British Coins

2023 1oz Gold Proof Lion and Eagle 2023 Gold Proof 1oz – The Lion and The Eagle – Charles III - This 1oz gold coin is part of a group of commemorative coins to celebrate the relationship between the UK and USA. The image shows the British Lion and the American Eagle.
2024 1oz Silver Proof 2 Pounds Robin Hood 2024 Myths and Legends – Robin Hood – 1oz Silver proof £2 – Charles III - Robin Hood lived around the 13th/14th century and famously stole from the rich to give to the poor, and lived in Sherwood Forest.
2017 Five Pounds Christmas Tree 2017 Five Pound Coin – Christmas Tree - This was the 2017 Royal Mint Christmas Coin.The Reverse, designed by Edwina Ellis, shows a large and well decorated Christmas tree.
1872 1871 Overdate Gold Sovereign Melbourne Shield Obverse 1872/1 Gold Sovereign – Melbourne 2/1 Overdate - This was the first year that Melbourne Mint struck coins. There was a worry that the new dies may not arrive from London, so they modified the unused 1871 dies so as they would read 1872.
1412-1413 Penny Henry IV 1732 Obverse 1412-1413 Penny – Henry IV – Light Coinage SCBC 1732 - Silver Penny of King Henry IV, minted at the Tower Mint in London between 1412 and 1413. Classed as Light Coinage.
1818 HalfCrown RoyalMint Reverse 1818 Halfcrown – George III - The Reverse shows a crowned shield, The shield is quartered and has an inner legend around it "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" which means "Shame on he who thinks evil of it".
2023 Two Pounds Lion and Eagle Reverse 2023 Two Pounds – The Lion and The Eagle – 1oz Silver Proof – Charles III - This is part of a group of commemorative coins to celebrate the relationship between the UK and USA. The image shows the British Lion and the American Eagle.
1906 Gold Sovereign Sydney Obverse 1906 Gold Sovereign Sydney - The Obverse shows a portrait of King Edward VII. The engravers initials (just below the head) are "De S" denoting George William De Saulles (1862-1903).
2022 Five Pounds Peter Rabbit BU Reverse 2022 Five Pounds – Peter Rabbit BU - £5 colourised coin issued to commemorate 120 years of Beatrix Potter’s The Tales of Peter Rabbit™. The Reverse shows Peter Rabbit by Ffion Gwillim, based on an original by Beatrix Potter.
2018 Silver 1oz Two Dragons Reverse 2018 1oz Silver Coin – Two Dragons - Struck in 999 fine silver by the Royal Mint, the dragons are said to be inspired by the East-West cultures of the Welsh Dragon and the other from Chinese Dragons.