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No. It first appeared on English coinage after Henry VIII was awarded the title of "Fidei defensor" by Pope Leo X in 1521.
Henry felt so strongly opinionated about the ideas of Martin Luther and other Reformation thinks that by 1518, while reading Martin Luther's attack on indulgences. he started to write a book in defense of the papacy. This book eventually developed into the "Assertio Septem Sacramentorum" or Defence of the Seven Sacraments, which defended the the supremacy of the Pope (and ironically, the sacramental nature of marriage). In 1521, as a result of this spiriited defense, Pope Leo X awarded Henry the title of "Fidei defensor" a Latin title which translates as "Defender of the Faith" and is still used by English monarchs today.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe letters F:D or sometimes FID:DEF, abbreviated Latin for (FIDEI DEFENSOR) meaning "Defender of the Faith", were left off the 1849 Florin resulting in it being referred to as the "Godless Florin". After the great outcries of righteous indignation, it has been included on all British Coins to date.
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