2022 UK King Arthur Myths and Legends Coins Announced

[LawrenceChard]

The Queen's Privy Council published in the London Gazette:

2022 UK King Arthur Myths and Legends Coins Announced

The reverse designs will feature:

A depiction of King Arthur with the inscription “KING ARTHUR · (metal wieght and fineness) ·” and the date of the year. (2022).

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4063628

There will be:

Two Ounce Gold

One Ounce Gold

Quarter Ounce Gold

Two Ounce Silver

One Ounce Silver

£5 Crown Sized in Cupro-Nickel

We may try to create our own mock up of Arthur burning the cakes, or some other suitable image.

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[SemolinaPilchard]

2 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

We may try to create our own mock up of Arthur burning the cakes, or some other suitable image.

Alfred burnt the cakes

Arthur did more heroic things...allegedly

[LawrenceChard]

18 minutes ago, SemolinaPilchard said:

Alfred burnt the cakes

Arthur did more heroic things...allegedly

Are there any photographs of him doing them?

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[blackadder]

Why if there's already the British Monarchs collection 😀

[LawrenceChard]

27 minutes ago, blackadder said:

Why if there's already the British Monarchs collection 😀

Maybe they were running out of Monarchs, so are testing the market for non-monarchs!

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[LawrenceChard]

3 hours ago, SemolinaPilchard said:

Alfred burnt the cakes

Arthur did more heroic things...allegedly

What evidence is there for either or both?

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[Thelonerangershorse]

Not a fantastic picture, obviously photography has come a long way since then

[dikefalos]

10 hours ago, SemolinaPilchard said:

Alfred burnt the cakes

Arthur did more heroic things...allegedly

Yes, he fought the black knight

And crossed the bridge of death

 

Edited May 16, 2022 by dikefalos

[LawrenceChard]

On 16/05/2022 at 09:59, LawrenceChard said:

The Queen's Privy Council published in the London Gazette:

2022 UK King Arthur Myths and Legends Coins Announced

We may try to create our own mock up of Arthur burning the cakes, or some other suitable image.

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Not a portrait of Arthur, but...

Might as well start with a round table.

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[LawrenceChard]

Fake News?

From the Wikipedia page about King Arthur:

"The Historia Brittonum, a 9th-century Latin historical compilation attributed in some late manuscripts to a Welsh cleric called Nennius, contains the first datable mention of King Arthur, listing twelve battles that Arthur fought. These culminate in the Battle of Badon, where he is said to have single-handedly killed 960 men. Recent studies, however, question the reliability of the Historia Brittonum."

 

I wonder why?

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[LawrenceChard]

Here's a plausible design forecast:

Unknown original image creator.

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[FourNinesFine]

On 16/05/2022 at 09:59, LawrenceChard said:

We may try to create our own mock up of Arthur burning the cakes, or some other suitable image.

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23 hours ago, SemolinaPilchard said:

Alfred burnt the cakes

I do believe that Arthur once pulled a sword from a scone.

[LawrenceChard]

5 minutes ago, FourNinesFine said:

 

I do believe that Arthur once pulled a sword from a scone.

I think it was a rock bun...

... or was it the "Stone of Scone"?

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[dikefalos]

It was a huge rock. And after he pulled out the sword, the rock breaks apart into Stonehenge. I'm pretty sure, greek gods where somehow involved into this, but have no evidence for that and doesn't want to spread fake news. But Stonehenge still exists, this could be the evidence for the huge rock that it was before. 

[ak74]

[Stuntman]

Lawrence's mock up was quite close then, except the RM coin has failed to recognise that Arthur was actually half man, half fish (and no biscuit) according to Lawrence's image.

Oh it's supposed to be chain mail, is it?  Hang on... 😉😄

[SidS]

On 17/05/2022 at 11:46, LawrenceChard said:

Here's a plausible design forecast:

Unknown original image creator.

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That's got Brian Blessed all over it.

[Foster88]

1 hour ago, SidS said:

That's got Brian Blessed all over it.

Sssshhhh don’t shout.

[Cogload]

Arthur looks like a medieval monarch. Needs more woad. 

He is also mentioned in an epic Welsh poem called the Gododdin - where the author takes a swipe at a current king and basically says "he is no Arthur" if my memory serves. 

[BigSid]

On 13/09/2022 at 21:40, SidS said:

That's got Brian Blessed all over it.

 

On 13/09/2022 at 23:02, Foster88 said:

Sssshhhh don’t shout.

Brian Blessed - a man who can whisper across three fields. Macclesfield, Huddersfield and Sheffield.