Queen Elizabeths Aging Process - Shown in Currency..... 1. Canada, 20 dollars, age 8. She was just a princess then. Her picture appeared on Canadian banknotes long before anything issued by the Bank of England. 2. Canada, 1 dollar, age 25. From a portrait taken by a Canadian photographer the year before she ascended the throne. 3. Jamaica, 1 pound, age 26. Newly queen. 4. Mauritius, 5 rupees, age 29. From a painting commissioned in the 1950s by the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, for Fishmongers’ Hall in London. 5. Cayman Islands, 100 dollars, age 34. Here she’s wearing the Russian style Kokoshnik tiara. 6. Australia, 1 dollar, age 38. Not long after this portrait was taken, she would meet the Beatles. 7. St. Helena, 5 pounds, age 40. Perfecting the art of looking casual while wearing bling. 8. Isle of Man, 50 pounds, age 51. More bling for this portrait from her Silver Jubilee. 9. Jersey, 1 pound, age 52Wisdom, experience, soulful eyes. 10. Australia 5 dollars, age 58. The confidence to go casual. 11. New Zealand, 20 dollars, age 60. Not the most flattering one. The green tint doesn’t help. 12. Gibraltar, 50 pounds, age 66. Silver hair and shiny diamonds. From a photograph taken at Buckingham Palace. 13. Fiji, 5 dollars, age 73. More silver hair, more shiny diamonds, and not so much smoothing of the wrinkles.
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