Month: June 2023

2023 Five Pounds Shirley Bassey Unc Charles III Reverse 2023 Five Pounds – Shirley Bassey - As part of the Royal Mint's Music Legends collection, this coin celebrates the career of the Welsh singer Dame Shirley Bassey.
1016 Penny King Cnut (Canute) Lincoln Mint Reverse 1017 Halfpenny King Cnut (Canute) Lincoln Mint - This coin of the Anglo-Saxon King Cnut (often known as King Canute) was cut from a penny with a 'voided' long cross (the cross had 2 lines with a gap in between to facilitate cutting).
1945 Florin Reverse 1945 Florin – George VI - The 1945 Florin (2 shillings) of King George VI. The Reverse, by George Kruger Gray (initials KG below leaves), shows a crowned Tudor rose with thistle and shamrock to sides. Date and denomination in legend. King's Initials, G R, below.
1743 Crown Reverse 1743 Crown – George II - The 1743 Silver Crown of King George II, dated 1743. The Reverse shows crowned cruciform shields with roses in angles. The roses indicate the coin was minted with bullion from mines in the West of England.
2023 Fifty Pence Windrush Generation Colour Charles III Reverse 2023 Fifty Pence Windrush Generation - The 2023 Fifty Pence Windrush Generation of Charles III. 50p coin minted to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Windrush Generation.
2023 Gold Sovereign Coronation 4-Coin Set of King Charles III 2023 Gold Sovereign Coronation 4-Coin Set of King Charles III - The 2023 Gold Sovereign Coronation 4-Coin Set of King Charles III includes 2023 Gold Double Sovereign (Gold Two-Pound), Sovereign, half-sovereign and quarter-sovereign.
997-1003 Penny AEthelred II Obverse 997-1003 Penny – AEthelred II Canterbury - 997-1003 Penny - AEthelred II Canterbury
1811 3 Shilling Token Type 1 Reverse 1811 Three Shilling coin of George III (Type 1) - The Three Shilling coin was a Bank of England Issue Bank Token issued when the Royal Mint had suspended mintage of crown coins due to the Napoleonic wars. Three shillings coins were minted 1811-1816 (type 1 between 1811-12 and type 2 1812-1816). While unusual they are not that rare.
2023 Sovereign Coronation of King Charles III Obverse 2023 Gold Sovereign Coronation of King Charles III - Proof Gold Sovereign released to commemorate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III which took place on 6 May 2023.
2023 Five Pounds Pride of England Charles III Reverse 2023 Five Pounds Pride of England – Charles III - A £5 coin to commemorate the England’s Lionesses, the successful England women’s football team. The Reverse, by Norman Sillman, shows the classic Three Lions design which was originally used on the 1997 one-pound coin.