Winter Solstice fall on the shortest day of the year and the longest night. Is marked as the symbolic death and rebirth of the Sun but at the same time honouring the power of the darkness. Midwinter in the Druid tradition is called Alban Arthan, for ‘the light of the bear'
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Copper Penny £75 (1900-1967), Non silver Half Crown £80 (1947-1967), Non silver Two Shillings £80 (1947-1967), Half silver Two Shillings £85 (1920-1946), Half silver Half Crown £90 (1920-1946), Solid silver Two Shillings £100 (pre 1919), Solid silver Half Crown £110 (pre 1919), Old Ten Pence £80 (1968-1992), Old Fifty Pence £80 (1969-1997), New Fifty Pence £80 (1998-2019), Solid silver Crown £170 (pre 1919) |
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