my british collection

Yes - the horse was on the reverse of the Irish halfcrown from 1928 to 1968, and then on the 20p from 1986 to 2000. It was designed, like all the animal reverses, by Percy Metcalf.

 

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got this one from mikenoodle for christmas. such a beauty, i think!



and a couple of other recent additions

 

Cool stuff Swish, Nice additions, keep up the good work

I was messing about with the 'Modern Era Coins' Showcase feature on here, and added some of my favorite British coins to it.

 

Churchill and penny are common but still cool.

 

I love the Church Hill coin

 

it's been a while since i've added to this thread, so i thought i would do so. here's a couple of hammered pennies.

 

a couple more victoria shillings

 

a few george v coins

 

and my george iii shilling

 

Very nice start Swish! Happy Hunting! Thanks for sharing.

Darryl

 

I agree with the Edward mints given but I think it should be pointed out that Edward was claiming to be more than just king of England. The obverse legend reads EDW R ANGL DNS HYB. This may not be quite as all inclusive as later kings but (DomiNuS) Lord of Ireland (Hibernia) sounds like a start to UK by standards of the day. I don't want to start a politically incorrect war of terms but Edward here claimed on the coins to be the man in charge of more than England even if the little coins did not yet say MAG BRIT and stopped way short of the later kings that listed France and Spain.

The dealer that sold me my milled Elizabeth I 6d threw in free a 1999 Seaby England catalog. I am amazed at the lack of legend listings for most coins. Are the new volumes like this as well?

 

true, he was claiming to be lord of ireland, but he had coins minted in three cities in ireland. they are not listed in spink, and are considered to be irish coins.

as far as legend listings for edward i coins, EDW R ANGL DNS HYB is the main one for edward i coins, used in class 1 through 9. there are some variations in class 1, which were early attempts to arrive at the design of the coins. class 10 also has some variations to the legend. my spink (2010) lists the variations.

 

the edward I irish coins a distinctly different from the english issues in that thay have an inverted tri-angle on the obverse. Uk coins collecting is my real passion and including my celtic issues it now numbers at 2,800 coins. this includes scotland, pre 1922 ireland and the coins of the islands as well, which i class as UK coinage.

 

I also love collecting British coins as it's part of my cultural heritage. I saw a BU Victoria groat on Saturday...was a little out of my price range but I got a nice XF Victoria shilling instead.

 

Without meaning to hijack this thread...Edward I assumed both the titles "King of England" and "Lord of Ireland" upon his father Henry III's death (he also was Duke of Aquitaine).

Here's an example of Edward I's Irish Coinage, as described above. This one is from the Dublin Mint.

The reverse reads: CIVITAS DVBLINIE, indicating it was coined in Dublin
The obverse reads: EDWR ANGL DNS HYB, indicating Edward as King of England and Lord of Ireland...As a side note of trivia: I find it interesting that Edward's English and Irish coinage makes no mention of Aquitaine, but his Aquitaine coinage does reveal his Kingship.

 

i'm jealous. i still don't have an example of one.

 

Wow, jimmy-bones that is one beautiful coin! I love it! Very interesting too, I would love to have an example of some early Irish coinage like that... that is a great example from the Dublin Mint. I don't have any English coins from that early, but I hope to someday.
Here are my favorite British coins from my collection.... well two of my many favorites, I do love my Victorian threehalfpence and maundy coins, but aside from those, it's a toss up between these two.... I love the toning on them both, and I really like the whispy little moustache of Charles II on the 3d, it does have a slight flan crack, but I probably wouldn't have been able to afford it at the time if it didn't, since it is such a nice coin. That is my oldest British/English coin... 1673. I have always loved the maundy stuff.