British Coins

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.
1643 Crown Charles I Obverse 1643 Crown – Charles I - A large silver coin with diameter 44mm, weight 28.816g. The Obverse shows Charles on horseback carrying a sword. There are a large number of variations of Charles I crowns.
1936 Wreath Crown Reverse 1936 Wreath Crown – George V - The wreath crown design was used between 1927-36 (none minted in 1935 when the 'Rocking Horse' design was used for the 25th Jubilee). Low mintages each year. They are beautiful coins and very collectable.
1825 Shilling George IV Reverse 1825 Shilling – George IV - 1825 was a interesting year for the shilling as there are several variants. This third reverse is a lion standing on a crown. It may have a Roman I. There is a milled edge proof, which is rare and expensive.
2022 1oz Silver Little John Reverse 2022 1oz Silver Bullion £2 – Little John - The third coin in the Royal Mint's Myths and Legends series follows on from Robin Hood and Maid Marian with Little John, the good friend of Robin and second-in-command of the Merry Men.
1549 Shilling Edward VI Canterbury Obverse 1549 Shilling – Edward VI (Canterbury 2468) - Silver Shilling of Edward VI, the boy King (in 1549 he was aged about 12), struck at the Canterbury mint with mint mark "t". Dated (on reverse) 1549 in Roman Numerals.