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Wednesday, 27 September 2023

3012) "Alice's Tea Party after the Boston Tea Party": Remembering Lewis Carroll on the 125th anniversary of his death (1832-1898): The East India Company has issued a $250 (Two Hundred Fifty Dollars) Gold Coin on behalf of St. Helena: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2023:

3012) "Alice's Tea Party after the Boston Tea Party": Remembering Lewis Carroll on the 125th anniversary of his death (1832-1898):  The East India Company has issued a $250 (Two Hundred Fifty Dollars) Gold Coin on behalf of St. Helena: Date/Year of Coin issue: 2023:

The Header/Banner presents the Gold and Silver Coins issued in the entire Series - a representative image of Alice and her "motley crew" sitting at a tea party on board an East India Company ship after the protestors had thrown the Tea Cargo overboard into the harbour. The ship's anchor is supported by a East India Co. tea crate which features the East India Company's balemark. 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at Oxford University. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures. It is seen as an example of the literary nonsense genre. The artist John Tenniel provided 42 wood-engraved illustrations for the book.

It received positive reviews upon release and is now one of the best-known works of Victorian literature; its narrative, structure, characters and imagery have had a widespread influence on popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre. It is credited as helping end an era of didacticism in children's literature, inaugurating an era in which writing for children aimed to "delight or entertain". The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. The titular character Alice shares her name with Alice Liddell, a girl Carroll knew.

The book has never been out of print and has been translated into 174 languages. Its legacy covers adaptations for screen, radio, art, ballet, opera, musicals, theme parks, board games and video games. Carroll published a sequel in 1871 entitled Through the Looking-Glass and a shortened version for young children, The Nursery "Alice" in 1890.

The Coin Series brought out by the East India Company

This is a tale of two tea parties combined on one coin.

Alice and her motley companions are gathered on deck of an East India Company ship after the "Sons of Liberty" have made their powerful protest: 

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"The Boston Tea Party", St. Helena, in coordination with the East India Company: 250th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION (1773-2023): "Americana Collection": First Coin in the Series: The East India Company has issued 5 Pounds Gold and Silver and 50 Pounds Silver Proof Coins on behalf of the Treasury of St. Helena: Date/Year of Coins issue: 2023

As the harbour waters infuse with 40 tonnes of East India Company tea, the Mad Hatter, Dormouse, March Hare and Alice reflect on last night’s events over a refreshing brew of their own. But even by their own maddening standards, these characters are not quite who they seem to be…

The Reverse of the $250 (Two Hundred Fifty Dollars) Gold Proof Coin depicts Alice's tea party in full flow on the day after the Boston Tea Party.

The participants include - the Mad Hatter, the Dormouse, the March Hare and Alice.


The Obverse of the $250 (Two Hundred Fifty Dollars) Gold Proof Coin features a left facing effigy of King Charles III. 

The peripheral inscriptions are - "CHARLES III. NIUE. 250 Dollars. 2023".


A limited number of Gold and Silver Hand Signed Certificates from the designer are available for collectors in the entire series.

ii) The specifications of the Gold Coin Variant are:

Denomination$250 (Two Hundred Fifty Dollars); Metal Composition: .9999 Fine Gold (Au); Mintage: Issue Limit 100 pieces, Total mintage - 125 pieces; Weight: 1.00 Oz or 31.10 grams; Diameter/Size: 32.0 mm; Coin Quality: Proof (P); Edge: Milled; Coin issued by: Treasury of St. Helena; Minted By: East India Company Bullion Ltd., on behalf of St. Helena; Year of issue: 2023; Designer: Rory Dobner.

- Luxury Pop-Up presentation case, booklet and Certificate of Authenticity (COA).









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