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Posted by Count75
on June 12, 2012, 3:31 pm, in reply to "Re: The new tiara for Queen Margrethe"
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: Thank you for the additional info, Stig.
: The tiara as depicted on the coin resembles
: the original more than the Queen's face
: resembles the original...
: Eerily, Margrethe here reminds me of the
: exaggerated portraits of King Echnaton in
: the extraordinary Amarna period.
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: Made of gold, small diamonds and rubies
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: And it's all of Greenlandic origin. The gold
: comes from melted down coins, which were
: minted a few years ago in connection with
: the international Polar Year. This is a bit
: funny, because these coins had a 'picture'
: of Queen Margrethe wearing another tiara -
: so you could say the gold has been used
: twice for tiaras:
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The visage on the coin looks like they didn't spend too much money on the engraving. Just my opinion
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