Are British coins fun to collect?

Very clever indeed.

 

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I love 'em. Here 's my "Lima" half-crown, minted from captured Spanish silver (which was mostly mined in Lima). Sort of a "Rah, rah, we're the world's best pirates..." piece.

 

Of course if your collecting of British coins extends to the British Empire, then you could get something like this:

 

Wow, English coinage...from ~80BC until now...lots of selection
http://www.bsswebsite.me.uk/A Short History of/coins.html

 

That "Short History" is fascinating; I hung on every word of it!

 

Found this one in my "spares" box today. Pretty good nick but one or two edge knocks and marks:

Victoria 1887 Jubilee Crown

 

An absolutely beautiful, fabulous coin. Love it!

 

Gone a bit quiet here so I thought I would add some more examples:

1902 Edward VII Crown, Matt proof version
1905 Edward VII Half Crown - the key date and very scarce
1930 George V "Wreath" Crown. These were made in very limited numbers from 1927 to 1934 plus 1936 and some dates are very scarce, particularly 1934.

 

By the way, the "wear and tear" it exhibits are but signs of its actual, historical usage; hooray to that!

 

These are truly glorious coins; there's just no other way to describe pieces as fabulous-looking as this!

 

To me they are fun to collect, but as said above, to each their own...


Six pence, sixième type, 1591
Ref : Spink # 2578 B



Half crown, quatrième buste, 1677
Ref : Spink # 3367



Penny, quatrième type, 1807
Atelier de Soho, Birmigham
Ref : Spink # 3780



Crown, type au buste lauré, 1821
Ref : Spink # 3805



Shilling, 1834
Ref : Spink # 3835



Shilling, type "old head", 1897
Second revers, la rose est plus grande
Ref : Spink # 3940A



Shilling, 1905
Ref : Spink # 3982



Three pence, premier type, 1919
Ref : Spink # 4015



Farthing premier type (légende avec IND IMP), 1948
Ref : Spink # 4116



Penny, type "young laureate head", légende sans BRITT OMN, 1967
Ref : Spink # 4157

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An unbroken span of numismatic majesty. Great assemblage of marvelous pieces!

 

Certainly marvellous but a long way from an "unbroken span"! Here are the missing monarchs between Elizabeth I and George III. (I can't help with Edward VIII - his coins are virtually unobtainable on my budget!)
James I Shilling
Charles I Aberystwyth Groat 1635
James II 1687 Crown
William and Mary 1692 Crown (2 over inverted 2)

William III 1695 Crown

(second post for the rest!)

 

The rest:
Queen Anne 1713 Crown
George I 1723 SSC Crown

George II 1748 Halfpenny

Now, do we need to go back prior to Elizabeth I?

 

Wow! That's some collection there.

 

You've bowled me over with these. I felt as if I was stopped at one of the most fascinating exhibits in a numismatic museum. Thanks again and kudos, my friend.

 

How can you tell the date on those 1800's Queen Victoria "Gothic" Florin coins, is it on the edge. I see some on Ebay and I can't see a date.

 

Excellent question, I don't think "early" British coins bore dates, cause you were supposed to know because of the ruler. I think this is about the time dates started to be added to British coinage. Now, concerning denominations........that's another story.

 

The Victorian Gothic coins are all dated, but in line with the "gothic" fashion the date is in Roman Numerals and appears on the obverse in the legend.


This one reads mdccclxxiii which is 1873.

 

I didn't think that all these coins would have been undated; it just wouldn't have made any sense. BTW, thanks for the clarification!