"Brown promotes Britishness but takes Britannia off coins after over 300 years"

jgrabham · 29-01-2008, 07:28 PM

Iv always considerd it tobe a symbol of deffending freedom... quite fitting for it to be removed.

Popeye · 01-02-2008, 08:45 PM

Just happened to glance at the back of a 50p piece. It's dated 2003 and the design, far from being Brittania, is that of a suffagette waving a placard and a bill board saying "Give Women the Vote". The end is nigh.

Britannist · 01-02-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Popeye

Just happened to glance at the back of a 50p piece. It's dated 2003 and the design, far from being Brittania, is that of a suffagette waving a placard and a bill board saying "Give Women the Vote".

Funny that Labour put that image on the back of the 50 pence coin - for it was a Conservative Government which gave women the vote.

Britannist · 04-02-2008, 02:32 AM

We have 30,000 reasons to keep Britannia on our 50p coin! | the Mail on Sunday

Britannist · 04-02-2008, 02:35 AM

More at:

Save Britannia

Smidgey · 04-02-2008, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Guvnah

Just so, and to the right of the portrait appears the following quote/portent of our imminent enslavment;

thus announcing the rise of the single skill 'specialist', the mind sapped machine minding drudge and the end of the artisan.

Yes, let us go back to the artisan age! In fact, let us imagine where we would be if the industrial revolution had never happened.

Guvnah, are you going to move to Africa any time soon?

Rorster · 12-02-2008, 11:27 AM

Hi, this is my third attempt to post here (no idea why, but nothing seems to stay on lol).

Basically, I think it's disgraceful that it's being changed because it's part of our history. So much so, that I managed to find an online retailer that selling t-shirts with the emblem printed accross the front. You can see the product here:

Great British T-Shirt Emporium - Great British T-Shirt Emporium - Original T-Shirts - Britannia Romana T shirt

The shirts been reduced down to £9.99 for a limited time only aswell.

Five News · 01-04-2008, 05:22 PM

Is any one available for an interview in London tommorow for Five News about britannia being removed off the coin?

Please call Katie on 07861372524 asap

Thanks

tito · 04-04-2008, 02:06 PM

New designs: The Royal Shield of Arms Gold Proof Collection

They are alright, not as good as the old ones, but alright.

The Bear · 04-04-2008, 02:32 PM

Considering the history of Britannia there is something more than disquieting about New Labour being so hell bent on removing a symbol of Great Britain from our coinage.

On the other hand it may simply be that this awful government and the intellectually challenged ill-educated light weights that make it up don’t even know of the origin of Britannia in our history, and see nothing beyond the song “Rule Britannia”.

Should Britannia remain on our coinage?

As certain as the French issued Euro retains the words Liberté Egalité Fraternité, so our British coins have even more justification to retain Britannia.

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01-02-2008, 08:45 PM	#42 (permalink)
Popeye Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 226	Just happened to glance at the back of a 50p piece. It's dated 2003 and the design, far from being Brittania, is that of a suffagette waving a placard and a bill board saying "Give Women the Vote". The end is nigh.

12-02-2008, 11:27 AM	#47 (permalink)
Rorster Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1	Hi, this is my third attempt to post here (no idea why, but nothing seems to stay on lol). Basically, I think it's disgraceful that it's being changed because it's part of our history. So much so, that I managed to find an online retailer that selling t-shirts with the emblem printed accross the front. You can see the product here: Great British T-Shirt Emporium - Great British T-Shirt Emporium - Original T-Shirts - Britannia Romana T shirt The shirts been reduced down to £9.99 for a limited time only aswell.

04-04-2008, 02:32 PM	#50 (permalink)
The Bear Uber Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: East Anglia Posts: 2,178	Considering the history of Britannia there is something more than disquieting about New Labour being so hell bent on removing a symbol of Great Britain from our coinage. On the other hand it may simply be that this awful government and the intellectually challenged ill-educated light weights that make it up don’t even know of the origin of Britannia in our history, and see nothing beyond the song “Rule Britannia”. Should Britannia remain on our coinage? As certain as the French issued Euro retains the words Liberté Egalité Fraternité, so our British coins have even more justification to retain Britannia.