Sovereigns have long been a staple of the British coinage system, as these gold pieces were popular worldwide. Outside of the British Royal MInt, both the Royal Australian Mint and Ottawa Mint produced small runs of the gold sovereign during the earlier part of the 20th century. Struck from...
Paul Kruger of the South African Republic ordered the production of new coinage, an attempt to demonstrate the country’s independence. New dies were ordered from Germany, but they were intercepted by the British before they could reach South Africa. But Kruger was not to be deterred. He orde...
For the rest of the world, the Second World War started in 1939, and we regularly sent our allies supplies. But we didn’t officially join until 1941, and we didn’t adjust war coinage until 1942. Still, while pennies and nickels were altered for the war, quarters retained their original...
noun, plural ha'·pen·nies. British.contraction of halfpenny. How old was Ha Penny Where was he from? One of the small boys was Ha'penny, and he wasabout twelve years old. He came from Bloemfontein and was the biggest talker of them all. ...
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The coin is about the size of modern United States five-cent and United Kingdom five-pence denomination coins. “It’s a small gold coin with huge historical and collector value. It is the undisputed masterpiece of ancient coinage,” stated Salzberg....