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Au cours des premiers mois de 1911, les Canadiens qui vaquaient \u00e0 leurs occupations quotidiennes ont peut-\u00eatre remarqu\u00e9 quelque chose d'inhabituel dans leur monnaie. Une pi\u00e8ce de monnaie nouvellement frapp\u00e9e - fra\u00eeche, propre et \u00e0 l'effigie du roi George V - semblait tout \u00e0 fait ordinaire \u00e0 premi\u00e8re vue. Mais pour ceux qui y regardaient de plus pr\u00e8s, il manquait quelque chose : l'inscription latine traditionnelle <\/span>\"D.G.\"<\/b>, abr\u00e9viation de <\/span>Dei Gratia<\/span><\/i>qui signifie \"par la gr\u00e2ce de Dieu\".<\/span><\/p>\n

Bien que le changement soit subtil, son absence ne passe pas inaper\u00e7ue et devient bient\u00f4t le centre d'une controverse nationale qui atteint les plus hautes sph\u00e8res de la monarchie.<\/span><\/p>\n

L'inscription manquante<\/b><\/h3>\n

Historiquement, les pi\u00e8ces de monnaie canadiennes comportaient la mention \"Dei Gratia\" dans le titre du monarque. C'\u00e9tait plus qu'une tradition : cela refl\u00e9tait la croyance largement r\u00e9pandue selon laquelle les monarques ne gouvernaient pas seulement par autorit\u00e9 l\u00e9gale, mais aussi par droit divin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lorsque le roi George V est mont\u00e9 sur le tr\u00f4ne en 1910, la Monnaie royale de Londres a \u00e9t\u00e9 charg\u00e9e de produire de nouvelles pi\u00e8ces pour l'ann\u00e9e du couronnement. Le processus a \u00e9t\u00e9 acc\u00e9l\u00e9r\u00e9 pour respecter des d\u00e9lais serr\u00e9s et, pour des raisons encore d\u00e9battues - contraintes de conception ou simple oubli - l'inscription \"D.G.\" a \u00e9t\u00e9 omise de l'avers de certaines pi\u00e8ces canadiennes de 1911.<\/span><\/p>\n

Il s'en est suivi une r\u00e9action rapide et \u00e9nergique de l'opinion publique.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Un toll\u00e9 g\u00e9n\u00e9ral<\/b><\/h3>\n

En 1911, le Canada est encore profond\u00e9ment ancr\u00e9 dans la tradition chr\u00e9tienne. La fr\u00e9quentation des \u00e9glises est courante et la monarchie est \u00e9troitement associ\u00e9e \u00e0 l'identit\u00e9 religieuse. La suppression de la mention \"Dei Gratia\" a \u00e9t\u00e9 per\u00e7ue par beaucoup non pas comme un choix de conception, mais comme un rejet symbolique de l'autorit\u00e9 divine. Les critiques ont surnomm\u00e9 la nouvelle monnaie \"sans Dieu\" ou \"sans gr\u00e2ce\", et la question a fait la une des journaux nationaux.<\/span><\/p>\n

Une correction royale<\/b><\/h3>\n

La controverse a finalement donn\u00e9 lieu \u00e0 une r\u00e9ponse officielle. Sur le site <\/span>29 d\u00e9cembre 1911<\/b>En 1912, une proclamation royale ordonne que la phrase latine traditionnelle soit r\u00e9tablie sur toutes les pi\u00e8ces de monnaie canadiennes \u00e0 venir. En 1912, le dessin corrig\u00e9 - comprenant \u00e0 nouveau \"D.G.\" dans le titre du monarque - est remis en circulation, et le toll\u00e9 s'apaise.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Un h\u00e9ritage durable<\/b><\/h3>\n

Bien que le penny \"sans Dieu\" de 1911 n'ait pas une valeur marchande particuli\u00e8rement \u00e9lev\u00e9e aujourd'hui, il rev\u00eat une importance historique unique. Pour les collectionneurs, il repr\u00e9sente plus qu'une anomalie de frappe ; il raconte l'histoire d'un moment culturel o\u00f9 une petite omission a d\u00e9clench\u00e9 un d\u00e9bat national sur les traditions, les croyances et l'identit\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Elle rappelle que m\u00eame les plus petits d\u00e9tails d'une pi\u00e8ce peuvent avoir une signification profonde et que le dessin d'une monnaie n'est jamais purement esth\u00e9tique, mais souvent profond\u00e9ment symbolique.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the early months of 1911, Canadians going about their daily routines might have noticed something unusual in their change. A newly minted coin – fresh, clean, and bearing the image of King George V – seemed perfectly ordinary at first glance. 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