From: Peter Kirk (peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com)
Date: Sat Jul 26 2003 - 16:45:43 EDT
On 26/07/2003 13:36, Frank da Cruz wrote:
>Thanks for the corrections -- see I told you :-)
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>>Queen Victoria was of course Empress of India, not Emperor. No other
>>British monarch had that title.
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>It's printed on coins of Edward VII:
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> http://hiwaay.net/~hfears/UK/ed7/P_1902.htm
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>and George V:
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> http://hiwaay.net/~hfears/UK/g5/P_1927.htm
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>And even George VI:
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> http://hiwaay.net/~hfears/UK/g6/P_1940.htm
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Yes, but they were emperors, not empresses. Different words in English
and in Latin, though the abbreviated Latin on the coins is the same.
Also on coins of Edward VIII, though very few were ever issued.
-- Peter Kirk peter.r.kirk@ntlworld.com http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/
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