British type set

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  1. Ardatirion

    Ardatirion Où est mon poisson

    Suppose you were to assemble a type set of British coins from Victoria to 1967, what would you include?

    Here's what I'm thinking, excluding fractions of the farthing:


    Farthings:
    1860-1873 young head Victoria
    1874 to 1893 aged head
    1895-1901 veiled head
    1902-1910 Edward VII
    1911-1936 George V
    1937-1948 George VI with IMP
    1949-1952 George VI w/o IMP
    1953 - Elizabeth II type I
    1954-1956 - Elizabeth II

    I presume the rest of the bronze follows the same pattern.

    threepence:
    1838-1887 - young head Victoria
    1887-1893 - jubilee head Victoria
    1893-1901 - veiled bust Victoria
    1902-1910 - Edward VII
    1911-1926 - George V type I
    1927-1936 George V type II
    1937-1944 George VI (silver)
    1937-1948 George VI (brass) type I
    1949-1952 George VI (brass) type II
    1953 Elizabeth II type I
    1954-1967 Elizabeth II type II

    and again, a similar pattern for the rest of the silver denominations, correct?
     
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  3. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    Basicly yes with the exception of the Shilling 1/- that was done in two versions Scottish and English from the start of EII reign there are a number of variations in the Victorian here is a good little guide to them

    http://www.tclayton.demon.co.uk/onesh.html
     
  4. ericl

    ericl Senior Member

    Start of Geo. 6th reign.
     
  5. ericl

    ericl Senior Member

    Also, Silver coins were standardized under the regency, so you can get shillings, crowns etc. back to geo. 3rd. As a kid, I went to Britain and I got a poster on the subject.
     
  6. De Orc

    De Orc Well-Known Member

    You are quite correct that should have read George VI and not Elizabeth II :bow:
     
  7. ericl

    ericl Senior Member

    Which reminds me...how many Edward VIII brass theepences are out there? Has anyone ever done a census? I've heard numbers ranging from 2 to 1200
     
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