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or its abbreviated version. Canadian coins that do not have the phrase on its obverse include 1976 Montreal
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400:) in some form on its coins until 1952. It was dropped after Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne in 1952, when the language of the legend was changed from Latin to English.
515:(Ulrika Eleonora, with God's grace, Queen of Sweden). Although some Swedish coins continue to bear the bust of the monarch, the phrase is no longer on the coins.
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Dei Gratia Britanniarum Omnium Regina Fidei Defensatrix
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661:"World Coin Gallery Australian Coins"
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320:patriation
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413:20 korona
362:D. G. Rex
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581:See also
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93:of many
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