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First issued under Henry VII, the sovereign was the flagship English gold coin. Featured the monarch...

One of the longest continuously used coin names in the world. First minted in silver by King Offa of...

Introduced with decimalisation in 1971. Featured the Badge of the Prince of Wales, a plume of ostric...

British bullion coins featuring Britannia, the female personification of Britain. The gold Britannia...

A quarter of an old penny. The farthing was minted from the 13th century until 1956. Featured Britan...

Also called the ha penny. Worth half a penny. The pre-decimal halfpenny was minted until 1969. Featu...

Also called the tanner. Worth two and a half old pence. Featured the monarch on the obverse and vari...

Worth two shillings or one tenth of a pound. The florin was Britains first step toward decimalisatio...

Worth two shillings and sixpence, or one eighth of a pound. Featured the monarch and the royal arms ...

Worth five shillings or a quarter of a pound. The crown was a large silver coin, originally circulat...

Also called the threepenny bit. Worth three old pence. The silver threepence was minted until 1945. ...

Worth 12 old pence or one twentieth of a pound. The shilling was a staple of British commerce for ce...

Minted specifically for trade in the Far East. Featured Britannia standing on a shore with a merchan...

The silver bullion coin of Britain, first issued in 1997. Contains one troy ounce of 99.9 percent pu...

The modern sovereign was reintroduced in 1817 after the Napoleonic Wars. Featured George III and Sai...

The British one pound coin replaced the one pound banknote in 1983. Featured Queen Elizabeth II on t...

The bimetallic two pound coin features a nickel brass outer ring and copper nickel center. Reverse d...

Special silver coins given by the British monarch to deserving elderly people on Maundy Thursday bef...

On February 15, 1971, Britain switched to decimal currency. Decimal Day or D Day ended over 1,000 ye...

The heptagonal fifty pence coin replaced the ten shilling note. Featured Britannia on the reverse in...

A small heptagonal coin introduced to bridge the gap between the 10p and 50p. Featured the crowned T...

The decimal ten pence replaced the florin, continuing the 1848 tradition of a tenth of a pound coin....

The decimal five pence replaced the shilling. The original large 5p was reduced in size in 1990. Fea...

See British Two Pence entry. The 2p featured the Badge of the Prince of Wales on the reverse until 2...

The decimal one penny replaced the old penny which had been used for over 1,200 years. Featured a po...

The original decimal penny was called the new penny to distinguish it from the old pre decimal penny...