When the U.S. flag is displayed from a s. projecting from a building, the union of the. flag should be placed at the peak of the. unless the flag is at half staff. When. suspended from a rope extending from t. building on a pole, the flag should be. hoisted out, union first from the building.
The crown was worth five shillings (a shilling being 12 pre-decimal pence) until decimalisation in February 1971, and was also the basis of other denominations such as the half crown and double crown. The last five shilling piece was minted in 1965. The crown coin was nicknamed the dollar, but is not to be confused with the British trade dollar that circulated in the Orient. In 2014, a new world record price was achieved for a milled silver crown. The coin was issued as a pattern by engraver Thomas Simon in 1663 and nicknamed the Reddite Crown.
The King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, is worth more than $17 billion. The King of Thailand, Maha Vajiralongkorn, is now the head of a royal family estimated to be worth $30 billion. Prince Albert of Monacoâs net worth is pegged at $1 billion. And the queen isnât even among the richest people in the U.K. Although the British royals might not top the list of the worldâs wealthiest, theyâre not exactly short of funds. Hereâs what 15 famous members of the British royal family are worth.