The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 15, April 10, 2005, Article 5

ROYAL WEDDING DATE CHANGE AFFECTS COINS

>From a CNN article: "Souvenir hunters are finally starting to
snap up memorabilia bearing the original date of Prince Charles's
wedding after its last-minute postponement because of the funeral
of Pope John Paul II.

Sales had been slow after the wedding was announced in
February, reflecting wide public apathy over the heir to the
British throne's marriage to his longtime lover Camilla Parker
Bowles.

But the decision to move back the wedding, originally due to
take place on Friday April 8, by a day to allow the Charles to
pay his respects at the Vatican has transformed the market."

"In a hundred years the story of this wedding will be in the date",
Hugh Gibson of china producers Royal Crown Derby told the
Times newspaper on Tuesday."

"The Royal Mint said the process of changing the date on the
thousands of coins earmarked for distribution was under way.

"There is no problem. We are making the date change", a
spokeswoman said."

To read the full story, see: Full Story

[We've had discussions in the past about date changes for
numismatic items (and auction sales). Perhaps some wrong-
dated coins or medals will find their way out of the Royal Mint.
-Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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