Are British coins fun to collect?

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  1. Old Coin Dawg

    Old Coin Dawg Active Member

    Artistic if you are into pictures of Kings & Queens
     
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  3. 1934 Wreath Crown

    1934 Wreath Crown Well-Known Member

    To be honest, I could never understand the concept of collecting just one country or a complete set of all coins for a period or Monarch. Some of the coins could be quite unattractive or worthless.....why have them clutter a collection??!! A short lived series YES but imagine collecting different denominations over several years....for me at least, a definite NO.

    Having said that, I'm trying to complete the Canada sovereign series of George V. I'm missing the two most expensive coins in the series which will cost almost 100,000....so I have a while to wait to complete the set:(;) but I will continue to buy other coins from other countries and eras while my search continues..:);)
     
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  4. Lemme Caution

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    All hail, Majesties! :singing:
     
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  5. Lemme Caution

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    I'd be waiting for a parallel universe.... :greyalien:
     
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  6. Neal

    Neal Well-Known Member

    Of course British coins are fun! World coins are fun to collect, in part because I can afford interesting ones without selling my house. I even like the modern ones that sell for pennies in the junk foreign boxes. I used to teach a world geography course to 9th graders. I would have each one do in-depth reports on a country. I would assign each student a country by having them pull a coin from a sack, having made sure all the coins were from different countries. The students got to keep the coin, for which I had paid 5 or 10 cents at a flea market. They loved it.
     
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  7. Old Coin Dawg

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    George V is a hard one to get in any area of the empire. I collect Fiji pre decimal coins, George V is one hard coin to find in MS. Keep the hunt going you will get there.
     
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  8. Lemme Caution

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    A true sign of a good, caring educator.
     
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  9. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    I would suggest this is a good example of artistic AND Kings and Queens:
    Gothic Crown no 2.jpg
    Gothic Crown 1847, Undecimo edge.
    :)
     
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  10. Old Coin Dawg

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    Oh my yes very good and then some. Cheers
     
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  11. Lemme Caution

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    A truly exceptional example of coinage of ANY kind!
     
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  12. Friday

    Friday Active Member

    I have two George V coin nickel 1927 and a penny with a bird on back of it.
     
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  13. Neal

    Neal Well-Known Member

    Thank you!
     
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  14. Lemme Caution

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    You're entirely welcome.
     
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  15. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    Either you mean a New Zealand penny or a British farthing I'm guessing.
     
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  16. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    Yes, they are fun to collect. Here are a few of mine.

    Edward IV

    Edward IV Berk.png
    Cnut
    Cnut Lot 1402 LCG.jpg
    Edward III
    Edward III quarter noble.jpg
    Elizabeth I
    ELizabeth I new.jpg
     
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  17. Lemme Caution

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  18. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    How about this one - one of my oldest - Athelstan king of England from around 930 AD:

    Athelstan Penny.jpg
     
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  19. Lemme Caution

    Lemme Caution Well-Known Member

    Just looking at this coin makes me feel like I've traveled back in time....
     
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  20. Lemme Caution

    Lemme Caution Well-Known Member

    Love the portraiture and the heraldry.
     
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  21. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Check these 2 coins out! :woot:
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