CHAPPIDI ABHIRATH REDDY
C/O COL GKS REDDY
Secunderabad - 500015
INDEX
SUMMARY OF
COUNTRIES IN ALBUM NO – TWO
EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES
S
NO COUNTRY
PAGE NO COIN NOS REMARKS
- UK
(Current Coins) 1 to
5 1 – 84
- UK
(Obsolete Coins) 5 to 7 85 – 124
- France 7 to
8 125 – 148
- Greece 9 149 - 156
- Finland 9 to 10 157 - 168
- Portugal 10 to
11 169 - 180
- Romania 11 181 - 186
- Yugoslavia 12 187 - 194
- Nederland 12 195 - 212
- Italy 13
to 14 213 - 238
- Iceland 14 233 - 238
- Denmark 14 to 15 239 - 256
- Czechoslovakia
15 257- 262
The Current Coins of UK
The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom is denominated in pounds sterling (symbol "£"), and, since the introduction of the two-pound coin in 1998, ranges in value from one penny to two pounds. Since decimalisation, on 15 February 1971, the pound has been divided into 100 (new) pence. From the 16th century until decimalisation, the pound was divided into 20 shillings, each of 12 (old) pence. British coins are minted by the Royal Mint inLlantrisant, Wales. The Royal Mint also commissions the coins' designs. As of 30 March 2010, there were an estimated 28 billion coins circulating in the United Kingdom.
The first decimal coins were circulated in 1968. These were the five pence (5p) and ten pence (10p), and had values of one shilling (1/-) and two shillings (2/-), respectively, under the pre-decimal £sd system. The decimal coins are minted in copper-plated steel (previously bronze), nickel-plated steel, cupro-nickel and nickel-brass. The two-pound coin is bimetallic. The coins are discs, except for the twenty pence and fifty-pence pieces, both of which are heptagonal curve of constant width. All the circulating coins have an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, and various national and regional designs, and the denomination, on the reverse. The circulating coins, excepting the two-pound coin, were redesigned in 2008, keeping the sizes and compositions unchanged, but introducing reverse designs that each depict a part of the Royal Shield of Arms and form the whole shield when they are placed together in the appropriate arrangement. The exception, the 2008 one-pound coin, depicts the entire shield of arms on the reverse. All current coins carry a Latininscription whose full form is ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FIDEI DEFENSOR, meaning "Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen and Defender of the Faith".
My collection of UK Current coins is reasonably elaborate, as all my three daughters are residing in London and they are constantly on the lookout for circulating coins, which are not in my collection. I will be presenting my collection in four different blogs ie 1 d to 20 d as one blog, 50 d, £ 1 and £ 2 & 5 as other blogs.
Half Penny to 20 Pence
New ½ Penny – 1976
One Penny – Queen Head by Arnold Machin – 1980
One Penny – Queen Head by Raphael Maklouf – 1988
One Penny – Queen Head by Rank Broadley – 2000
One Penny – New Design –
2008
Two Pence – Queen Head by Arnold Machin – 1971
Two Pence – Queen Head by Raphael Maklouf – 1989
Two Pence – Queen Head by Rank Broadley – 1998
Two Pence – New Design – 2008
Five Pence – Queen Head by Arnold Machin Large Coin – 1978
Five Pence – Queen Head by
Raphael Maklouf – 1990
Five Pence – Queen Head by
Rank Broadley – 2000
Five Pence – Reverse New
Design – 2008
Ten Pence – Queen Head by
Raphael Maklouf – 1992
Ten Pence – Queen Head by
Rank Broadley – 2000
Ten Pence – New Design – 2008
Twenty Pence – Queen Head
by Arnold Machin – 1987
Twenty Pence – Queen Head
by Rank Broadley – 1999
Twenty Pence – Reverse New
Design - 2008
Note - Some of the images of coins in my collection, have been taken from the Gallery to the extent available, to save on time & effort involved in photography & editing
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