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

Nice addition to your collection Mark. Congradulations.

 

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Here's a few more shillings from my british type set

 

A couple more

 

Got to love the English and Scottish shillings. Awesome designs, I think they really miss the IND : IMP in the legend but they still look neat. I suppose there's a limit to how long you can claim a title you don't really hold. Although going further back they really give it a try.. Claiming to be kings of France is hilarious !

 

Found one 1838 4 pence lower grade but one not seen much.

sellers photos too.

 

It's got historic significance so it's ok
Don't get me wrong I love to have a high grade coin but the worn ones still have character. My best example is a South Shields 1/2d token from 1794 (this is a small town in England and is my hometown which would have been a lot smaller then) all 3 are so varied they are worth having 2 are XF-AUNC, however one has significant die wear. The third one is F. I keep that because it proves it circulated and I can't let it go simply because this coin has come home..

 

1874 /64 3 Pence

 

I love pieces that show they've been around the block

 

my latest one is a denomination you dont often see

 

Here's a few Florins.

 

Nice Pickups! @J.A.K.

 

Here's one of a couple that just dropped through my door this morning !

 

Nice Rupee. Super grade! Are you working on a type set?

 

1942 6 pence
Au maybe MS????

 

Nice one Jello, looks AU.

 

Thanks again

 

Won a 1920 Australia penny now I just have to see if this is a dot less one???

 

Why can't I see one of these and NOT take it home?

 

These 2 I bought a long time ago from a coin dealer: Karl Stephens. This was well before the days of slabbing of foreign coins of any type. The half crown was bought as an AU and the guinea as an UNC. The guinea is fully PL.




Along with France, I stopped collecting British coins many years ago to concentrate on Latin American & ancients. As you can tell my interest even then was in historical coins. Thus I'd look for coins of important monarchs or transitional events rather than just rare pieces.

 

The only coins I'm really working on are the West Indies cut and counterstamped, Indian princely States and anglo-Hannover. Anything else I pick up is just an upgrade that I couldn't pass up