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

Time once more to stroll down Empire lane. Post 'em if you got 'em.

 

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New Zealand 1 dollar 1978

 

That's a beauty!

 

BWA Edward VIII 1/10 penny 1936

 

Bahamas

 

St. Helena half penny 1821. Looks like the work of EIC at Soho mint.

 

Homeland issue struck for use in Malta!

A one year mintage of 288,000 plus it's small 15mm size drew me to the issue. ICG MS64RB, KM# 823.

 

Another 1/3 farthing, Edward VII, 1902. I notice the mintage was 288,000 for this one year issue.

 

Wonder how they settled on 288,000 ass the mintage for both issues? Either way, looks like I'm looking for a 1902 now!

 

Essequebo & Demarary, one stiver and half stiver, 1813

 

Nice examples of hard-to-find Empire coins. They could benefit from a Verdi-Care treatment.

 

Wish I knew where to get some of that Verdi-Care.

 

Wizard has it back in stock!

 

Check this out.

 

The Canadians has answered the call of the old lion.

 

Canada one cent 1916

 

love that they didn't call it a penny, but a twelfth of a shilling.I'd have been tempted to call it one two hundred and fortieth of a pound...

 

There's a good reason for that. The Jersey penny was 1/13 of a shilling in the 1840s due to exchange rates with the French livre. There were 26 livres to a pound, 20 sous to a livre, so 520 sous to a pound. The Jersey penny was valued at 2 sous, making it 1/260 of a pound or 1/13 shilling. The term penny became problematic in Jersey, as it was unclear what its value was, so saying 1/12 shilling was clearer.