South Georgia releases three new coins: one of them to honor Prince George

Saturday, May 24th 2014 - 09:25 UTC

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Three new South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands government coin designs have been released in recent months. The birth of His Royal Highness the Prince of Cambridge is marked by the release of a coin dated 2013, which is based on a coin originally released the previous year. Read full article

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Clyde15
Where are these coins legal tender ?
May 24th, 2014 - 12:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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CaptainSilver
Grytviken post office. Plenty of stuff to buy there. An excellent place to visit (except for Argie Scrap Metal Merchants!) Still got my Falklands pound coin.
May 24th, 2014 - 01:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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JohnN
April 2014 South Georgia News and Events:

- Three Commissioners In Short Succession
- GSGSSI Chief Executive Officer Collects His OBE
- New Species Discovered In South Sandwich Islands By Fluke
- Fishing And Shipping News
- Three New GSGSSI Coins
- SSI Seismic Activity Seen From Space
- New BAS Research And Logistics Ship
- Auction Of South Georgia War Medals
- Macquarie Island Declared Pest Free
- DNA Used To Identify South Georgia’s Hunted Whales
- Bird Island Diary
- South Georgia Snippets
- Dates For Your Diary

http://www.sgisland.gs
May 24th, 2014 - 02:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marcos Alejandro
Welcome to South Georgia Argentina JohnN.
May 24th, 2014 - 03:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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nololly
Remember what happened on your last visit Marcos. By the way how is Mr Astiz? :-))))
May 24th, 2014 - 05:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marcos Alejandro
He's enjoying himself in jail thanks to Cristina not you. I remembered my recent visit very well thanks for asking.
May 24th, 2014 - 06:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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carlinavarrete
Back the Malvinas Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwiches to Argentina.
May 24th, 2014 - 08:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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nololly
Lol! Marcos is a scrap metal merchant. Must be very frustrating seeing all that scrap lying around? Or perhaps he was on that sinking sub. Whatever, they surrendered! Anyway there's a rat eradication programme going on, better keep away Marcos...
May 24th, 2014 - 09:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Falkland Islands
maybe they can find that old heap of a sub when they do the pampa mission ha ha
May 24th, 2014 - 10:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Anglotino
Yeah South Georgia sounds like a really Argentinean name, Marcos.

LOL
May 24th, 2014 - 10:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Falkland Islands
South Georgia, now that was named more that 100 years before the fabrication of Argentina, the Falklands was named the Falkland Islands 100 years before Argentina was fabricated.
May 24th, 2014 - 10:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
Fabricated, what a lovely word, fits them to a tee, fabricated, just like their History of their Malvinas!
May 25th, 2014 - 02:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
A proud moment for South Georgia to honour its future King.

Prince George will be King of England one day, after Charles and then William. The lineage stretches way, way in to the future now.

In a few years Cristina will be dead or in gaol. Argentina will still be stuggling with corruption and internecine political conflict.

The Falklands and South Georgia will remain BOTs or will become independent sovereign states with British support.

Rule Britannia!

PS: These coins are currency anywhere within the UK, for those interested!
May 25th, 2014 - 04:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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knarfw
Are you sure? I know Falkland Islands bank notes are not legal tender in the UK so why would coinage be different?
May 25th, 2014 - 04:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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zathras
Given, South Georgia was first sited by a London merchant in 1675. Then in 1775 James Cook circumnavigated and landed on the Island, and claimed it for the UK. Oh and this claim was never relinquished.
Now, Argentina didn't exist until 1861.
So can anyone explain the logic behind Argentina claiming South Georgia?
It can hardly be geographical proximity as it is about 1400km East South East of the Falklands.
May 25th, 2014 - 06:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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knarfw
It's south of the equator, therefore Argentine.
May 25th, 2014 - 07:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Falkland Islands
it's somewhere on the planet, so it has to be Argentine, everything must be Argentine, or will be if they manage to steal it.
May 26th, 2014 - 12:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Steve R
Would love to get one of the Church coins :-) but still trying to find one
May 26th, 2014 - 01:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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