William A. Mackay, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 71, The Lord Stewartby Collection of Scottish Coins at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Part I. James IV–James VI, 1488–1625BRITISH IslesCOIN collectingBRITISH coinsJAMES I, King of England, 1566-1625UNIVERSITY of Glasgow...
The Royal Mint boasts a history of over 1,100 years and traces its origins to 1279 when England’s mints were unified in the Tower of London. The Mint remained there until it moved across the street in 1810. It later moved to Llantrisant,Wales,in 1967, where it remains in modern time...
Jersey, an island in the English Channel, has unique links with England. Since the reign of King John, the island has "peculiar" privileges obtained through a series of royal charters which has resulted in Jersey being officially known in the constitutional terms as "A Peculiar of the Crown...
Introducing the new ‘definitive’ coins of the nation: 1p Hazel Dormouse Small in stature, the hazel dormouse is a fitting presence on the UK 1p coin. Mostly found in southern England in the UK, the hazel dormouse population in the UK has halved since 2007. ...
The mints across Britain were consolidated in the Tower of London in 1279. Parliament seized control of the Tower of London Mint in 1642, during the English Civil War. After the execution of Charles I, Britain was referred to as the "Commonwealth of England" and issued coins that used Engli...
The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson's Bay, better known as the Hudson's Bay Company, was founded in 1670. A little over one hundred and fifty years later, trading posts had been established from Hudson's Bay to the Pacific Ocean, forming the world's fir...
Philadelphia Mint begins production of gold quarter eagles. [137.56] [301.26] October The Philadelphia Mint received an order of 350,000 copper planchets and sheet copper for about 400,000 planchets from Governor & Company of England. [252.73] November The Philadelphia Mint begins striking ...
For one, you will never run out of interesting coins to collect. TheBritish coin historyis a long journey of changing currencies. In the early years of the British Isles (England, Ireland, and Scotland), a hodgepodge of coins were used as money for trading. ...
A problem similar to that in 1937 when Edward the VIII abdicated, the new obverse designs for coins all over the British Commonwealth had to be prepared at the Royal Mint in England. Those for Canada were not ready at the beginning of 1948 and coins were needed, so early in 1948 coins ...
After the World War II German invasion of France nearly every adult male fled the island in their fishing boats to join the Free French Forces in England. This unofficial 2024 500 Libres of Ile de Sein depicts a woman and a wolf on one side and a Gallic rooster on the other. The six...