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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;andyscouse, post: 987682, member: 27100&quot;]That is absolutely correct!&nbsp; The UK is unique in not displaying country name on its coins (and stamps, too).&nbsp; All other &#039;large&#039; pennies will have the country name on them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For a long time, some coins in the UK didn&#039;t display their value - halfcrowns only started that in 1893, and pennies/halfpennies/farthings in 1860.&nbsp; The earliest to display a value was the newly-introduced florin (2/-, two shillings) in 1849, displaying the value as &quot;one tenth of a pound&quot; ... the first step to decimalisation, which wouldn&#039;t occur until 1971![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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