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St Edward's Crown. Refurbished for Charles II's coronation from an old crown; the gold may have come from Edward the Confessor's crown: © Crown copyright

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(del) (cur) 05:46, 6 January 2006 . . Zscout370 (Talk | contribs) . . 349×390 (37,349 bytes) (Reverted to earlier revision)
(del) (rev) 05:25, 2 November 2005 . . Alkivar (Talk | contribs) . . 349×390 (37,349 bytes) (St Edward's Crown. Refurbished for Charles II's coronation from an old crown; the gold may have come from Edward the Confessor's crown © Crown copyright Source: http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/images/monarchy_pop_crown1.jpg {{PD-BritishGov}})
(del) (rev) 23:21, 1 June 2005 . . Jtdirl (Talk | contribs) . . 300×400 (25,246 bytes) ({{fairuse}} St. Edward's Crown. From [http://images.google.ie/imgres?imgurl=http://www.waxmuseum.bc.ca/images/statecrown.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.waxmuseum.bc.ca/waxexhibitsjewels.asp&h=320&w=240&sz=39&tbnid=8j-S2hZCjUsJ:&tbnh=113&tbnw=84&hl=en&start=44)