A british coin club is being formed

It's quite often in higher relief, or at least it is in my area of interest.

 

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These scans are the same coin (out of the holder this time)

http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/GothicObv.jpg

http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/GothicRev.jpg

Ian

 

ahh that does look better

 

hey sylvester i got this coin

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3924556921&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

im just a tad worried about the dirt mark on E

what ya think

 

Wow, is that gorgeous!! I haven't actually started collecting British coins but am very interested in Britain coinage from the 1400's, 1500's, and 1600's. Am I allowed to join even if I don't have any of these coins yet?

 

I hope so!!! The only british coins I have are two beat-up one pound coins.

 

I've got coins from those periods (well except 1400s), but i'm well covered on the others.

And Jimmy the 1901 doesn't look too bad, hard to tell with the pictures you'll have to post better ones wen you get it.

Though i would have to state strongly that there aren't many deals to be had on Ebay for good quality English coins (unless they are gold).

 

Actually you're better off getting one from that dealer i mentioned he sells quite alot of them in BU, and you said you wanted the highest grades possible. If i were you i'd go for UNC/BU for them all.

 

I bet you are only well covered for `English' coins though (?).

Lets be honest here. All coins made in Britain are (de facto) British.

So when is a coin from Britain NOT a British coin? When it is English?
or when it is Scottish?

Some might say that James VI of Scotland / James I of England was the start of truly `British' coins but they still made Scottish / English variants for silver coinage, so emphasising the difference. Still Scottish and still English in other words, but still both `British'.

A universal coinage in the UK did not appear until Queen Anne and the Union of the Crowns. That is when `UK' coinage really came into existence.

I must say I much prefer my 1500's British coinage to be Scottish (like this example)

 

Were there separate Welsh coins in the 1500s as well? What about Northern Ireland? Was it part of Ireland then? (Sorry, my British history is not good)

 

well being a scotsman a true highlander i also am very much intrested in scottish coins,after the act of union they still made scottish coins and even made versions right up to this day.scotland still has pound notes as legal tender too.Was funny getting handed one when i was up last in isle of skye at my dads.

I have my dad keeping all coins for me that come his way from his buisness in skye he does house clearances and has a junk/antique shop there so he can pick up lots of raw unchecked coins.All i need is for him to do a deasesead estate on a coin collector them we will make serious money.I am promised all that comes his way of course and already gotten quite a few items.

Its sometimes not what you know but who you know.

 

errrm when are we gonna get our coin club running there is much intrest and well weve kinda made this thread into a temporary place for it

come on admins we been waiting days now

 

I nearly bought an Alexander III coin and i used to have a battered Charles I 20d...

So you know...

Anyhow i collect mostly 17th century coins and i would have classed those as being British, sure Scotland had their own versions, but don't forget Britain also includes Wales, Wales and England had the same coins so therefore it could be British.

It'd be wrong to call English and Welsh coins just English would it not?

 

yup british isles i agree

all coins are british

 

Begorah! To be sure!!.... but that didn't stop it from happening anyway. I think the main reason why I still don't classify 1600's coins as truly `Brit' coins is the `Commonwealth of England' coinage and of course the Cromwell crown and half crown. It broke the concept of any form of unity.

In any event, Wales was seen only as a principality subordinate to the the English crown. A great place for getting coal and copper from (and male voice quoirs) but other than that......

 

And Aled Jones...

What even the William III stuff? I'm thinking end of 17th century, milled after 1688.

 

.....and possibly Mary whatsername who sang `Those were the days my friend......etc' (a Beatles discovery at the time).

I would say that the Wm III stuff was definitely `English' and `Scottish'. One of my favourite pieces is a Scottish minted William and Mary 40 shillings.

The union of the crowns under Queen Anne saw the first truly unified coinages (value and denomination). Even though in modern times there has been a depiction of state emblems on coinages, said coinages have been issued for use throughout the realm. For example a £2 commonwealth games coin with an english flag on it will spend anywhere in the UK the same as one with a Scottish flag on it. No-one gives much of a a hoot what's on it as long as it spends ;-)

 

Alright alright you win!

Well most people don't even realise the flag is different i know i didn't for the first 6 months or so... You can see how much attention i pay to modern coins... the date goes higher than 1799 and i yawn!

Now if the date goes earlier than 1000 i'm dancing on coals!

I really must buy a Saxon coin one day!

Medieval Scottish coins have caught my interest, i always had a fondness for Scotland (even though it might not always show in my postings), but i first went there when i was a wee little lad of about 3 and then again when i was about 6 and i loved the place. I haven't been in about 10 years though... no i lie 12 years. I love the accent... (well except Glasgow cos i can't comprehend at all). Mind you nothing is as bad as Liverpool or Birmingham... actually the Brummie accent makes me laugh but Liverpool *shudder*... and as for that unflattering Yorkshire accent... yeuk.

But yeah... i will buy a few Scottish coins one day, might even do a monarch collection like i'm doing with my English coins.