On November 23, the Royal Australian Mint launched a new 50-cent coin that pays tribute to one of the country’s cricketing legends. Richie Benaud (1930–2015) was not only an outstanding player of the game, he went on to essentially become the voice of cricket not for only Australia but for many who watched and listened to Australian cricket, from the time of his retirement from playing in 1964 until his broadcasting retirement in 2013
By Royal Australian Mint ….. With the toss of a coin to start the Australia v South Africa test match in Adelaide on November 24, it is only fitting that the coin commemorates the ‘voice of cricket’ Richie Benaud, who played his last test cricket match against the South Africans back in 1964. Commemorated on […]
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By Coinweek …. CoinWeek News Wire for November 25, 2016 Brain Food 1.) Q&A: Erik Goldstein Erik J. Goldstein is the senior curator of mechanical arts and numismatics at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and has been in this position since 2002. A student of military history and numismatics, he has lectured widely and instructs a three-year […]
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