ENGLAND - 1189-1199 King Richard I Short Cross Hammered Silver Penny

This coin is part of The Short Cross Hoard.

ENGLAND - 1199-1216 King John Short Cross Hammered Silver Penny

These coins are part of The Short Cross Hoard.

ENGLAND - 1247 King Henry III Voided Long Cross Hammered Silver Penny

ENGLAND - 1251-1272 King Henry III Voided Long Cross Hammered Silver Penny (cut half)

The opinion I received on this coin is that it is a Canterbury mint and that the cut was done at the time of minting due to the sharpness and accuracy of the cut.

ENGLAND - 1351 King Edward III Hammered Long Cross Silver Penny - Pre treaty series A

ENGLAND - 1570s Queen Elizabeth I Hammered Silver ThreePence

ENGLAND - 1575 Queen Elizabeth I Hammered Silver Three Halfpence

ENGLAND - 1578-1582 Queen Elizabeth I Hammered Silver Penny (double struck)

ENGLAND - 1587-9 Queen Elizabeth I Hammered Silver Half Groat- Crescent mint mark

ENGLAND - 1605-6 King James I Hammered Silver Penny - Rose mint mark

ENGLAND - 1694-1702 King William III Silver Sixpence (love token)

Love tokens were smoothed down almost ‘obliterating’ the monarch’s head, before being bent out of shape. They were also hand-engraved with special initials as well as love signs, including hearts and knots. Some love coins have been also struck with little holes, allowing the owner to attach it to a chain and wear it. (British Pubjon Mint)

ENGLAND - 1695-1698 King William III Halfpenny

ENGLAND - 1717-1724 King George I Halfpenny

Soon after the accession of King George I (1714–1727) the surplus of copper coins was used up, and in 1717 a new contract was signed and a Royal Warrant issued for the production of a new halfpenny.

ENGLAND - 1719-1724 King George I Farthing

ENGLAND - 1729 King George II Halfpenny.

King George II's (1727–1760) halfpennies were the most prolific issue yet, but to them must be added a huge range of counterfeits (and pieces similar to counterfeits but with markedly different legends from the real coins, so that the manufacturers could avoid accusations of counterfeiting). Many genuine coins were melted down and underweight fabrications produced from the molten metal. It is difficult for those of us who use a modern regulated currency to appreciate the extent to which counterfeiting had debased the currency – for long periods of time, counterfeits outnumbered genuine coins.

ENGLAND - 1730-1739 King George II Farthing

ENGLAND - 1774 King George III Halfpenny.

In the reign of King George III (1760–1820) the first issue of halfpennies did not come until 10 years after the king's accession, in 1770. Counterfeiting was rampant, and in 1771 the issuance of counterfeit copper coin became a serious crime; this however had little effect and for the next twenty years or so the majority of copper so-called coins in circulation were forgeries. In March 1782 a female counterfeiter was hanged, then fixed to a stake and burned before the debtor's door at Newgate prison in London. The first King George III era British halfpenny was minted in 1770, and the last in 1807. The king's bust has a fuller face in 1774 and 1775.

ENGLAND - 1797 King George III Cartwheel Penny

The 1797 cartwheel penny is an important coin because it is the first coin made using a steam driven stamper, They were made by Matthew Boulton’s famous Soho Foundry in Birmingham. Each coin contained an (Av) ounce of near-pure .999 copper. Thus we know copper was worth a penny an ounce in 1797. The weight of these coins also made them ideal as substitutes for weights in measuring produce, a task for which they were intentionally designed.

ENGLAND - 1806 King George III Farthing

The 1799 farthing broke new ground in two areas: the reverse was inscribed 1 FARTHING, the first time the name of a denomination had ever appeared on an English or British coin, and it was also the first British coin to have the date on the same side as the monarch's head.

ENGLAND - 1806-1807 King George III Halfpenny

In the reign of King George III (1760–1820) the first issue of halfpennies did not come until 10 years after the king's accession, in 1770. Counterfeiting was rampant, and in 1771 the issuance of counterfeit copper coin became a serious crime; this however had little effect and for the next twenty years or so the majority of copper so-called coins in circulation were forgeries. In March 1782 a female counterfeiter was hanged, then fixed to a stake and burned before the debtor's door at Newgate prison in London. The first King George III era British halfpenny was minted in 1770, and the last in 1807.

ENGLAND - 1806-1807 King George III Penny

ENGLAND - 1816 King George III Shilling

ENGLAND - 1817 King George III Sixpence

ENGLAND - 1818 King George III Sixpence counterfeit

It is well documented that forgery was big business during the reign of George III (1760 - 1820). This copper coin would have had a silver plating to appear as a normal silver coin.

ENGLAND - 1820 King George III Halfcrown (small head) counterfeit

This copper coin would have had a silver plating to appear as a normal silver coin. Much of the silvering on this coin is still visible at certain angles.

ENGLAND - 1830 King George IV Farthing (2nd issue)

ENGLAND - 1861 Queen Victoria Half Penny

ENGLAND - 1867 Queen Victoria Penny

ENGLAND - 1896 Queen Victoria Penny (mintage 24,147,156)

The 1896 UK penny obverse features the robed bust of the older Queen Victoria facing left, adorned with jewellery and wearing a tiara beneath a veil (veiled head).

ENGLAND - 190x Queen Victoria Half Penny

ENGLAND - 1919 George V Threepence (mintage 16,845,687)

Crowned 3 with divided date, all within wreath.

ENGLAND - 1937 George VI Florin / Two Shilling (mintage 13,006,781)

Cronwed rose flanked by thistle and shamrock, G and R below last two.