Help with some British

Does anyone know the order of denominations of pre decimal British Coins.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Farthing
Half penny (2 Farthing)
Penny (2 Half Penny)
3 pence (Pence= plural of Penny)
6 pence
Shilling (12 pence)
florin (2 Shilling)
1/2 Crown (2 1/2 Shilling)
Crown (5 Shilling)
Pound (10 Shilling)

 

thanks. Another question. I have a 1981 coin that says NEW PENCE with a 2 on the bottom. I have a 2003 coin that looks the same but says Two Pence. Are they the same?

 

also have some htat say NEW PENCE with a 5 and some with a 10. And one that says NEW PENNY and has 1/2 on the bottom

 

Right around 1970 they went to the decimal system, where the shilling was now 10 pence and the pound was 100 pence, but they were still called pennys or pence, so the "new" was to distinguish old from new since they were different weights and not equal in value , at some point they dropped the "new" so yes they are the same.

 

thanks for the insight. I appreciete it

 

Pound - 20 shillings, guinea - 21 shillings.

 

Duh....!, I knew that. You are right Siberian Man, Thanks for the correction.

 

Old shilling (1/20 of a pound) = 5 New Pence

 

there are also groats= 4 pence1/4 farthings1/3 farthings1/2 farthingscrowns = 5 shillings

 

Decimals had "NEW" until 1981, and then the number in words from 1982 onwards (eg, "NEW PENCE" until 1981, "TWO PENCE", etc from 1982).

Decimalisation Day (D-Day) was 15 Feb 1971, and by 31 Aug 1971, all 'non-standard' pre-decimals were demonitised (the halfpenny was demonitised with effect from 1 Aug 1969 and the halfcrown from 1 Jan 1970). The sixpence continued until 30 Jun 1980, the shilling was demonitised on 1 Jan 1991 and the florin (two shillings) on 1 Jul 1993.

 

Actually a pound is 20 shillings.

Ordinals are as follows for what circulated in Britain from the 19th century:

Half farthing
farthing
halfpenny
penny
three pence - threenubit
four pence or groat - only in early 19th century
sixpence or tanner
shilling or bob
two shillings or florin - from 1840s on
halfcrown or 2/6
Four shilling or double florin, only in 1880's early 1890's
crown or 5/-
half sovereign or 10/-
sovereign - pound - 20/-
two pounds
five pounds

 

there are also the octorino patterns of eight pence from george V reign, i am sure all this has been covered in a previous thread???

 

If we want to be real specific, pre-decimal goes back even further, don't forget those Nobles, half nobles, Angels, etc...
At the bottom of the page on this link is a list which looks to cover them all.

http://www.fact-index.com/b/br/british_coinage.html

 

Thanks Jimmy. Much appreciated.
I have decided to work on the one cent coins and see how far back I can find them. I have about 200 other british coins and might decide to go for a different set once I find a few more of the one cent coins I am searching

 

Good Luck. The penny denomination goes way back.

 

Yes it does.. lol I am sure I can get most a fairly reasonable price.. at least I hope so.. lol

 

This is one of the last of pre-decimal sets. In proof.

 

nice looking proof set there.

 

Beautiful proof set Siberian!! Is there anything you don't have ?