The Story of Brian May's Sixpences

In this video I take you on a 21 year journey through Brian May’s musical activities after he stopped touring and recording with the original Queen band members. I tell you the stories behind the souvenir sixpences minted to mark notable occasions illustrated with close up shots of all the coins and related video footage.
Thanks to Gonzalo Plaza for gifting me two coins to complete my collection: the 2004 Las Vegas WWRY and 2008 Queen + Paul Rodgers sixpences.
Please check out my other KZbin videos which offer a wide range of content on Brian May's guitars and musical equipment and visit my website, dsgb.net for further information on my Brian May related guitar and amplifier build and modification projects.
00:00 - Introduction.
00:25 - 1993 Back To The Light sixpence.
01:03 - We Will Rock You introduction.
01:24 - 2004 We Will Rock You Paris Las Vegas sixpence.
01:36 - Brian interviewed at the opening night of We Will Rock You in Las Vegas.
01:52 - 2005 Queen + Paul Rodgers sixpence - Return Of The Champions.
02:21 - 2008 Queen + Paul Rodgers sixpence - The Cosmos Rocks.
02:55 - 2009 We Will Rock You U.K. touring stage show sixpence.
03:18 - 2011 We Will Rock You U.K. touring stage show sixpence.
03:41 - 2012 We Will Rock You 10th anniversary sixpence.
04:13 - 2013 We Will Rock You world tour sixpence.
04:49 - 2014 Brian May Red Special 50th anniversary sixpence.
05:17 - 2015 Queen + Adam Lambert world tour sixpence.
05:47 - 2016 Queen + Adam Lambert summer festival tour sixpence.
06:18 - 2017 News Of The World studio album 40th anniversary sixpence.
06:55 - 2018 Jazz studio album 40th anniversary sixpence.
07:28 - 2020 Brian May Red Special book and Seiko wristwatch sixpences.
07:51 - 2022 Another World studio album gold series re-release sixpence.
08:18 - 2022 Seiko Sports 5 Brian May limited edition wristwatch sixpence.
08:29 - Brian May and Friends Starfleet Project re-release sixpence.
09:04 - 2024 Red Special 60th anniversary and Brian May Guitars (BMG) 20th anniversary sixpence.
09:34 - Unofficial Brian May Red Special enthusiast meet sixpences (U.K. meet-ups at Theale Village Hall, Reading, Berkshire).
10:05 - Outro 1 - dsgb KZbin video thumbnail images.
10:21 - Outro 2 splash screen.
Video Footage Credits:
Brian May Back To The Light
• Brian May - Back To Th...
Brian May Another World
• Brian May - "Another W...
Brian May Star Fleet
• Brian May - Star Fleet...
• Brian May - Star Fleet...
Queen + Adam Lambert 2015
• Queen + Adam Lambert -...
Queen + Adam Lambert 2016
• Queen + Adam Lambert -...
• Queen + Adam Lambert -...
Queen - News of the World 40th Anniversary
• Queen - News Of The Wo...
• Queen - News Of The Wo...
Queen + Paul Rodgers Live 2005
• I Want To Break Free -...
Queen + Paul Rodgers Live in Ukraine 2008
• Queen + Paul Rodgers: ...
WWRY Las Vegas - Red Carpet; Full WWRY, WATC, BoRhap, & Bows (ft. Tony Vincent); All-Star Concert & More
• WWRY VEGAS - Red Carpe...
Brian May at We Will Rock You Musical | June 7th 2023 | Bohemian Rhapsody | London Coliseum
• ✨🎸✨Brian May at We Wil...
We Will Rock You - Montage
• We Will Rock You - Mon...
#BrianMay #Queen #RedSpecial

[@gplaza]

Another amazing piece, Doug!

[@dsgb]

Thank you sir. It would have been at least £100 more expensive without your generous gifts! 💜🙏🏻😀

[@spidey4fun]

You're just an encyclopedia of information Doug.. Brilliant video.

[@dsgb]

Thank you kindly. 💜👍🏻

[@tribesmanjohn]

Wow! What a collection. This was a great video

[@dsgb]

Just think what the collection will be worth when you inherit it. 😮 💵💵

[@-dugair]

Time well Spent. Tight production makes it a pleasure to watch... to Coin a... oh nevermind... Just my 2 bobs worth. Cheers. -dugair

[@dsgb]

Thanks. I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. 😀👍🏻

[@tomppa3490]

I have the ones from 2005 and 2008, back then they weren't that big deal but happy that I bought those

[@dsgb]

They were all $5 collectables when released but you're looking at $50 minimum on eBay for even the relatively common coins now. I started buying three in 2014; one to keep, one to trade or sell and one spare. I'm glad I did.

[@fretlessfender]

Wonderful stuff this is!

[@dsgb]

Thanks 🙏🏻 💜

[@callejarvholm]

Awesome Doug! I love how you turned comments on, this really makes asking questions and showing our appreciation for your hard work a lot easier. Thank you for your great info!

[@dsgb]

Thanks Calle. Comments have been primarily positive and relevant. Reviewing and moderating the occasional irrelevant or disrespectful comments has not been burdensome so I should have allowed them from the start. 😀

[@CNCDESK1424]

Great Video Doug! Very informative...now I'm on a coin collecting mission! Take care man, I hope to see you again soon.

[@dsgb]

Thanks Ron. 👍🏻😀 We'll be back out to one of the USA enthusiast meets sometime. Always great talking with you sir.

[@dalewetzel773]

I have one from Return of The Champions that I will never remove from the case it came in

[@dsgb]

Probably sensible. Some of them seem to tarnish easily.

[@dalewetzel773]

I always buy 39’s😁

[@dsgb]

I'm not sure what you mean.

[@dalewetzel773]

@@dsgb 1939 sixpence cuz of the song ‘39👍🏼