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

Awesome, love that portrait of old Georgey boy ! Then again.. His other portrait isn't too bad either, I love the elephant on the chain !


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Other people have already contributed answers to this. There is no Mauritius Crown sized coin that I know of, and I guess they used the Anchor coinage in earlier days, and either British Crowns, or the British Trade Dollars in later times. Of course the real fundamental coin of the time would have been the gold sovereign, but they were not minted in the smaller colonies either.
Colonial coinage does seem to be pricey at the moment. I think the smaller numbers of coins produced for some of these places, combined with the current increased wealth of them as independent nations, has led to demand exceeding supply, and so the prices rising.
This one I have posted in this thread before, but it is such a beauty I hope you don't mind seeing it again!

 

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Plus now shopping or trading anything that can help I like! !

 

An unusual denomination. KM 30a 1945 British Guiana 4 Pence,

 

Nice 4pence Derick!! ! !! Looks like a very high grade + maybe strike was so strong it pushed crown pieces thru to above Four or its just a PMD mark???

 

got some new stuff some are upgrades though !

 

this one has a weird counterstam of the sun or a flower anyone know anything about it ?

 

Here is a crown and half crown I picked up at a show a few days ago. Got them both for their silver value only.

 

Ok so here's a sort of transitional coin, under the new name of British Guiana but still using the Dutch monetary system.. I love coins from this place.. They are so interesting !



This one I'm not sure if its a token or a medal :S what ever it is I really like the look of it





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The big difference was the reverse design, the crown had St. George & the dragon (like a sovereign), but the double florin has the (to my taste much more impressive) quartered shields.

 

Actually, apparently all New Guinea coins were holed. And the Standard Catalog says it is sterling silver.

 

When does the British Empire start? Here's a Charles II crown

 

... and I'm surprised no-one has yet posted this South African 5 Shilling piece. Handsome IMHO and not that uncommon.

 

"Gothic" florin 1864

 

Here I'm really pushing the "Empire" brand, unless you count the King's lands in France: penny from Edward I.

 

And here is a Bermudan $25 piece that is just pretty.

 

Good question! Technically we don't see any British Monarch referred to as Emperor/Empress until Queen Victoria in 1876, however there is no doubt that there was a British Empire building from long before then. Certainly 17th Century, which lets in your Charles II coin, and you could argue back to Edward I's time, when we started seizing control of the "home" countries (Wales, Scotland and Ireland)!

Another mid 17th century coin for your enjoyment - Commonwealth Shilling from 1653, almost the last of the hammered coinage:

 

I really try not to focus on British coins too much. If one happens to cross my path and sticks out, I hang on to it.

 

Wow ffricky were to start all the British coins a Great!!!!!
but this 1 here is it Gold???The reason I ask is this.
About 6-8 yrs ago I got 1 something like this 1977 -1978- 1979 $25 in a trade. I was told it was 90% /20kt Gold. After looking things up and thing like that the Bermuda $25 Gold coin was only 50%/14kt Gold. Have you got a cert with your 1977 $25.???I just asked you this to see if my bullion dealer was right or wrong.