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Into the reign of King George III (1760–1820), the silver penny continued to be used mostly as a Maundy piece. Pennies similar to those of previous reigns, but bearing George III's head and the inscription GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA, [c] were struck in 1763, 1766, 1770, 1772, 1776, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1784 and 1786. A new bust of the King was ...
Twopence. SOHO, below and to the right of Britannia. The British twopence (2d) (/ ˈtʌpəns / or / ˈtuːpəns /) coin was a denomination of sterling coinage worth two pennies or 1 120 of a pound. It was a short-lived denomination in copper, being minted only in 1797 by Matthew Boulton 's Soho Mint. These coins were made legal tender ...
Five-guinea coin, James II, Great Britain, 1688. The guinea (/ ˈɡɪniː /; commonly abbreviated gn., or gns. in plural) [1] was a coin, minted in Great Britain between 1663 and 1814, that contained approximately one-quarter of an ounce of gold. [2] The name came from the Guinea region in West Africa, from where much of the gold used to make ...
The British half crown was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄8 of one pound, or two shillings and six pence (abbreviated " 2/6 ", familiarly " two and six "), or 30 pre-decimal pence. The half crown was first issued in 1549, in the reign of Edward VI. No half crowns were issued in the reign of Mary, but from the reign of Elizabeth I ...
Courtesy Spink and Son Ltd. The two guinea piece was a gold coin first minted in England in 1664 with a face value of forty shillings. The source of the gold used, also provided the coin its name - the "guinea", with the regular addition of an elephant or castle symbol on the earliest issues to denote bullion supplied by the Royal African Company.
Design date. 1836. The British fourpence coin, sometimes known as a groat, "joey" or fourpenny bit, is a silver coin worth 1⁄60 of one pound or 1⁄3 of one shilling. It is a continuation of the English groat series struck intermittently from the late 13th century until the Acts of Union in 1707. The British groat was struck throughout the ...
The Quarter guinea was a British coin minted only in the years 1718 and 1762. As the name implies, it was valued at one-fourth of a guinea, which at that time was worth twenty-one shillings (£1.05). The quarter guinea therefore was valued at five shillings and threepence in sterling specie . At the beginning of the reign of King George I (1714 ...
The half guinea coin was produced in all years from 1695 to 1701, with the elephant and castle appearing on some coins from 1695, 1696, and 1698, the design probably being the work of James Roettier and John Croker. The coins of William III's reign weighed 4.2 grams with a diameter of 20 millimetres. William's head faces right on his coins ...