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

British West Africa penny 1907 - a bit woody

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Just arrived today!

 

St. Helena half penny 1821. Looks like EIC coat of arms and the work of Soho Mint.

 

Just arrived today. NGC MS-64. I think I can finally check the Jamaica box on my British Empire collection. Everything I've owned up to this point has been "close but no cigar."

 

Tristan da Cunha (where ever that is?) 25 pence 1981

 

I have been re-reading Arthur H. Neumann's excellent book Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa, published in 1898. Neumann worked for a short time for the IBEA Company, and later Mombasa was his jumping-off place for his ivory hunting expeditions.

This coin is a somewhat scarce type, and definitely the lowest-mintage coin in my collection. (94,000)

 

I have a particular liking for the East African coins. I visited there in 1975 or so, both Kenya and Tanzania, and really had a good time.

 

Canada 50 cent 1936, mintage 38,550.

 

Incoming ...

 

Ceylon 1/2 cent 1890, the lovely Queen Victoria.

 

EIC 1/4 rupee 1840

 

This came in today. Kind of the British Empire:



Numista has this to say:

"This was the first official (government-approved) coin of Nova Scotia. The reverse design, a sprig of mayflower, is now the provincial flower and is considered one of the most beautiful coins made for North America."

I have to say I agree! If there is a coin with a more beautifully done portrait of Victoria, I have yet to see it; and the reverse design is also nicely balanced and wonderfully executed. The low-ish mintage adds appeal as well. A winner all around!

 

Agreed, always loved these!

 

Nova Scotia half penny token 1832. Numista has nothing extra to say about this one.

 

Not kind of . . . Nova Scotia is on every list of British Empire territories I've ever seen.

Very nice coin, by the way.

 

Thanks!
The reason I said "kind of" is because Nova Scotia became self-governing in 1848, so I wasn't sure exactly how it was to be categorized.

 

I assume the name means something like "New Scotland", is that correct?

 

Yep!

 

Another Nova Scotia, probably have posted it before. 1824 penny.