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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Maxfli, post: 1910105, member: 69089&quot;]I started semi-seriously collecting British coins a few years ago after a couple of visits to England piqued my interest, and since then I&#039;ve begun to branch out into British Empire coins as well (I&#039;m still struggling to figure out exactly how I want to attack the latter, but that&#039;s another post).</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m by no means an expert, but I&#039;ll share what little I&#039;ve learned about starting out.</p><p><br /></p><p>First off, it may go without saying, but don&#039;t waste your time with modern British decimal coinage.&nbsp; It&#039;s even more uninteresting than modern U.S. coinage, if such a thing is possible.&nbsp; Focus strictly on pre-decimal (1967 and prior).</p><p><br /></p><p>British coinage presents a fairly vast landscape.&nbsp; They&#039;ve been doing it a long time, and every time a new monarch ascends the throne, they start all over again. Get started by marking off a small area of that landscape and exploring it.&nbsp; For example, you can easily and inexpensively assemble an uncirculated QE2 type set — counting major varieties, that&#039;s about 22 coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Or, as Wyvern suggested, choose a denomination like the shilling and collect one from every monarch as far back as you can afford to go. You might also look at pennies. British pennies are beautiful coins, and the larger copper ones before 1861 are particularly nice.&nbsp; You could work your way back to George III (circa 1800) in F/VF without breaking the bank.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you get hooked and are well funded, you can pursue British coinage all the way back to the 8th century, but that&#039;s well beyond the limits of my knowledge.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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