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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Geoff Wall-Davis, post: 2193261, member: 71645&quot;]This was&nbsp; most interesting and well researched article which was&nbsp; pleasure to read.&nbsp; I liked what you said about collecting circulated coins and that you learned more about history through collecting coins than you were taught at school.</p><p>In the U.K. before the introduction of decimal currency on 15th Feb 1971 most of us were always in the habit of checking one&#039;s change, and there was always coins&nbsp; out there worth looking out for.&nbsp; My particular favourites were Victorian Bun Pennies which were minted between 1860 and 1894.&nbsp; Normally because these pennies were well circulated they would be well worn and have some of their lettering missing, but as a child I would still get the rush of adrenalin when I saw one of these coins in my change, the oldest one I recall receiving my change was one dated 1876 which was&nbsp; minted at Birmingham&#039;s Heaton mint.</p><p>As for learning about history through collecting coins, by studying coins(which is something I still do) without even trying I am able to recite all of the Kings and Queens of England from memory, and also remember historical happenings from having coins of certain dates.</p><p>Getting back to my original comment on this thread about my first coin being a Victorian shilling minted in the year 1874, I did some research on that too.</p><p>1874 was the year Sir Winston Churchill was born, and also a farmers wages was about ten shillings a week and thus the coin would have had much more buying power than when I found it.</p><p>To further one&#039;s interest on the subject of learning history through coins I would like to recommend a book titled &quot;Roman History Through Coins&quot; by Michael grant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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