I had a look at The Royal Mint coin which says "Celebration of Britain" but is apparently tied to the 2012 Special Olympics. There's nothing wrong with that other than the fact that Churchill has no direct connection to this event while many other notables do. Churchill's image could have been tied to so many events that have some real historical or cultural connection to him. Then I looked at an enlargement of a quote that is overlayed on the image of Churchill on the coin, "Be daring, be first, be different, be just". As good a quote as this is, it isn't quoting Churchill. It's a quote from Anita Roddick. So to tie this marketing campaign to a previous discussion, Britain's youth would be forgiven for concluding that Churchill had something to do with the Special Olympics and that he is responsible for the quote, which he isn't. Arghh!!!
Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Mueller To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Re: Daily Mail: Half of young people do notrecognise Winston Churchill... and he will be 'forgotten' in 80 years There is a small depiction of the new Churchill coin at www.royalmint.com/churchill Carol Lea Mueller --- On Thu, 5/13/10, Editor/Finest Hour <[email protected]> wrote: From: Editor/Finest Hour <[email protected]> Subject: [ChurchillChat] Re: Daily Mail: Half of young people do not recognise Winston Churchill... and he will be 'forgotten' in 80 years To: "ChurchillChat" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 6:55 AM "Kevin Clancy, head of Historical Services at the Royal Mint, added...to mark the 70 years that have passed since he was Prime Minister we're immensely proud to have designed a new £5 coin featuring an iconic Churchillian image, to help his memory live on." Has anyone located on the a photo of this coin on the web? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
