British Coins

1890 Double Florin Reverse MV 1890 Double Florin – Victoria - 1890 Queen Victoria Double Florin (four shillings).The Reverse shows four cruciform crowned shields, two for England (3 Lions), Scotland (Single Lion) and Ireland (Harp).
2004 Gold Proof Two Pounds Steam Locomotive 2004 Trevithick Steam Locomotive Gold £2 - The 2004 two pounds piece commemorates the 200th anniversary of Trevithick's Locomotive for the railway. Richard Trevithick (1771–1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall.
1998 Gold Proof 50p NHS Reverse 1998 Gold Proof 50p Coin – NHS - 1998 was the 50th Anniversary of the National Health Service. Weight is 15.5g of 916.67 fine gold.
1663 Halfcrown Charles II Obverse 1663 Half-Crown – Charles II First Bust - Milled Silver Half-Crown of Charles II, dated 1663 and minted at the London (Tower) Mint. First Bust. Diameter 32mm.
1582 Scotland Twenty Shilling James VI Obverse 1582 Scotland Twenty Shillings – James VI - The Obverse shows a half-length bust of a crowned James VI holding a sword. The Reverse shows a crowned coat-of-arms showing 'XX S' as a mark of value, 20 shillings.
1562 Sixpence Elizabeth I SCBC 2597 Obverse 1562 Sixpence – Elizabeth I (SCBC 2597) - The 1562 sixpence type SCBC 2597 minted at the Tower (London) mint. Compare with the SCBC 2595 sixpence of the same year. Diameter is 26mm.
2001 Silver Britannia Proof Reverse 2001 Silver Britannia Proof - The 2001 Silver Britannia Proof shows Britannia standing with a shield in her left hand and a trident in her right hand with a lion standing next to her.
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".
2020 Two Pound Mayflower Proof Reverse 2020 Two Pound Coin – Mayflower - This coin is to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the historic voyage of the Mayflower, which carried the first Pilgrims from Plymouth to America. The ship was only 100 feet long and 30 feet wide.
The Royal Mint Coin of the Year 2021 - The annual Royal Mint Coin of the Year competition was run at the end of December, being a public vote via the Royal Mint web site to decide which was the most popular coin of 2021.