Thebrass threepence, a twelve-sided coin dated between 1937 and 1970, was the first British coin that was not round. By the mid-1930s, the weight of thebronze penny and its fractions had become an issue for firms that dealt with them in bulk. The silverthreepence was unpopular in England due to its small size. TheRoyal Mint chose abrass twelve-sided threepence readily distinguishable from other coins due to its size, shape and colour. The initialreverse design by Frances Madge Kitchener of athrift plant was altered at the direction of the Royal Mint byPercy Metcalfe without Kitchener's knowledge. The new coin was slow to circulate when released to the public in 1937, but gained the public's liking, and the silver threepence was discontinued in 1945. A new design, with a crownedportcullis(pictured), was instituted forElizabeth II in 1953. After thedecimalisation of the pound in 1971, it rapidly vanished from circulation and lost its status aslegal tender after 31 August 1971.(Full article...)
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 | The Young Companion, known asLiángyǒu in Chinese, was a pictorial magazine with captions in both Chinese and English, published inShanghai, China, between 1926 and 1945. It is regarded as one of the most influential large-scale comprehensive Asian pictorials in the 1920s, and has proven useful to historians in modern times in examining the glamorous side of colonial-era Shanghai. It ran for 174 issues, including two special issues not given monthly issue numbers – the "Sun Yat-sen Memorial Special" and the "Eighth Anniversary". This is the cover of the first issue ofThe Young Companion, dated 15 February 1926, and featuring a photograph of the Chinese actressHu Die. Cover credit: Hujiang Photo Studio; retouched byChris Woodrich Recently featured: |
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