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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, numismatic dealers and auctioneers, who are acknowledged on the main image pages.

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

To keep the Denomination pages reasonably small, the number of varieties shown for each reign may be relatively limited. The most comprehensive range of images is best found by first selecting the Monarch and then the Denomination.

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.

Some coins have the Spink catalogue number in the form S.1234.

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. Early Anglo-Saxon Period v1 18/06/10
2. Edward The Elder v4a 31/10/09
3. Aethelstan v4a 31/10/09
4. Eadgar v4a 31/10/09
5. Aethelred II v4a 31/10/09
6. Cnut v6a 31/10/09
7. Harold I v2a 31/10/09
8. Harthacnut (no pictures available)
9. Edward The Confessor v5a 31/10/09
10. Harold II v3a 31/10/09
11. William I v5a 31/10/09
12. William II v1 16/06/10
13. Henry I v2a 31/10/09
14. Stephen v6a 31/10/09
15. Henry II v5 26/11/09
16. Richard I v1 26/11/09
17. John v6 26/06/10
18. Henry III v5a 31/10/09
19. Edward I v6 26/06/10
20. Edward II v1 26/06/10
21. Edward III v7 26/06/10
22. Richard II v8 22/06/10
23. Henry IV v1 22/06/10
24. Henry V v7 22/06/10
25. Henry VI v6a 31/10/09
26. Edward IV v6 20/05/10
27. Edward V (no pictures available; very few coins truly attributable to him)
28. Richard III v6 16/06/10
29. Henry VII v7a 31/10/09
30. Henry VIII v7a 31/10/09
31. Edward VI v5a 31/10/09
32. Mary I (including Philip & Mary) v6a 31/10/09
33. Elizabeth I v5a 31/10/09
34. James I v8 20/06/10
35. Charles I v10a 31/10/09
36. The Commonwealth v8 13/11/09
37. Charles II v9 19/06/10
38. James II v6 19/06/10
39. William and Mary v8a 31/10/09
40. William III v8 14/11/09
41. Queen Anne v8a 31/10/09
42. George I v9 20/06/10
43. George II v8 31/10/09
44. George III v10a 31/10/09
45. George IV v11 26/05/10
46. William IV v9 18/06/10
47. Queen Victoria v9 26/05/10
48. Edward VII v13 19/06/10
49. George V v12 26/05/10
50. Edward VIII v7a 31/10/09
51. George VI v12 25/05/10
52. Elizabeth II (Pre-decimal, pre 1971) v13 25/05/10
53. Elizabeth II (Decimal, post 1971) v12a 31/10/09

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Denomination Index

1. Fractional Farthings v13 12/08/10
2. The Farthing v17 26/06/10
3. The Halfpenny v26 19/06/10
4. The Penny
   • The Silver Penny 924-1967 v25 26/06/10
   • 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 v8 07/07/10
6. The Two Pence v13 20/05/10
7. The Three Pence v13 03/01/10
8. The Four Pence or Groat v23 19/06/10
9. The Sixpence
   • The Sixpence 1674-1800 v16 16/02/10
   • The Sixpence 1800-1970 v10a 30/10/09
10. The Shilling
    • The Shilling 1500-1800 v22a 17/11/09
    • The Shilling 1800-1970 v8 19/05/10
11. 18 and 20 Pence v10 22/06/10
12. The Florin, or Two Shillings v16a 30/10/09
13. Thirty Pence - Half Crown v31 20/06/10
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 v22 24/05/10
    • Five Shillings 1837-1901 v8a 30/10/09
    • Five Shillings 1902-1965 v12 16/02/10
17. Quarter Guinea v8a 30/10/09
18. 6s & 6/8 (Double Leopard, Angel and Noble) v16 22/06/10
19. Third Guinea v6a 30/10/09
20. Ten Shillings or Half Sovereigns v14 16/02/10
21. Half Guineas v10 16/02/10
22. Fifteen Shillings (Spur Ryal) v1 20/06/10
23. One Pound (Unite, Guinea or Sovereign) v14 16/06/10
24. Thirty Shillings (Rose Ryal) v3 21/06/10
25. Two Pound (Two Guineas or Double Sovereign) v8 16/06/10
26. Fifty Shillings or Sixty Shillings v5a 30/10/09
27. Five Pounds (Five Guineas or Five Pounds) v8 15/02/10
28. Pre-Decimal Proof Sets v3 08/01/10
29. 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 v15 04/04/10
    • 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 v5 16/02/10
30. Coin Weights v3a 23/01/09

Top of the Denomination 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.

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.

Pictures of Coins of the UK - Index Page
Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton
v168 12th August 2010