The British Are Coming!!!Post British Empire Empire Coins.

Aha but what's a cent ? Lol penny we had here, 2 and 6 is 2 shillings 6 pence of a half crown.

 

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Grandma Vicky and Jubilee Vicky

 

Ah, yes...lesson taken!

Wot, then, is a Bob? Or a Quid? And a Crown?...all to a Pound Sterling!

And if 2 and 6 is to a Half-Crown: what's the same to a Crown...4 and 12?

Please take no offense, Mark (that's German, right?), but it all seems gibberish.

We can't manage Metric measurement here on a realistic basis...but our currency is (as yours now is, I believe) decimal-based; an' I like it like that.

 

LOL when I first tried to wrap my mind around pre-decimal British coinage, I had to write down all the coins and how they were related in shillings and pence. I still couldn't quite wrap my mind around it. I finally wrote down how many pence each was worth, and then it started to make more sense. (BTW - 4 and 12 is 5 )

Pence Coin

1/8 half farthing
1/4 farthing
1/2 half penny
1 copper penny
1 silver penny
2 silver two pence (tuppence) = 1/6 shilling
3 brass three pence (thruppence) = 1/4 shilling
3 silver three pence
4 silver four pence ( groat or Joey) = 1/3 shilling
6 six pence = 1/2 shilling
12 shilling (bob) = 1/20 pound
20 Quarter Noble = 1 shilling 8 pence
24 Silver Florin = 2 shillings (two bob bit) = 1/10 pound
24 Gold Florin
30 Half Crown = 2 shillings 6 pence = 1/8 pound
40 Half Noble = 3 shillings 4 pence
48 Double Florin = 4 shillings = 1/5 pound
60 Crown = 5 shillings = 1/4 pound
63 Quarter Guinea = 5 shillings 3 pence
80 Noble = 6 shillings 8 pence = 1/3 pound
84 Third Guinea = 7 shillings
90 Angel (later 96, 120, 132)
120 Half Sovereign = 10 shillings = 1/2 pound
126 Half Guinea = 10 shillings 6 pence
240 Sovereign = 20 shillings = 1 pound (quid)
252 Guinea = 21 shillings = 1 pound 1 shilling
480 Double Sovereign = 40 shillings = 2 Pounds
504 Two Guinea = 42 shillings = 2 pounds 2 shillings
1200 Five Pound = 100 shillings
1260 Five Guinea = 105 shillings

 

Thanks for the list. :thumb:

It gets even more interesting when the British coin is made in an odd denomination that is intended to circulate alongside a foreign currency. Here is a Jersey 1861 1/13 Shilling.

Here is a pretty 1787 British 6 Pence.

 

I thank you for a most comprehensive response, sir, to a question I couldn't even articulate!

I'll copy and paste that where it can be quickly found when needed.

GROUSE: So now, having saved what I believed to be the Grail of Pre-Decimal British Coinage denominative definition, I find that you have amended it while I slept...and left no clue: No color, no italics, no bold...no audit trail!

My gratitude is only slightly diminished...I have begun the laborious proof-reading of the amended list to determine where your alleged memory failed with true enthusiasm for the daunting task. I'm certain you will rush to explain the location of perhaps a dozen characters that alter the substance of your initial offering...and are suffering the regret associated with this old wisdom:

"No good deed goes unpunished"

Do please understand, Good Doctor: all this is offered in high, fine humor...no offense intended. It's just that I haven't had my coffee yet, and my feathers are so easily ruffled at this early hour.

 

Here is a 1933 Maundy set.

 

This thread has triggered me to look through some of my British collection and to take some photos of them, which is something that I have never done before.

I thought I would share a small selection....

Starting with some Crowns....

George VI Crown - 1937

 

George V Crown - 1935

 

Queen Victoria Bun Head Crown - 1844

 

Geroge IV Crown - 1822

 

George III Crown - 1818

 

William III Crown - 1696

 

Victoria Double Florin (Four Shillings) - 1890

 

1790 pattern halfpenny by Droz

 

Victoria Jubilee Head Half Crown (two shillings six pence)



And Sovereign (One Pound = 20 Shillings)

 

George IV 1821

 

What is Maundy?

This, from Wiktionary, doesn't really help:

[h=3]Noun[/h] maundy (plural maundies)

1. (obsolete) A commandment.
2. (obsolete) The sacrament of the Lord's supper.
3. The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper.
4. The office appointed to be read during the ceremony of feet-washing.

[h=4]Thanks![/h]

 

That is a beautiful and really impressive series! Thanks!