally as Anne Jessopp, is the chief executive officer of the British Royal Mint, and former Director of Commemorative Coins for the Royal Mint.
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Antimony
Antimony is a chemical element; it has symbol Sb and atomic number 51.
Architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings.
Arctic Star
The Arctic Star is a military campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom on 19 December 2012 for award to British Commonwealth forces who served on the Arctic Convoys north of the Arctic Circle, during the Second World War.
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Arsenic
Arsenic is a chemical element with the symbol As and the atomic number 33.
Ashantee Medal
The Ashantee Medal is a British campaign medal instituted on 1 June 1874.
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August Wilhelm von Hofmann
August Wilhelm von Hofmann (8 April 18185 May 1892) was a German chemist who made considerable contributions to organic chemistry.
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Australian pound
The pound (sign: £, £A for distinction) was the currency of Australia from 1910 until 14 February 1966, when it was replaced by the Australian dollar.
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Bank of England
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Royal Mint and bank of England are hM Treasury.
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Banknotes of the pound sterling
The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO 4217 currency code: GBP) is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Tristan da Cunha. Royal Mint and Banknotes of the pound sterling are Currencies of the United Kingdom.
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Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815, near Waterloo (at that time in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, now in Belgium), marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
BitGo
BitGo, Inc. is a digital asset trust company and security company, headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
Blockchain
A blockchain is a distributed ledger with growing lists of records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes.
Blue Peter
Blue Peter is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair.
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region.
Bristol Castle
Bristol Castle was a Norman castle built for the defence of Bristol.
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Britannia
Britannia is the national personification of Britain as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield.
Britannia (coin)
Britannia coins are British bullion coins issued by the Royal Mint in gold since 1987, in silver since 1997, and in platinum since 2018.
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British Armed Forces
The British Armed Forces are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies.
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British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.
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British Columbia gold rushes
British Columbia gold rushes were important episodes in the history and settlement of European, Canadian and Chinese peoples in western Canada.
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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.
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British Hong Kong
Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the United Kingdom from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War.
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.
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British Overseas Territories
The British Overseas Territories (BOTs) are the 14 territories with a constitutional and historical link with the United Kingdom that, while not forming part of the United Kingdom itself, are part of its sovereign territory.
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Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.
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Bullion
Bullion is non-ferrous metal that has been refined to a high standard of elemental purity.
Bullion coin
A bullion coin (also known as a specie) is a coin struck from highly refined precious metal (bullion) and kept as a store of value or an investment rather than used in day-to-day commerce.
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Bust (sculpture)
A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human body, depicting a person's head and neck, and a variable portion of the chest and shoulders.
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Buxus
Buxus is a genus of about seventy species in the family Buxaceae.
Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada.
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Cantiaci
The Cantiaci or Cantii were an Iron Age Celtic people living in Britain before the Roman conquest, and gave their name to a civitas of Roman Britain.
Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
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Cardiff
Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.
Caribbean
The Caribbean (el Caribe; les Caraïbes; de Caraïben) is a subregion of the Americas that includes the Caribbean Sea and its islands, some of which are surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some of which border both the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean; the nearby coastal areas on the mainland are sometimes also included in the region.
Carlisle
Carlisle (from Caer Luel) is a cathedral city in the ceremonial county of Cumbria in England.
Casting
Casting is a manufacturing process in which a liquid material is usually poured into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowed to solidify.
Cavalier
The term "Cavalier" was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of Charles I of England and his son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 –). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves.
Celts
The Celts (see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of Treasury. Royal Mint and chancellor of the Exchequer are hM Treasury.
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Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
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Charles III
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms.
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Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, (16 April 1661 – 19 May 1715) was an English statesman and poet.
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Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, West London, England.
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Chemistry
Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter.
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border.
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.
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CME Group
CME Group Inc. is a financial services company.
Coin
A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender.
Coin Act 1696
The Coin Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 26) was an Act of the Parliament of England which made it high treason to make or possess equipment useful for counterfeiting coins.
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Coins of the pound sterling
The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories is denominated in pennies and pounds sterling (symbol "£", commercial GBP), and ranges in value from one penny sterling to two pounds. Royal Mint and coins of the pound sterling are Currencies of the United Kingdom.
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Coins of the Republic of Ireland
There have been three sets of coins in Ireland since independence.
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Colchester
Colchester is a city in northeastern Essex, England.
Colony of New South Wales
The Colony of New South Wales was a colony of the British Empire from 1788 to 1901, when it became a State of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Commonwealth of England
The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I. The republic's existence was declared through "An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth", adopted by the Rump Parliament on 19 May 1649.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.
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Companies House
Companies House is the executive agency of the British Government that maintains the register of companies, employs the company registrars and is responsible for incorporating all forms of companies in the United Kingdom.
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Comptroller
A comptroller (pronounced either the same as controller or as) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization.
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Conspicuous Gallantry Cross
The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) is a second level military decoration of the British Armed Forces.
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Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
Cork (city)
Cork (from corcach, meaning 'marsh') is the second largest city in the Republic of Ireland, third largest on the island of Ireland, the county town of County Cork and largest city in the province of Munster.
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Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Counterfeit
To counterfeit means to imitate something authentic, with the intent to steal, destroy, or replace the original, for use in illegal transactions, or otherwise to deceive individuals into believing that the fake is of equal or greater value than the real product.
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Currency Centre
The Currency Centre (also known as the Irish Mint) is the mint of coins and printer of banknotes for the Central Bank of Ireland, including the euro currency. Royal Mint and currency Centre are mints (currency).
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David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.
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Debasement
A debasement of coinage is the practice of lowering the intrinsic value of coins, especially when used in connection with commodity money, such as gold or silver coins, while continuing to circulate it at face value.
Decimal Day
Decimal Day in the United Kingdom and in Ireland was Monday 15 February 1971, the day on which each country decimalised its respective £sd currency of pounds, shillings, and pence. Royal Mint and decimal Day are Currencies of the United Kingdom.
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Decimalisation
Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.
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Defence Medal (United Kingdom)
The Defence Medal is a campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945, to be awarded to citizens of the British Commonwealth for both non-operational military and certain types of civilian war service during the Second World War.
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Deutsche Börse
Deutsche Börse AG, or the Deutsche Börse Group, is a German multinational corporation that offers a marketplace for organizing the trading of shares and other securities.
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Digital gold currency
Digital gold currency (or DGC) is a form of electronic money (or digital currency) based on mass units of gold.
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Dissolution of the monasteries
The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally referred to as the suppression of the monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541, by which Henry VIII disbanded Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.
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Drury House
Drury House was a historic building on Wych Street, London.
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Dublin
Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland and also the largest city by size on the island of Ireland.
Dust
Dust is made of fine particles of solid matter.
East Smithfield
East Smithfield is a small locality in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, east London, and also a short street, a part of the A1203 road.
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Economic expansion
An economic expansion is an increase in the level of economic activity, and of the goods and services available.
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Economy of the United Kingdom
The economy of the United Kingdom is a highly developed social market economy.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
Edinburgh Crystal
Edinburgh Crystal was a cut glass manufactured in Scotland from to 2006, and was also the name of the manufacturing company.
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Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year.
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Electronic waste
Electronic waste (or e-waste) describes discarded electrical or electronic devices.
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.
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Elizabeth Poole (singer)
Elizabeth Poole (1820–1906), was a British opera and concert soprano singer and actress of the 19th century.
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End of Roman rule in Britain
The end of Roman rule in Britain was the transition from Roman Britain to post-Roman Britain.
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Engelhard
Engelhard Corporation was an American ''Fortune'' 500 company headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, United States.
English Channel
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.
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English Civil War
The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Euro
The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union.
Exchange-traded fund
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a type of investment fund that is also an exchange-traded product, i.e., it is traded on stock exchanges.
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Executive agency
An executive agency is a part of a government department that is treated as managerially and budgetarily separate, to carry out some part of the executive functions of the United Kingdom government, Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive.
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Exeter
Exeter is a cathedral city and the county town of Devon, South West England.
Face value
The face value, sometimes called nominal value, is the value of a coin, bond, stamp or paper money as printed on the coin, stamp or bill itself by the issuing authority.
Farthing (English coin)
The English farthing (derived from the Anglo-Saxon feorthing, a fourthling or fourth part) was a coin of the Kingdom of England worth of a penny, of a pound sterling.
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FC Porto
Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM, commonly known as FC Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto.
Federation of Australia
The Federation of Australia was the process by which the six separate British self-governing colonies of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia (which also governed what is now the Northern Territory), and Western Australia agreed to unite and form the Commonwealth of Australia, establishing a system of federalism in Australia.
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Fifty pence (British coin)
The British decimal fifty pence coin (often shortened to 50p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound.
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Financial Times
The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.
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Five Members
The Five Members were Members of Parliament whom King Charles I attempted to arrest on 4 January 1642.
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Five pounds (British coin)
The British five pound (£5) coin is a commemorative denomination of sterling coinage.
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Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
Francis George Claudet
Francis George Claudet (1837-1906) was an assayer for the Royal Mint in British Columbia, Canada, photographer and the youngest son of Antoine François Jean Claudet, the French photographer-inventor who produced daguerreotypes.
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George Cross
The George Cross (GC) is the highest award bestowed by the British government for non-operational gallantry or gallantry not in the presence of an enemy.
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George Frederick Ansell
George Frederick Ansell (4 March 1826 – 21 December 1880) was an English scientific inventor, chemist and assayer, and author of a standard work on the Royal Mint.
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George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May 1971) is a British retired politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the Cameron government.
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Glamorgan
Until 1974, Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg), was an administrative county in the south of Wales, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688.
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
Gold bar
A gold bar, also known as gold bullion or a gold ingot, refers to a quantity of refined metallic gold that can be shaped in various forms, produced under standardized conditions of manufacture, labeling, and record-keeping.
Government of Canada
The Government of Canada (Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada.
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Grain (unit)
A grain is a unit of measurement of mass, and in the troy weight, avoirdupois, and apothecaries' systems, equal to exactly.
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Great Britain
Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.
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Great power
A great power is a sovereign state that is recognized as having the ability and expertise to exert its influence on a global scale.
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Great Recoinage of 1696
The Great Recoinage of 1696 was an attempt by the English Government under King William III to replace the hammered silver that made up most of the coinage in circulation, much of it being clipped and badly worn.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; HellÄ“nikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Half crown (British coin)
The British half crown was a denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound, or two shillings and six pence (abbreviated "2/6", familiarly "two and six"), or 30 pre-decimal pence.
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Hammered coinage
Hammered coinage was the most common form of coins produced from the invention of coins in the first millennium BC until the early modern period of c. the 15th–17th centuries, contrasting to the cast coinage and the later developed milled coinage.
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Hancocks & Co
Hancocks & Co is a retail jeweller in London, founded on 1 January 1849 by Charles F. Hancock, a former partner of Storr and Mortimer.
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Hansard
Hansard is the transcripts of parliamentary debates in Britain and many Commonwealth countries.
Hard currency
In macroeconomics, hard currency, safe-haven currency, or strong currency is any globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value.
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician who was twice prime minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.
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Henry VIII
Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547.
Hip flask
A hip flask is a thin flask for holding liquor.
History of Anglo-Saxon England
Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
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History of Canada (1763–1867)
Starting with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, New France, of which the colony of Canada was a part, formally became a part of the British Empire.
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History of Jardine Matheson & Co.
Jardine, Matheson & Co., later Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., forerunner of today's Jardine Matheson Holdings, was a Far Eastern company founded in 1832 by Scotsmen William Jardine and James Matheson as senior partners.
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HM Treasury
His Majesty's Treasury (HM Treasury), occasionally referred to as the Exchequer, or more informally the Treasury, is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Hong Kong Mint
Hong Kong Mint was a mint in Hong Kong that existed from 1866 to 1868. Royal Mint and Hong Kong Mint are mints (currency).
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Inflation hedge
An inflation hedge is an investment intended to protect the investor against—hedge—a decrease in the purchasing power of money—inflation.
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Investiture of the prince of Wales
The Prince of Wales is sometimes presented and invested with the insignia of his rank and dignity in the manner of a coronation.
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Investment banking
Investment banking is an advisory-based financial service for institutional investors, corporations, governments, and similar clients.
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Irish Free State
The Irish Free State (6 December 192229 December 1937), also known by its Irish name i, was a state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.
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Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author who was described in his time as a natural philosopher.
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ISG Ltd
ISG Ltd (formerly Interior Services Group) is a privately-owned, London, UK-based construction company.
James Douglas (governor)
Sir James Douglas, (August 15, 1803 – August 2, 1877) was a Canadian fur trader and politician who became the first Governor of the Colony of British Columbia.
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James II of England
James VII and II (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685.
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James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.
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John Harington, 1st Baron Harington of Exton
John Harington, 1st Baron Harington (1539/40 – 23 August 1613) of Exton in Rutland, was an English courtier and politician.
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Joseph Harris (astronomer)
Joseph Harris (February 1704 – 1764) was a British blacksmith, astronomer, navigator, economist, natural philosopher, government adviser and King's Assay Master at the Royal Mint.
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Kent
Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.
Kevin Clancy (Royal Mint)
Kevin Clancy is a numismatist and the Director of the Royal Mint Museum.
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Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom. Royal Mint and kingdom of England are 9th-century establishments in England.
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Landmarks of Britain
Landmarks of Britain is a series of silver bullion coins produced by the Royal Mint in the United Kingdom.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.
Legal tender
Legal tender is a form of money that courts of law are required to recognize as satisfactory payment for any monetary debt.
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Leisure and Cultural Services Department
The Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD), is a department in the Government of Hong Kong.
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Limited company
In a limited company, the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.
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List of British banknotes and coins
List of British banknotes and coins, with commonly used terms.
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List of mints
Mints designed for the manufacture of coins have been commonplace since coined currency was first developed around 600 BC by the Lydian people of modern-day Turkey. Royal Mint and List of mints are mints (currency).
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Livery company
A livery company is a type of guild or professional association that originated in medieval times in London, England.
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Llantrisant
Llantrisant ("Parish of the Three Saints") is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the River Ely and the Afon Clun.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
London Bullion Market Association
The London Bullion Market Association (now known simply as LBMA), established in 1987, is the international trade association representing the global Over The Counter (OTC) bullion market, and defines itself as "the global authority on precious metals".
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London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange in the City of London, England. Royal Mint and London Stock Exchange are economy of London.
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Lord Protector
Lord Protector (plural: Lords Protector) was a title that has been used in British constitutional law for the head of state.
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Loyalism
Loyalism, in the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and its former colonies, refers to the allegiance to the British crown or the United Kingdom.
Lumber
Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards.
Lunar New Year
Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or, informally but more widely, lunisolar calendars.
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Lunar Series (British coin)
The Lunar or ShÄ“ngxiào (生肖) coin series is a collection of British coins issued by the Royal Mint featuring the Chinese zodiac in celebration of Chinese New Year.
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Macquarie Street, Sydney
Macquarie Street is a street in the central business district of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.
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Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is a professional football club based in Manchester, England.
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Marseille
Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
Master of the Mint
Master of the Mint is a title within the Royal Mint given to the most senior person responsible for its operation.
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Mather & Co.
Mather & Co. were three brothers (or cousins) that began in commerce and contracting for the British Royal Navy.
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Maurice of the Palatinate
Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine KG (16 January 1621 – September 1652) was the fourth son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Princess Elizabeth, only daughter of King James VI and I and Anne of Denmark.
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Media Wales
Media Wales Ltd. is a publishing company based in Cardiff, Wales.
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Melbourne Mint
The Melbourne Mint, located on the corner of William and La Trobe Streets in Melbourne, Australia, was first established as a branch of the British Royal Mint, opening in 12 June 1872. Royal Mint and Melbourne Mint are mints (currency).
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Met Office
The Meteorological Office, abbreviated as the Met Office, is the United Kingdom's national weather and climate service.
Metallurgical assay
A metallurgical assay is a compositional analysis of an ore, metal, or alloy, usually performed in order to test for purity or quality.
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Military Cross
The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level until 1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.
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Milled coinage
In numismatics, the term milled coinage (also known as machine-struck coinage) is used to describe coins which are produced by some form of machine, rather than by manually hammering coin blanks between two dies (hammered coinage) or casting coins from dies.
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Mint (facility)
A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used as currency. Royal Mint and mint (facility) are mints (currency).
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Mints of Scotland
There were a number of mints in Scotland, for the production of the Scottish coinage. Royal Mint and mints of Scotland are mints of the United Kingdom.
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Monarchy of the United Kingdom
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.
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Moneyer
A moneyer is a private individual who is officially permitted to mint money.
Monnaie de Paris
The (Paris Mint) is a government-owned institution responsible for producing France's coins. Royal Mint and Monnaie de Paris are mints (currency).
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Multinational corporation
A multinational corporation (MNC; also called a multinational enterprise (MNE), transnational enterprise (TNE), transnational corporation (TNC), international corporation, or stateless corporation,with subtle but contrasting senses) is a corporate organization that owns and controls the production of goods or services in at least one country other than its home country.
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Mumbai
Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
National archives
National archives are the archives of a country.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
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New Inn Hall, Oxford
New Inn Hall was one of the earliest medieval halls of the University of Oxford. It was located in New Inn Hall Street, Oxford.
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New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales.
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New Westminster
New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District.
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Newark-on-Trent
Newark-on-Trent or Newark is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England.
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Nicholas Briot
Nicholas Briot (about 1579 – 24 December 1646) was an English coin engraver, medallist and mechanical engineer.
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Norwegian Olympic Museum
Norwegian Olympic Museum (Norges Olympiske Museum) is located at Maihaugen in Lillehammer, Norway.
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Norwich
Norwich is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England of which it is the county town.
Nottingham
Nottingham (locally) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England.
Oil
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils).
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.
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Olympic medal
An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games.
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Operation Bernhard
Operation Bernhard was an exercise by Nazi Germany to forge British bank notes.
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Order in Council
An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in many countries, especially the Commonwealth realms.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).
Ottawa
Ottawa (Canadian French) is the capital city of Canada.
Ottawa Mint sovereign
The Ottawa Mint sovereign is a British one pound coin (known as a sovereign) minted between 1908 and 1919 at the Ottawa Mint (known today as the Ottawa branch of the Royal Canadian Mint. This has augmented debate among Canadian numismatists because some view these pieces as Canadian while others view them as British and thus distinct from the decimal series of Canadian coinage.Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, W.K.
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Outsourcing
Outsourcing is a business practice in which companies use external providers to carry out business processes that would otherwise be handled internally, or in-house.
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Oxford
Oxford is a city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town.
Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England.
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Parliament
In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government.
Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain.
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Pathé News
Pathé News was a producer of newsreels and documentaries from 1910 to 1970 in the United Kingdom.
Pattern coin
A pattern coin is a coin which has not been approved for release, but produced to evaluate a proposed coin design.
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Pennyweight
A pennyweight (dwt) is a unit of mass equal to 24 grains, of a troy ounce, of a troy pound, approximately 0.054857 avoirdupois ounce and exactly 1.55517384 grams.
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Perth Mint
The Perth Mint is Australia's official bullion mint and wholly owned by the Government of Western Australia. Royal Mint and Perth Mint are bullion dealers and mints (currency).
Peter Blondeau
Peter Blondeau (Pierre Blondeau; d. 1672) was a French moneyer and engineer who was appointed Engineer to the Royal Mint and was responsible for reintroducing milled coinage to England.
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Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios is a British film and television studio located in the village of Iver Heath, England.
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Pipe rolls
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Platinum
Platinum is a chemical element; it has symbol Pt and atomic number 78.
Pontefract
Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England.
Pound Scots
The pound (Modern and Middle Scots: Pund) was the currency of Scotland prior to the 1707 Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Pound sterling
Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. Royal Mint and Pound sterling are Currencies of England and Currencies of the United Kingdom.
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Precious metal
Precious metals are rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical elements of high economic value.
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Pretoria
Pretoria, is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
Prime minister
A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.
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Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru,; Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the male heir apparent to the English, and later British, throne.
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Prince Rupert of the Rhine
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, (17 December 1619 (O.S.) – 29 November 1682 (O.S.)) was an English-German army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor.
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Privatization
Privatization (rendered privatisation in British English) can mean several different things, most commonly referring to moving something from the public sector into the private sector.
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Proof coinage
Proof coinage refers to special early samples of a coin issue, historically made for checking the dies (as in demonstrating that something is true) and for archival purposes.
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Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901.
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Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton
Ralph Hopton, 1st Baron Hopton (159628 September 1652) was an English politician, military officer and peer.
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Reducing Machine
A Reducing Machine was a type of pantograph lathe used until the 21st century to manufacture coin dies.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.
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Robert Smirke (architect)
Sir Robert Smirke (1 October 1780 – 18 April 1867) was an English architect, one of the leaders of Greek Revival architecture, though he also used other architectural styles (such as Gothic and Tudor).
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Roman conquest of Britain
The Roman conquest of Britain was the Roman Empire's conquest of most of the island of Britain, which was inhabited by the Celtic Britons.
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Roman currency
Roman currency for most of Roman history consisted of gold, silver, bronze, orichalcum and copper coinage.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
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Rothschild & Co
Rothschild & Co is a multinational private and alternative assets investor, headquartered in Paris, France and London, England.
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Rothschild family
The Rothschild family is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish noble banking family originally from Frankfurt that rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, who established his banking business in the 1760s.
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Roundhead
Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).
Royal Arsenal
The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich is an establishment on the south bank of the River Thames in Woolwich in south-east London, England, that was used for the manufacture of armaments and ammunition, proofing, and explosives research for the British armed forces.
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Royal Australian Mint
The Royal Australian Mint is the national mint of Australia, and the primary production facility for the country’s circulating coins. Royal Mint and Royal Australian Mint are mints (currency).
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Royal Canadian Mint
The Royal Canadian Mint (Monnaie royale canadienne) is the mint of Canada and a Crown corporation, operating under the Royal Canadian Mint Act. Royal Mint and royal Canadian Mint are bullion dealers and mints (currency).
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Royal commission
A royal commission is a major ad-hoc formal public inquiry into a defined issue in some monarchies.
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Royal Maundy
Royal Maundy is a religious service in the Church of England held on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday.
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Royal Mint Court
Royal Mint Court is a building complex with offices and 100 shared-ownership homes in East Smithfield, close to the City of London financial district.
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Royal Mint Gold
Royal Mint Gold was a digital gold currency and a cryptocurrency backed by gold reserves in the UK Royal Mint.
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Royal Mint Museum
The Royal Mint Museum is a numismatics museum located in Llantrisant, Wales, which houses coins, medals, artwork and minting equipment previous owned by the Royal Mint.
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Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne.
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Scarborough is a seaside town in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England.
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Shilling (English coin)
The English shilling was a silver coin of the Kingdom of England, when first introduced known as the testoon.
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Shrewsbury
("May Shrewsbury Flourish") --> Shrewsbury is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England.
Shrewsbury Castle
Shrewsbury Castle is a red sandstone castle in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
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Siege money
Siege money or money of necessity is a form of Notgeld (emergency money) that was issued in times of war or invasion, such as during a siege.
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Silver
Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.
Sinecure
A sinecure (or; from the Latin sine, 'without', and cura, 'care') is an office, carrying a salary or otherwise generating income, that requires or involves little or no responsibility, labour, or active service.
Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st Baronet
Sir Anthony Nathan de Rothschild, 1st Baronet (29 May 1810 – 3 January 1876), was a British financier and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England.
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Sir Richard Vyvyan, 1st Baronet
Sir Richard Vyvyan, 1st Baronet (c. 1613 – 3 October 1665) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1665.
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Sixpence (British coin)
The British sixpence piece, sometimes known as a tanner or sixpenny bit, was a denomination of sterling coinage worth of one pound or half of one shilling.
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South Africa national rugby union team
The South Africa national rugby union team, commonly known as the Springboks (colloquially the Boks, Bokke or Amabhokobhoko), is the country's national team governed by the South African Rugby Union.
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South African Mint
The South African Mint is responsible for minting all coins of the South African rand on behalf of its owner, the South African Reserve Bank. Royal Mint and South African Mint are mints (currency).
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Sovereign (British coin)
The sovereign is a British gold coin with a nominal value of one pound sterling (£1) and contains 0.2354 troy oz of pure gold.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
SS Gairsoppa
SS Gairsoppa was a British cargo steamship that was built in 1919 and sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1941.
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St Peter's College, Oxford
St Peter's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford.
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State-owned enterprise
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity which is established and/or owned by a national or state/provincial government, by an executive order or an act of legislation, in order to earn profit for the government, control monopoly of the private sector over means of production, provide commodities to citizens at a lower price, implement government policies, and/or to deliver products and services to remote locations that otherwise have trouble attracting private vendors.
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Statute of Westminster 1931
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that sets the basis for the relationship between the Dominions (now called Commonwealth realms) and the Crown.
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Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia.
Sydney Hospital
Sydney Hospital is a major hospital in Australia, located on Macquarie Street in the Sydney central business district.
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Sydney Mint
The Sydney Mint in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is the oldest surviving public building in the Sydney central business district. Royal Mint and Sydney Mint are mints (currency).
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The Blitz
The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.
The Crown
The Crown broadly represents the state in all its aspects within the jurisprudence of the Commonwealth realms and their subdivisions (such as the Crown Dependencies, overseas territories, provinces, or states).
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.
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The Great Debasement
The Great Debasement (1544–1551) was a currency debasement policy introduced in 1544 England under the order of Henry VIII which saw the amount of precious metal in gold and silver coins reduced and in some cases replaced entirely with cheaper base metals such as copper. Royal Mint and the Great Debasement are Currencies of England.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The National Archives (United Kingdom)
The National Archives (TNA; Yr Archifau Cenedlaethol) is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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The Queen's Beasts
The Queen's Beasts are ten heraldic statues representing the genealogy of Queen Elizabeth II, depicted as the Royal supporters of England.
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The Queen's Beasts (coin)
The Queen's Beasts coins are British coins issued by the Royal Mint in platinum, gold, and silver since 2016.
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Thomas Bushell (mining engineer)
Thomas Bushell (– 1674) was a servant of Francis Bacon who went on to become a mining engineer and defender of Lundy Island for the Royalist cause during the Civil War.
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Thomas Graham (chemist)
Thomas Graham (20 December 1805 – 11 September 1869) was a Scottish chemist known for his pioneering work in dialysis and the diffusion of gases.
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Thomas Rawlins
Thomas Rawlins (1620?–1670) was an English medallist and playwright.
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Thomas Simon
Thomas Simon (c. 16231665), English medalist, was born, according to George Vertue, in Yorkshire about 1623.
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Token coin
In numismatics, token coins or trade tokens are coin-like objects used instead of coins.
Tower of London
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England.
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Trading fund
A trading fund is an executive agency, government department or often simply a part of a department, that enables the department to handle its own revenues and expenses separately from overall government finances and more like a business, as opposed to having to obtain funding from the government's legislature and feeding income back into its treasury.
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Treason
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance.
Trial
In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes.
Trial of the Pyx
The Trial of the Pyx is a judicial ceremony in the United Kingdom to ensure that newly minted coins from the Royal Mint conform to their required dimensional and fineness specifications.
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Trial plate
A Trial plate was a piece of metal used as a standard in the assaying of coins to determine a coin's accuracy and fineness.
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Truro
Truro (Cornish Standard Written Form) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
Two pound coin
The British two pound coin (£2) is a denomination of sterling coinage.
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Union of South Africa
The Union of South Africa (Unie van Zuid-Afrika; Unie van Suid-Afrika) was the historical predecessor to the present-day Republic of South Africa.
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Union of the Crowns
The Union of the Crowns (Aonadh nan Crùintean; Union o the Crouns) was the accession of James VI of Scotland to the throne of the Kingdom of England as James I and the practical unification of some functions (such as overseas diplomacy) of the two separate realms under a single individual on 24 March 1603.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.
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Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Warden of the Mint
Warden of the Mint was a high-ranking position at the Royal Mint in England from 1216 to 1829. Royal Mint and Warden of the Mint are hM Treasury.
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Waterloo Medal (Pistrucci)
The Waterloo Medal was designed by Italian-born sculptor Benedetto Pistrucci.
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Wedgwood
Wedgwood is an English fine china, porcelain and luxury accessories manufacturer that was founded on 1 May 1759 by the potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood and was first incorporated in 1895 as Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd.
Weighing scale
A scale or balance is a device used to measure weight or mass.
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Welsh Government
The Welsh Government (Llywodraeth Cymru) is the devolved government of Wales.
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Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.
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Weymouth, Dorset
Weymouth is a sea-side town and civil parish in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, on the English Channel coast of England.
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White-label product
A white-label product is a product or service produced by one company (the producer) that other companies (the marketers) rebrand to make it appear as if they had made it.
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Whitefriars, London
Whitefriars is an area in the Ward of Farringdon Without in the City of London.
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William III of England
William III (William Henry;; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.
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William John Hocking
William John Hocking (10 March 1864 – 10 April 1953) was a British numismatist.
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Worcester, England
Worcester is a cathedral city in Worcestershire, England, of which it is the county town.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
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Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths (commonly known as The Goldsmiths' Company and formally styled The Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Goldsmiths of the City of London), is one of the Great Twelve Livery Companies of the City of London, headquartered at Goldsmiths' Hall, London EC2.
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York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss.
1862 International Exhibition
The International Exhibition of 1862, officially the London International Exhibition of Industry and Art, also known as the Great London Exposition, was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington, London, England.
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1973–1975 recession
The 1973–1975 recession or 1970s recession was a period of economic stagnation in much of the Western world during the 1970s, putting an end to the overall post–World War II economic expansion.
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2007–2008 financial crisis
The 2007–2008 financial crisis, or the global financial crisis (GFC), was the most severe worldwide economic crisis since the Great Depression.
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2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package
In the period September 2007 to December 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, the UK government intervened financially to support the UK banking sector, and four UK banks in particular.
See Royal Mint and 2008 United Kingdom bank rescue package
2009 United Kingdom budget
The 2009 United Kingdom Budget, officially known as Budget 2009: Building Britain's Future, was formally delivered by Alistair Darling in the House of Commons on 22 April 2009.
See Royal Mint and 2009 United Kingdom budget
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom.
See Royal Mint and 2012 Summer Olympics
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August.
See Royal Mint and 2016 Summer Olympics
See also
886 establishments
- Castle of Cardona
- City of London
- Ohrid Literary School
- Royal Mint
9th-century establishments in England
- Arreton Manor
- Athelney Abbey
- City of London
- Danelaw
- Kingdom of England
- Oldham
- Polesworth Abbey
- Royal Mint
- Shaftesbury Abbey
- St Albans Market
- St Benet's Abbey
- St Cross Church, Oxford
- St Mary's Abbey, Winchester
- St Mary's Church, Battersea
- St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester
- Upton-upon-Severn
- Wilton House
Bullion dealers
- Austrian Mint
- Baird & Co
- BullionByPost
- Chard Coin and Bullion Dealer
- China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation
- Coins 'N Things
- DGSE Companies
- Elemetal
- Emirates Gold
- Goldline International
- Heraeus
- Hungarian Mint
- India International Bullion Exchange
- International Gold Bullion Exchange
- Kremnica Mint
- List of bullion dealers
- London Platinum and Palladium Market
- London bullion market
- Metalor Technologies
- Monex Precious Metals
- PAMP (company)
- Pallion Group
- Perth Mint
- Reisebank
- Royal Canadian Mint
- Royal Mint
- ScotiaMocatta
- Security Printing and Minting Organization
- Sharps Pixley
- Singapore Mint
- Texas Precious Metals
- Turkish State Mint
- Umicore
- United States Mint
- Valcambi
Companies based in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Currencies of England
- Banknotes of England
- Bristol pound
- British Iron Bar currency
- Celtic currency of Britain
- Cornish currency
- Lewes pound
- Postal orders of the United Kingdom
- Pound sterling
- Promotional postal order
- Royal Mint
- Stroud pound
- The Great Debasement
- Totnes pound
Currencies of the United Kingdom
- £sd
- Banknotes of the British Armed Forces
- Banknotes of the pound sterling
- British Forces Post Office postal orders
- British Iron Bar currency
- British currency in the Middle East
- Celtic currency of Britain
- Coinage Act 1816
- Coins of the United Kingdom
- Coins of the pound sterling
- Cornish currency
- Currency Act 1982
- Decimal Day
- Five economic tests
- Green pound
- King's shilling
- List of British currencies
- List of community currencies in the United Kingdom
- Old Age Pension Order
- Postal orders of the United Kingdom
- Pound sterling
- Pound sterling in the South Atlantic and the Antarctic
- Promotional postal order
- Royal Mint
- Sterling area
Economy of London
- Agriculture in London
- Baltic Exchange
- Big Bang (financial markets)
- Canary Wharf
- City of London
- Coryton Refinery
- Cravath, Swaine & Moore
- Crispin (Company)
- Economy of London
- Economy of the London Borough of Croydon
- GLA Land and Property
- Gilpin's Westmorland Extra Dry Gin
- Infrastructure in London
- Intercontinental Exchange
- Intercontinental Exchange Futures
- Libor
- Lighterman
- Livery companies
- Lloyd's of London
- London Chamber of Commerce & Industry
- London Development Agency
- London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange
- London Stock Exchange
- London Stock Exchange Group
- London bullion market
- London fiscal balance
- London weighting
- NyLon
- PLUS Markets Group
- Port of London
- Privatisation of London bus services
- Royal Mint
- Russian money in London
- SABMiller
- Shell Haven
- The City in Europe and the World
- The City: London and the Global Power of Finance
- The Geo-Politics of the City
- Tourism in London
- Transport in London
- West London Business
- Wimbledon Effect
Government-owned companies of the United Kingdom
- Atomic Weapons Establishment
- British Business Bank
- British International Investment
- DfT OLR Holdings
- Direct Rail Services
- East West Rail
- Eutelsat OneWeb
- Fera Science
- Great British Energy
- Great British Nuclear
- Great British Railways
- International Nuclear Services
- London and Continental Railways
- NATS Holdings
- NatWest Group
- National Nuclear Laboratory
- National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)
- Network Rail
- North Sea Transition Authority
- Nuclear Liabilities Fund
- Nuclear Restoration Services
- Ordnance Survey
- Post Office Limited
- Royal Mint
- Sellafield Ltd
- Sheffield Forgemasters
- State-owned enterprises of the United Kingdom
- Student Loans Company
- UK Asset Resolution
- UK Government Investments
- UK Infrastructure Bank
- Urenco Group
Llantrisant
- Llantrisant
- Llantrisant Castle
- Llantrisant Church
- Llantrisant Common and Pastures
- Llantrisant Guildhall
- Llantrisant RFC
- Llantrisant and Taff Vale Junction Railway
- Llantrisant rail accident
- Llantrisant–Aberthaw line
- Pontyclun
- Royal Mint
- Talbot Green
- Ynysmaerdy
Mints of the United Kingdom
- Birmingham Mint
- King's Norton Mint
- Liberty of the Mint
- Mints of Scotland
- Pobjoy Mint
- Royal Mint
- Soho Mint
- Tower Mint
Organisations based in Wales with royal patronage
- Cory Band
- Girlguiding Cymru
- National Library of Wales
- National Museum Cardiff
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales
- Royal Institution of South Wales
- Royal Mint
- Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
- Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
- Royal Welsh Yacht Club
- University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Tourist attractions in Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Coliseum Theatre (Aberdare)
- Miskin Manor
- Parc and Dare Hall
- Registered historic parks and gardens in Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Royal Mint
- Taff's Well Thermal Spring
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