{"id":617,"date":"2021-07-22T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T06:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=617"},"modified":"2021-08-15T04:11:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T04:11:05","slug":"prince-philip-memorial-coin-celebrating-life-legacy-duke-of-edinburgh-1921-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/prince-philip-memorial-coin-celebrating-life-legacy-duke-of-edinburgh-1921-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Mint unveils new memorial \u00a35 coin celebrating the life and legacy of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/royal-mint-launch-5-pound-coin-prince-philip.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/prince-philip-memorial-coin.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(quote)<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/life\/1454660\/the-royal-mint-new-coin-prince-philip-commemorative-latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE ROYAL MINT has unveiled its new commemorative coin, celebrating the life and legacy of Prince Philip.<\/a> The Duke, who passed away in April, served as president of The Royal Mint Advisory Committee for several years.<br><br>\n\nThe official memorial coin features an original portrait of The Duke of Edinburgh on a \u00a35 crown, which was personally approved by Prince Philip himself. The original coin makers have also said they will make a \u00a350,000 donation to The Duke of Edinburgh award schemes to support work in the UK and internationally.<br><br>\n\nThe Duke of Edinburgh was the longest serving consort in British history, standing by the Queen for decades. The memorial has the inscription \u2018HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1921-2021\u2019. Chancellor Rishi Sunak said: \u201cThis coin is a fitting tribute to The Duke of Edinburgh, who moved and inspired so many people around the world with his decades of service both to the nation and Her Majesty The Queen.<br><br>\n\n(unquote)<br><br>\n\nImage courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/life\/1454660\/the-royal-mint-new-coin-prince-philip-commemorative-latest\">Getty \/ The Royal Mint<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote) THE ROYAL MINT has unveiled its new commemorative coin, celebrating the life and legacy of Prince Philip. The Duke, who passed away in April, served as president of The Royal Mint Advisory Committee for several years. The official memorial coin features an original portrait of The Duke of Edinburgh<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/prince-philip-memorial-coin-celebrating-life-legacy-duke-of-edinburgh-1921-2021\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,12],"tags":[49,26,27,25,18,52],"class_list":["entry","author-wcp-tomorrows-history","post-617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-figures-and-facts","category-life-nature-society","category-us-and-world","tag-design","tag-facts","tag-figures","tag-history","tag-life","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}