Month: September 2022

1819 crown George III Reverse 1819 Crown – George III - Following on from the New Coinage in 1816, Matthew Boulton and James Watt created steam-powered machines to produce good quality coins using silver content that was well below the face value of the coin. This design was minted 1818-1820 and is a large (37.6mm), attractive coin.
1831 Crown William IV Reverse 1831 Crown – William IV - The 1831 Crown of William IV is an outstanding coin, highly elaborate, very rare. You need £35,000-£50,000 at the lower end to get one. The Reverse was designed by WIlliam Wyon.
2023 Silver Proof Two Pound Year of Rabbit Reverse 2023 Two Pounds Year of the Rabbit (1oz Silver Proof) – Elizabeth II - If you were born in 2023, 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963, 1951, 1939, 1927 or 1915 then you could be in the Year of the Rabbit (The New Year usually starts around early February). The 1oz silver proof coin (denominated as £2) contains 31.21g of 9999 Silver, has a diameter 38.61mm and a proof finish.
1560 1561 Shilling Elizabeth I Obverse 1560-1561 Shilling – Elizabeth I (Second Issue) - 1560-1561 Shilling - Elizabeth I (Second Issue)
1813 George III Gold 'Military' Guinea Reverse 1813 Guinea – ‘Military’ Guinea - 80,000 coins were specially minted by the British government to pay the army for fighting in the Napoleonic Wars (namely Wellington's army in the Pyrenees), hence the term 'Military'.
1927 Half-Crown Proof George V Reverse 1927 Half Crown Proof – George V - 1927 Half Crown Proof - George V
2018 Quarter Voyageurs Minnesota Reverse 2018 Quarter – Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota - The 2018 Quarter for the America the Beautiful Quarters series is the Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. The Voyageurs National Park is more than 218,000 acres of shoreline, islands and lakes.
2022 50 Pence Coin Winnie the Pooh and Friends Silver Proof Reverse 2022 50 Pence Coin – Winnie the Pooh: Winnie the Pooh & Friends - The ninth and last coin in a nine-coin Winnie the Pooh Collection from the Royal Mint. The 2022 50p coin features Disney's Winnie the Pooh and his friends, created by A A Milne. The friendly Bee, common to the series, can again be seen in the foreground.
2023 Five Pounds Royal Tudor Beasts BU Yale of Beaufort Reverse 2023 Royal Tudor Beasts £5 BU – Yale of Beaufort - The Yale of Beaufort is probably the strangest of the ten Tudor Beasts; it has the body of a goat, tusks of a boar and tail of a lion.