British Coins

1854 Penny Reverse 1854 Penny – Victoria - The Reverse, by William Wyon, shows Britannia seated holding a trident and Union shield. There are a few variations of this and a 4/3 overdate.
1835 Sovereign Reverse 1835 Gold Sovereign - The 1835 Gold Sovereign of King William IV shows a crowned shield of the Royal Arms on the reverse of the coin, designed by Jean Baptiste Merlen.
1883 Sovereign Proof Melbourne St George Reverse 1883 Gold Sovereign Melbourne – St George - 1883 Gold sovereigns have many variations. They can be made in London, Melbourne, Perth or Sydney and can also in the same year have combinations of St George or Shield backs.
1908 Gold Sovereign Sydney Reverse 1908 Gold Sovereign Sydney - Pistrucci’s St George is on the reverse. A small 'S' above the date indicates the sovereign was produced in Sydney, Australia.
1962 Sovereign reverse 1962 Gold Sovereign - The 1962 Gold Sovereign was the first sov since 1959. No Proof Sovereigns were issued. Queen Elizabeth II’s first portrait, by Mary Gillick, is on the obverse of the coin.
2017 Piedfort Gold Sovereign Reverse 2017 Piedfort Gold Sovereign - The 2017 Piedfort Gold Sovereign. 2017 was a first for the UK - a double thickness gold sovereign.
2020 Five Pound Tower of London The Royal Menagerie 2020 Five Pound Coin – Tower of London: The Royal Menagerie - One of the strange stories of the Tower of London was that in 1235 Henry III (1216-72) created maybe the first zoo of exotic animals seen in England.
2021 Gothic Crown Quartered Arms – 2oz Silver Proof - As part of the Royal Mint's The Great Engravers Collection, the Gothic Crown Quartered Arms design by William Wyon is one of the most beautiful coins ever made.
2019 50 Pence Coin Stephen Hawking Reverse 2019 50 Pence Coin – Stephen Hawking - Celebrating the life of physicist Stephen Hawking. The Reverse is an image of a Black Hole and Hawking's formula describing the entropy of a black hole.
1651 Shilling Commonwealth Obverse 1651 Shilling – Commonwealth - A silver shilling minted at the Tower (London) mint. Article explains about Commonwealth coins. This coin has been cleaned and is starting to re-tone again.