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Mint chocolate cupcakes with mint chocolate pieces in the batter and topped with shavings, these are cupcakes my husband would break up marriages for!
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower), is a historic monument in central London, England, on the north bank of the River Thames.
It is located within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and is separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill. It is the oldest building used by the English government.
The Tower of London is often identified with the White Tower, the original stark square fortress built by William the Conqueror in 1078. However, the tower as a whole is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat.
The tower's primary function was a fortress, a royal palace, and a prison (particularly for high status and royal prisoners, such as the Princes in the Tower and the future Queen Elizabeth I).
This last use has led to the phrase "sent to the Tower" (meaning "imprisoned"). It has also served as a place of execution and torture, an armoury, a treasury, a zoo, the Royal Mint, a public records office, an observatory, and since 1303, the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.
I didn't get a chance to plant this when I got home. I left it in a shady area in the pot. if nobody watered it I guess it's dead by now. meant to plant it. =(
This is the second type of gold halfcrown, showing the queen in ornate style. She often wore elaborate and luxuriously decorated dresses, many of them heavily bejeweled as seen here. The mint mark, visible just above the crown on the reverse, is a tun or barrel. This helps identify the date the coin was issued as the mint mark changed every few years.
England, Elizabeth I, 1558-1603
gold
Diameter: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
Did you know...
First issued in 1549, the halfcrown is the equivalent of two shillings, six pence. It was discontinued in 1970.
The Norweb Collection