Superb Collectible 2003 East Caribbean Lord Horatio Kitchener “Your Country Needs You” 24ct Gold Plated Two Dollars Piedfort Proof Coin & Capsule In Perfect Condition.

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VERY COLLECTIBLE ROYAL MINT LIMITED EDITION, QUEEN ELIZABETH II PIEDFORT COIN, COMMEMORATING BRITISH MILITARY LEADERS.

Features,

Country: Eastern Caribbean States

Type: Non-circulating coin

Year: 2003

Value: 2 Dollars (2 XCD)

Currency: Dollar (1965-date)

Composition: Gold plated copper-nickel

Weight: 40g

Diameter: 38.6 mm

Thickness: 4 mm

Shape: Round

Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑

Finish: Proof

Demonetized: Yes

Commemorative issue

British Military Leaders Series

Obverse:

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II to the right

Lettering:

ELIZABETH II EAST CARIBBEAN STATES

2003

TWO DOLLARS

Engraver: Raphael David Maklouf

Reverse:

Poster picture of Lord Kitchener with trench view And soldiers.

Lettering:

LORD KITCHENER 1850-1916

“YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU”

Edge: Reeded

The main reasons proof coins are sought after are detail and appearance. Proof coins are struck Individually twice by hand instead of just once by machines in batches of several hundred as is the case with regular coins and they are additionally polished. The extra strike gives the coins a much shinier, clean looking finish and makes the intricate details of the design more pronounced. Most proofs can be identified by their mirror-like background.

The East Caribbean States were formed by Barbados, Leeward Islands, and Windward Islands in 1965 after the break-up of the former British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Branch). Coins were issued as East Caribbean Territories from 1980 to 1981 inclusive. Barbados withdrew and started issuing its own coins in 1973. From 1981 it became the East Caribbean States.

Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator who won notoriety for his imperial campaigns, most especially his scorched earth policy against the Boers and his establishment of concentration camps during the Second Boer War in which between 18,000 and 28,000 men, women and children died, mainly from disease epidemics, and later played a central role in the early part of the First World War.

In Canada, the city of Berlin, Ontario, named in respect to a large German immigrant settler population, was officially renamed Kitchener on 1 September 1916.

Since 1970, the opening of new records has led historians to rehabilitate Kitchener's reputation. Some historians now praise his strategic vision in the First World War, especially his laying the groundwork for the expansion of munitions production and his central role in the raising of the British army in 1914 and 1915, providing a force capable of meeting Britain's continental commitment.

His commanding image, appearing on recruiting posters demanding "Your country needs you!", remains recognised and parodied in popular culture.