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The coin was also released in gold proof, silver proof and brilliant uncirculated (BU) versions. The silver proof variant has a mintage of 1,000. The gold proof version is particularly rare, with only 150 of them ever minted. The design of the 2013 Benjamin Britten 50p coin Impromptu magic always has a huge impact - this is perfect for those impromptu situations. ; Magician takes a coin and proceeds to apparently bite a piece from it. It's close as you like, yet there is clearly a piece of the coin missing!The magician then proceeds to return the piece from the mouth onto the coin, instantly it re-appears and the coin is complete once more I received this about 2 days ago and have played with it enough to give some insight about the ButterCoin. After turning down the prospect of moving to Vienna for postgraduate study, Britten’s first job after leaving the RCM was working in the BBC. Whilst at the Corporation, Britten met the Anglo-American poet, W. H. Auden, who was to have a profound impact on his life and sexuality, something that Britten had yet to come to terms with. Over the next three years, Britten produced many pieces for radio, cinema and theatre and began to find his feet as a composer. Phillips included these words as a ‘clarion call’ to Britten’s anniversary. The words are sung over the nocturne (a piece of music meant to be played at night) movement of the Serenade for Tenor and Horn , by Peter Pears, the English tenor. Britten was Pears’ personal and professional partner for over 40 years and Pears featured in many of Britten’s operas and on his musical recordings.

In 1937, Britten met Peter Pears. A few years later, the two travelled to North America, where Britten composed Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo , the first of many collaborations with his partner.Rank-Broadley’s work replaces that of Raphael Maklouf, whose portrait was featured on coins between 1985-1987. Rank-Broadley’s profile of the Queen was a departure from idealised versions of the Monarch, and features a ‘70-year-old woman with poise and bearing’, according to the sculptor himself. Phillips has a history of placing words on coins, rather than images or portraits, as are usually featured on the obverse of commemorative 50p coins. The Royal Mint has not confirmed any error versions of the Benjamin Britten 50p, so keep an eye out for listings that are trying to market these so-called ‘error’ versions. The coin marks the 100th anniversary of Britten’s birth, who is regarded as the central figure of twentieth-century British classical music.

Britten died of heart failure in 1976 and upon his request was buried next to Pears, instead of Westminster Abbey, which had been offered as a final resting place. Since his death, Britten has become a polarising figure amongst British cultural commentators, with accusations of sexual impropriety towards young boys, written about in the book Britten’s Children , by John Bridcut. Where can you buy the coin? I'm sorry if it's hard to understand my review, but I tried to give a review w/o giving away the secret workings of ButterCoin, or Rubaway or Flipper coins, ect. If I did say too much, please let me know and I'll try my hardest to edit it more and still try to make it understandable.

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Britten was born on 23rd November 1913 in Lowestoft, Suffolk. Britten’s father, Robert Britten, was a dentist and his mother, Edith, worked at Charing Cross Hospital. Britten contracted pneumonia at the age of three and nearly died. He eventually pulled through but not without long-lasting damage to his heart, a condition that doctors assured his parents would prevent Britten from ever leading a normal life. In 2005, Phillips designed the 50p coin that commemorated the 250th anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s dictionary. Somewhat more relevant, that too featured words. For Phillips, the inclusion of text was a no-brainer, saying to the Guardian in 2013 ‘Who wants to look at a dull picture of an uninteresting old man, even if they are wonderful composers or talents?’ Why was it made and what does it commemorate? An open-source repository of machine intelligence, accessible to anyone, anywhere, thus creating the conditions for open and permission-less innovation on a global internet scale.

To pretty much explain how the ButterCoin is different is like Dano said, it has a different cut where about 2/5 of the coin can be rubbed away/ "bitten," ect. Because of that, the handling is alittle more different and you don't need 2 cuts. Britten was taught to play the piano at the tender age of seven by his schoolmistress, Ethel, and moved on to viola lessons at 10. His love of music flourished throughout his teens, culminating in a scholarship to the Royal College of Music. His entrance exam was supervised by none other than Ralph Vaughan Williams , who would later become Britten’s contemporary in the classical world.The Magic Cafe Forum Index»» Latest and Greatest?»» DORITO BITE (THE most organic bite coin effect) by Julio Montoro and Gabbo Torres (0Likes) Auspiciously, when Britten was born on 22 November 1913, it was the feast day of St Cecilia, patron saint of music. His musical talents emerged early, as he composed his first work at the age of six charmingly entitled, ’Do you no that my Daddy has gone to London today?’ Nowadays, over 1,000 Britten concerts and events take place worldwide every year. So do I recommend overall? Yes, I do. Should you replace this coin with all your other coins? I don't really know as I'm not a big coin worker, so this is good for me to have ready on me at all times and still do all the effects you can with the other coins. If you are a big coin person, this might be a very good alternative for you, but I would still hold on to your other flipper, bite coins, ect. You never know if you might still need them one day. So, not the most valuable 50p you could come across in your change, but still a nice find for us coin collectors. Keep reading to learn more about the coin and why it isn’t worth as much as some other 50p coins like the extremely rare Kew Gardens 50p. How many 2013 Benjamin Britten 50p coins were made? The inscription ‘FIFTY PENCE.2013.ELIZABETH.D.G.REG.F.D’ appears around the Queen’s portrait. The addition of the words ‘FIFTY PENCE’ on the reverse inscription is to compensate for their omission on the obverse face – their usual home.

BENJAMIN BRITTEN’ is written on two sets of five horizontal staves bisecting the coin. The staves were added by Phillips to reference the piano, Britten’s favoured instrument and at which he was a virtuoso. In the space between these staves is inscribed ‘COMPOSER.BORN 1913’. The words ‘SET THE WILD ECHOES FLYING’ appear on the bottom of the reverse. All lettering appears in the upper-case, somewhat unorthodox script. The coin was released in 2013 to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the British composer, conductor and pianist – Benjamin Britten. Blow Bugles Blow’ and ‘Set The Wild Echoes Flying’ are both taken from the Alfred Lord Tennyson poem ‘Blow, Bugle, Blow’, featured as operatic additions to Britten’s 1943 song cycle Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings and allegedly inspired by Tennyson’s trips to Killarney, in Ireland. The reverse features a portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley, the British sculptor whose effigy of the Queen has appeared on UK coins from 1997 to 2015.When "bitten", you have a clean edge where you don't see any "leftover" coin like with normal bitten coins if you know what I mean.

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