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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ericl, post: 92426, member: 2697&quot;]For cheap coins, the first British Monarch is Charles II. He was the first to have machined coins and everything before (except a pattern shilling for Oliver Cromwell), was hand-hammered and is now very expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>The easiest to get for his successor James II is the notorious &quot;gun money&quot; which had different dates for every month in 1690.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anne had some pattern farthings made but those are very expensive.</p><p><br /></p><p>Best to collect King George coppers. There are six kings named George and starting with #6 and going backwards is actually rather easy and fun, since they&#039;re easy to find in junk boxes and are very cheap indeed.</p><p><br /></p><p>#6 1937-1952, silver coinage for circulation ended during the second world war and cu/nickel shillings etc. are very cheap. Farthings, hay&#039;pennies and pennies are almost worthless....</p><p><br /></p><p>#5 1910-36, in lower grades these are just as common as #6.</p><p><br /></p><p>#4 1820-30 These are rather expensive, but easilly affordable.</p><p><br /></p><p>#3 1760-1820 The reason there are so many British tokens fro this era was that George III didn&#039;t mint any copper coins for much of his reign, but there are a few, including the famous cartweels...</p><p><br /></p><p>#2 1721-60 Farthings and ha&#039;pennies only, and these are rather rare.</p><p><br /></p><p>#1 1714-21 Same as #2, but harder to find, as he didn&#039;t last as long.</p><p><br /></p><p>Remember, from the fall of Rome to the reign of Charles II, British coins are very rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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