Three Good Reasons for Collecting Crown Coins; The Crown is normally the largest silver coin issued during most reigns. Crowns have generally been struck in large enough quantities to enable a collector to...
The original value of the United Kingdom Crown was Five Shillings. Queen Elizabeth II Crowns come in two values, namely five shilling or twenty-five pence and five pounds. The reason for this is because as a...
Why do we love collecting coins? For some it's the finding the unrecorded variety , for others it's the history and for some it's the fascination. For me it's a bit of all that and more. I've been a collector...
Churchill Commemorative Crown In 1965, the Royal Mint issued a British crown (five shilling coin) to commemorate Sir Winston Spencer Churchill. We provide a brief description and photographs.Obverse Reverse of...
Information about British Crown Coins The Crown Story First Ever Crown The world's first crown sized coin was issued in about 1484 at Joachimsthal in Bohemia, using silver from local mines including Annaberg,...
Different coins vary in size and weight. The following is a short list of coins, showing the respective metal, weight and size (diameter). Please note that, the weight is of mint condition coins. Coins which...
1960 New York Exhibition Commemorative Crown The 1960 Crown was struck to celebrate the British Exhibition in New York in 1960. Amongst other British manufacturers, the Royal Mint had a stand, on which they...
A Brief History of the Gold £5 Coin The Largest British Gold Coin The five pound gold coin is Britain's largest and most impressive gold coin, although there was previously a five guinea piece which was about...
Common Names of British Coin Denominations Numismatic Etymology for the Bewildered We keep seeing questions, mainly from our American friends, about the common names of British coins, or about the £, s., or d....
Five Guineas - The Largest Most Valuable British Gold Coin British Milled Gold Coinage and The Story of the Five-Guinea Piece.This guide is reproduced from our "24carat" website.Obverse Reverse of 1687 James...