I'm always a fan of Great Britain pennies. Especially young Victorias. Most are worn but I think that makes them cooler
Cool coin. I've always thought about trying to get an example of a Vicky coin from all the countrie she appeared on
I know, probably an achievable goal, but other numismatic interests have kept my attention, and hobby money!
I'd never thought of that, but it's a good idea. I lived in England for a couple of years just before my teens, and I started collecting English pennies out of loose change. I managed to collect most common dates from 1896 to 1967. My oldest was a beaten up 1863, plus a couple of other worn ones around the 1870s & 1880s. Probably my most prized one was a EF 1901..... I'd always felt that there was something special about the Queen Vic pennies, and I was always on the lookout for them.
My dad had traveled so I have been going through coins. I have Elizabeth’s but this is the first Victoria. Love the British coins. Elegance.
That would be quite a large set! She is on a lot of modern coins. The counterstamped ones and some of the Indian Princely States might be hard. I tried to put together a list. Maybe I'll post what I have on a new thread so as not to hijack this one. Australia British Honduras Canada New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Newfoundland Hong Kong Cyprus French Somaliland (counter marked) East Africa Gibraltar Guyana India East India Company Alwar Bharatpur Bikanir Bindraban Dewas Dhar Isle of Man Jamaica Jersey Straits Settlements Mauritius Mozambique (counter marked) Nauru (modern) New Zealand (tokens) St. Helena, Ascension & Tristan de Cunha (modern) Sierra Leone (modern) Somalia (modern) South Africa (patterns) Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Trinidad & Tobago (counter marked) Turks & Caicos (modern) UK Vanuatu (modern) Yemen (counter marked) Zambia (modern)
I don't have all of them! I just did a Numista search and scrolled through to see which ones have actual portraits.
I've managed to pull out almost a complete set of British pennies, Vicky to QE2, from my LCS. They had them for 50 cents. It was a fun time These are a couple of my favorties: FFIVN and I also pulled out a GB Penny from a roll of half dollars a couple of years ago. Quite the surprise.
I prefer the 1895-1936 reverse design over the bun head, but I still enjoy finding bun heads in bulk lots. I've got quite a few of the dates, including some in rather nice condition for their age.
I was lucky with that one - I found it quite recently in a job lot. Almost everything else in the lot was rubbish, but that one made it all worthwhile!
