my british collection

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by swish513, May 8, 2010.

  1. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    i just thought i would share my small, but growing, british coin collection. hope you enjoy! :D

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  3. declanwmagee

    declanwmagee Junior Member

    Keep going, Swish! This hobby starts small, and never stops...
     
  4. rexesq

    rexesq Senior Member

    Yep... like declan said, most coin collections start small.... a fine start you have got there swish...
     
  5. declanwmagee

    declanwmagee Junior Member

    a bit of trivia for you about the 1953 Crown - the horse's name was Winston.
     
  6. mpcusa

    mpcusa "Official C.T. TROLL SWEEPER"


    Amazing :)
     
  7. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    Lovely start to any collection, one thing though the 1st 2 (hammerd) they are English and not British at that time there was no GB :D
    The second one looks to be Cantebury mint does it read CIVI TAS CAN TOR? or are my eye's playing me up again LOL sorry I cant make out the king but think they might both be Edwards :D
    Now the 1st one looks to me to be Bristol Mint VILL ABR ISTO LLIE
    again my eye's are not brilliant so I might be wrong LOL
     
  8. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    gb, england... same island. lol :D

    and, yes, both hammered are edward i, bristol (class 3) and canterbury (class 10) mint.
     
  9. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    i learned something new today! thanks! :high5:
     
  10. geordiecoinman

    geordiecoinman Junior Member

    I like the Churchill coin swish, would you mind telling me it's worth, I'm ashamed I don't know! Also, do you collect any Victorian or Edwardian coins, as I find they to be some of the best coins to buy. One of my favorites is the Victorian Florin, with the old style of head. The small details are fantastic, some only really visable under a microscope. It makes one wonder how their creator managed to craft them.
     
  11. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    You can pick up a decent Churchill fpr less than £1, his image allways seems to be sort of faded as well. Very true but if you intend to buy hammerd you need to be aware of the difference between coins issued in Scotland and those in England and also English coins issued in France :D
     
  12. davemac

    davemac dave

    and that the scotland coins can cost more from my own experience.
    st. i thought i would help
    btw great coins
     
  13. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    face value is a crown, i don't know numismatic value. de orc said £1, so i'd go with that. i don't have any victorian coins yet. the ones shown is my entire british/english collection currently. hopefully i will add some soon.
     
  14. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    I love the English penny-type coins. My local coin shop had a lot of them in their 25 cent bucket and I grabbed all I could find. I love the large size and the Roman-style person on the throne.
     
  15. geordiecoinman

    geordiecoinman Junior Member

    That is Lady Britannia with her spear and shield, she is suppossed to represent the embodiment of all the Britons, but the name orginates from the Greeks and was orginally used on Roman coins during their occupation. It was Hadrian who orginally gave her her feminine apperance, and Brittania was orginally antoher name for the British isles.
     
  16. Hiddendragon

    Hiddendragon World coin collector

    Thanks for the info. I figured she was a goddess of some type. I guess she's like Lady Liberty on the American coins. She looks very imperial and it to me brings home the fact that Britain used to control 25 percent of the globe.
     
  17. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    thought i would update this thread with some more new ones.

    1954 eliz ii shill.jpg

    1966 eliz ii sixpence.jpg

    1939 george vi half crown.jpg

    1935 george v threepence.jpg

    1836 william iv shill.jpg
     
  18. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    a couple of new hammered additions

    london 9.jpg

    lincoln 3.jpg
     
  19. swish513

    swish513 Penny & Cent Collector

    and some victorian shillings

    1853 victoria shill.jpg

    1875 victoria shill.jpg

    1886 victoria shill.jpg

    1898 victoria shill.jpg

    1899 victoria shill.jpg
     
  20. andyscouse

    andyscouse Collector of Brit stuff

    Very nice, Swish! UK is my collectiong focus, esp C20th. I don't have any hammered, but your examples look very nice indeed!

    Yes, Britannia is the embodiment of England, like Liberty for the US, and the sower for France. She has appeared on UK coins in one form or another since at least the mid C18th (and before, if I remember correctly) right up until 2008. Most famously, she's featured on the copper and bronze coins from the 1700's, through 1797 (Cartwheen 1d and 2d) and then 1860-1936 bronze ¼d, ½d and 1d, and then 1937-1970 1d and finally 1969 - 2008 on the decimal 50p.

    UK coinage provides a fascinating insight into history through both the monarchs displayed through the legends (REX/REG BRITT OMN: King/Queen of all the Britons, FID[EI] DEF[ENSOR]: Defender of the Faith, REX MAG BR: HIB Z FRA: King of Great Britain, Ireland and France [hammered], IND: IMP: Emperor/ess of India, et cetera).

    My favourite denomination is the halfcrown (2/6), followed by the penny (1d).

    With over 19 million minted, the Churchill crown is worth, as a poster said, at most £1 ($1.60); if you pay more, you're being scammed!
     
  21. sunflower

    sunflower New Member

    Is the horse from Ireland? (the harp on the reverse caught my attention).
     
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