British Coins

1813 George III Gold 'Military' Guinea Reverse 1813 Guinea – ‘Military’ Guinea - 80,000 coins were specially minted by the British government to pay the army for fighting in the Napoleonic Wars (namely Wellington's army in the Pyrenees), hence the term 'Military'.
1927 Half-Crown Proof George V Reverse 1927 Half Crown Proof – George V - 1927 Half Crown Proof - George V
2022 50 Pence Coin Winnie the Pooh and Friends Silver Proof Reverse 2022 50 Pence Coin – Winnie the Pooh: Winnie the Pooh & Friends - The ninth and last coin in a nine-coin Winnie the Pooh Collection from the Royal Mint. The 2022 50p coin features Disney's Winnie the Pooh and his friends, created by A A Milne. The friendly Bee, common to the series, can again be seen in the foreground.
2023 Five Pounds Royal Tudor Beasts BU Yale of Beaufort Reverse 2023 Royal Tudor Beasts £5 BU – Yale of Beaufort - The Yale of Beaufort is probably the strangest of the ten Tudor Beasts; it has the body of a goat, tusks of a boar and tail of a lion.
2021 1oz Gold Proof Alice in Wonderland Reverse 2021 1oz Gold Proof Coin – Alice in Wonderland - The Gold one-ounce version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and the first coin from the Royal Mint’s Treasury of Tales collection. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a book published in 1865 by Lewis Carrol (a pseudonym of Charles Dodgson). It is one of the most popular books in English literature.
2021 Queens Beasts White Greyhound Gold Quarter Ounce Reverse 2021 Queen’s Beasts – White Greyhound Gold Quarter Ounce - The One-Quarter ounce 999.9 gold bullion coin (0.25 troy oz) from the 2020 Queen's Beasts collection. The Reverse, by Jody Clark, shows the White Greyhound of Richmond. Denominated as £25.
1656 Gold Broad 1656 Gold Broad (20 shillings) – Oliver Cromwell - The Gold Broad was only issued in 1656 and was denominated as 20 shillings, marking it as an ancestor of the guinea and sovereign. It has a diameter of 29 or 30mm and a weight of 9.0 to 9.1g. It was designed by Thomas Simon.
1136-1145 Penny Stephen 1286 Obverse 1136-1145 Penny – Stephen - Stephen, also known as Stephen of Blois, was King of England from 22 December 1135 until his death on 25 October 1154 (aged 57-62). Born in 1092 or 1096 Blois, Kingdom of France.
1889 Double Florin Reverse 1889 Double Florin – Victoria - The Double Florin was only minted from 1887 to 1890, making it one of the shortest lived denominations in British coin history. It was denominated at 4 shillings (4/-). It is a large coin, 36mm in diameter.
2022 50 Pence Coin Winnie the Pooh Kanga and Roo Silver Proof Reverse 2022 50 Pence Coin – Winnie the Pooh: Kanga and Roo Silver Proof - The 2022 Silver Proof 50p coin featuring Kanga and Roo, created by A A Milne, and is the eighth coin in a nine-coin Winnie the Pooh Collection from the Royal Mint.