British Coins

2005 Gunpowder Plot 2 Pounds 2005 2 Pound Coin: Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night. - In 2005 it was the 400th anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot and the Royal Mint commemorated the event with a two pound coin.
Hylaeosaurus The Third 50p coin in the Royal Mint’s Dinosauria Collection is Hylaeosaurus 50p - The third 50p coin in the Royal Mint's Dinosauria Collection is Hylaeosaurus.
1887 Double Florin Reverse 1887 Double Florin – Victoria - The Double Florin was only minted from 1887 to 1890, making it one of the shortest lived denomination in British coin history. It was denominated at 4 shillings (4/-). It is a large coin, 36mm in diameter and weighing 22.6g of 0.925 silver.
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.
2002 Gold Proof Crown Five Pounds - Golden Jubilee Reverse 2002 Gold Proof Crown Five Pounds – Golden Jubilee - The 2002 gold proof £5 'Golden Jubilee' crown was issued to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
1601-1602 Halfcrown Elizabeth I Obverse 1601-1602 Halfcrown – Elizabeth I - Silver Halfcrown of Elizabeth I minted in 1601-1602 at the Tower (London) Mint. Seventh issue. Diameter 35mm. The Obverse shows a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, crowned, wearing a ruff and holding a lis-tipped sceptre.
1953 Half Crown Reverse 1953 Halfcrown – Elizabeth II - The Reverse, by Cecil Thomas, shows a quartered shield of arms, crowned with ER to the sides. Obverse shows the young bust of Queen Elizabeth II by Mary Gillick.
1554 Sixpence Philip and Mary Obverse 1554 Sixpence – Philip and Mary - Minted at the Tower Mint in London with a diameter 27mm. There are some variants. Obverse shows busts of Philip and Mary facing each other.
2022 Half-Sovereign Proof Reverse RM 2022 Half-Sovereign Proof -  A new reverse for the 2022 Gold Half-Sovereign Proof was created to commemorate the platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
2010 Florence Nightingale 2 Pounds 2010 Two Pound Coin – Florence Nightingale - Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and is thought of as the founder of modern nursing. Her work of managing the nurses in the Crimean War is well noted and she was referred to as "The Lady with the Lamp".