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Specifications |
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| Issued |
2019 |
| Diameter |
28.4mm |
| Weight |
12g |
| Composition |
Outer: nickel-brass 76%
copper, 4% nickel, 20% zinc |
| Composition |
Inner: Cupro-nickel 75%
copper, 25% nickel |
| Obverse |
Jody
Clark |
| Reverse |
Gary Breeze |
| Edge |
Milled |
| Inscription |
THE GOOD GOD PREPARE ME |
| Mintage
B.U |
55,080 |
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| B.U pack |
C |
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| £10.00 |
L |
| 04/04/19 |
I |
| UK19SPBU |
C |
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Sold |
14,278 |
K |
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Design
details:
Samuel Pepys
The restoration of the monarchy, the Great Fire of London, the Second
Dutch War and the Great Plague – the seventeenth century was a turbulent
time in British history. Our understanding of these events and, in
particular, the people who lived through them is enriched by one
first-hand account: the diary of Samuel Pepys.
Begun when he was very young and about to take up important government
post as Clerk of the Acts of the Navy Board, Pepys diary offers a detailed
and personal account of the 1660s. Samuel Pepys brought an end to the
diary on 31 May 1669 because he was concerned that writing in low light
was causing him to go blind. Now, 350 years after that last entry we
celebrate the man and his remarkable diary.
“And thus ends all that I doubt I shall ever be able to do with my own
eyes in the keeping of my journal ..." The beginning of the last entry in
Samuel Pepys’ diary, signed and dated 31 May 1669.
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