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UK Coin Pictures - Index Page

This site consists of a comprehensive collection of images of coins from the United Kingdom. Whilst some of the images are of coins in my own collection, many of have been generously donated by wellwishers and numismatic dealers and auctioneers, who are acknowledged on the main image pages.

The images are organised by monarch and denomination, and can be accessed via the Denomination Index and Monarch Index below.

Each of the denomination pages also provides links to my original website, http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk where the history and values of the UK coins illustrated (and others) can be found.

If you access the page "What's New" you can see what recent additions and major changes have been made to the site. The version number and date of the present pages are given after each item in the indices below.

Denomination Index

1. Fractional Farthings v12 30/10/09
2. The Farthing v15 15/11/09
3. The Halfpenny v22 17/11/09
4. The Penny
   • The Silver Penny 924-1967 v21 17/11/09
   • The Copper Penny 1797-1860 v12 17/11/09
   • The Bronze Penny 1860-1901 v10a 30/10/09
   • The Bronze Penny 1902-1936 v7a 30/10/09
   • The Bronze Penny 1937-1970 v10a 30/10/09
5. The Penny-Halfpenny v7a 30/10/09
6. The Two Pence v12a 30/10/09
7. The Three Pence v13 03/01/10
8. The Four Pence or Groat v20 17/11/09
9. The Sixpence
   • The Sixpence 1674-1800 v15 17/11/09
   • The Sixpence 1800-1970 v10a 30/10/09
10. The Shilling
    • The Shilling 1500-1800 v22a 17/11/09
    • The Shilling 1800-1970 v6a 30/10/09
11. 18 and 20 Pence v8a 30/10/09
12. The Florin, or Two Shillings v16a 30/10/09
13. Thirty Pence - Half Crown v28 17/11/09
14. Three Shillings, 40d and 45d v10a 30/10/09
15. Four Shillings (Double Florin) v5a 30/10/09
16. Five Shillings or Crown
    • Five Shillings 1529-1837 v19 18/12/09
    • Five Shillings 1837-1901 v8a 30/10/09
    • Five Shillings 1902-1965 v11a 30/10/09
17. Quarter Guinea v8a 30/10/09
18. 6s & 6/8 (Double Leopard, Angel and Noble) v12a 30/10/09
19. Third Guinea v6a 30/10/09
20. Ten Shillings or Half Sovereigns v13a 30/10/09
21. Half Guineas v9a 30/10/09
22. One Pound (Unite, Guinea or Sovereign) v11a 30/10/09
23. Two Pound (Two Guineas or Double Sovereign) v7 17/11/09
24. Fifty Shillings or Sixty Shillings v5a 30/10/09
25. Five Pounds (Five Guineas or Five Pounds) v7a 30/10/09
26. Proof Sets v3 08/01/10
27. Decimal Coins
    • The Decimal Half Penny v8a 30/10/09
    • The Decimal Penny v10a 30/10/09
    • The Decimal Two Pence v11 12/01/10
    • The Decimal Five Pence v12 26/11/09
    • The Decimal Ten Pence v10a 30/10/09
    • The Decimal Twenty Pence v8a 30/10/09
    • The Decimal Fifty Pence v14 06/01/10
    • The Decimal One Pound v9 26/12/09
    • The Decimal Two Pounds v13 06/01/10
    • The Decimal Crowns - 25p and Five Pounds v13 22/01/10
    • Post-1971 Gold and Silver Bullion Coins v4a 30/10/09
    • Decimal Mint Proof and Uncirculated Sets v4 08/01/10
28. Coin Weights v3a 23/01/09

Top of the Denomination Index

Monarch Index

It is intended that additional monarchs will be added to the list as and when images become available (see "What's New").

1. Edward The Elder v4a 31/10/09
2. Aethelstan v4a 31/10/09
3. Eadgar v4a 31/10/09
4. Aethelred II v4a 31/10/09
5. Cnut v6a 31/10/09
6. Harold I v2a 31/10/09
7. Harthacnut (no pictures available)
8. Edward The Confessor v5a 31/10/09
9. Harold II v3a 31/10/09
10. William I v5a 31/10/09
11. William II (no pictures available)
12. Henry I v2a 31/10/09
13. Stephen v6a 31/10/09
14. Henry II v4a 31/10/09
15. Richard I (no pictures available)
16. John v5a 31/10/09
17. Henry III v5a 31/10/09
18. Edward I v5a 31/10/09
19. Edward II (no pictures available)
20. Edward III v5a 31/10/09
21. Richard II v5a 31/10/09
22. Henry IV (no pictures available)
23. Henry V v5a 31/10/09
24. Henry VI v6a 31/10/09
25. Edward IV v5a 31/10/09
26. Edward V (no pictures available; very few coins truly attributable to him)
27. Richard III v5 14/11/09
28. Henry VII v7a 31/10/09
29. Henry VIII v7a 31/10/09
30. Edward VI v5a 31/10/09
31. Mary I (including Philip & Mary) v6a 31/10/09
32. Elizabeth I v5a 31/10/09
33. James I v6a 31/10/09
34. Charles I v10a 31/10/09
35. The Commonwealth v8 13/11/09
36. Charles II v8a 31/10/09
37. James II v5a 31/10/09
38. William and Mary v8a 31/10/09
39. William III v8 14/11/09
40. Queen Anne v8a 31/10/09
41. George I v8a 31/10/09
42. George II v8 31/10/09
43. George III v10a 31/10/09
44. George IV v10a 31/10/09
45. William IV v8a 31/10/09
46. Queen Victoria v8a 31/10/09
47. Edward VII v12a 31/10/09
48. George V v11a 31/10/09
49. Edward VIII v7a 31/10/09
50. George VI v10a 31/10/09
51. Elizabeth II (Pre-decimal) v12a 31/10/09
52. Decimal Coins v12a 31/10/09

Top of the Monarch Index

Coin Illustration Index

Some (but not all) individual pictures can be accessed via the Illustration Index v20 13/02/08

Relevant Links

The History of UK coins
The Values of UK coins

Tony's Home Page

Metals Used in Coins and Medals

Acknowledgements

I am most grateful to so many kind people for the generous donation of pictures with permission to use them on this site, in particular the two Auction Houses, Spink and Jean Elsen et Ses Fils S.A.. It is invidious to pick out particular individuals, from so many, but I must thank Martin Platt for his images which are of the highest quality, as indeed are his coins themselves.

If you have a good quality scan of a coin that is not on this site (or a better picture of one that is), and you would like to see it published here, do please let me know using my my Advice page.

I only ask that you enquire first before sending me the image, as my main computer does not use a standard Microsoft Windows operating system. Naturally, due acknowledgement of any pictures I use will be given if required.

This series of pages is under continuous development. The site is mainly used as a picture store for my main website on the History and Values of UK Coins: http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk. I would be most obliged for notification of any remaining errors.

I would like to thank The Ten O'Clock Show Limited for their generous sponsorship of my websites, and to S-I-G-M-A for their donation of server space for a year while the new site was set up.

Help and Advice

I would be grateful if you could search the site carefully before mailing me - the answers to the great majority of the questions that I am asked can be found on this site, and I am unlikely to reply quickly to such questions. In particular, I do NOT provide a valuation service.

If you have done this and still wish to ask for advice, feel free to mail me via my Advice page but please do not send me unsolicited scans or other binary files.

Coins of the UK - Pictures Index Page
Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton
v145 22nd January 2010