MY COLLECTION - ALBUM NO 2 - UNITED KINGDOM - OBSOLETE COINS

CHAPPIDI ABHIRATH REDDY,
C/O COL GKS REDDY,

Secunderabad - 500 015.

INDEX

 SUMMARY OF COUNTRIES IN ALBUM NO – TWO

 EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

S NO               COUNTRY                             PAGE NO       COIN NOS     REMARKS

1.             UK (Current Coins)                  1 to 5               1 –     84
2.             UK (Obsolete Coins)               5 to 7               85 –   124
3.             France                                   7 to 8               125 – 148
4.             Greece                                   9                      149 -  156
5.             Finland                                   9 to 10             157 -  168
6.             Portugal                                 10 to 11           169 -  180
7.             Romania                                11                    181 -  186
8.             Yugoslavia                             12                    187 -  194
9.             Nederland                              12                    195 -  212
10.             Italy                                      13 to 14           213 -  238
11.             Iceland                                  14                    233 -  238
12.             Denmark                                14 to 15           239 -  256
13.             Czechoslovakia                       15                    257- 262                                           

British Old System of Currency

          After the Norman Conquest in 1066, the pound was divided into twenty shillings or 240 pennies. It remained so until decimalization on 15 February 1971. Old money was divided into:

pounds (£ or l )
shillings (s. or /-) and
pennies (d.)


Denominations of UK Old Coins


There were twenty (20) shillings per pound.
The shilling was subdivided into twelve (12) pennies.
The penny was further sub-divided into two halfpennies or four farthings (quarter pennies).
2 farthings = 1 halfpenny
2 halfpence = 1 penny (1d)
3 pence = 1 thruppence (3d)
6 pence = 1 sixpence (a 'tanner') (6d)
12 pence = 1 shilling (a bob) (1s)
2 shillings = 1 florin ( a 'two bob bit') (2s)
2 shillings and 6 pence = 1 half crown (2s 6d)
5 shillings = 1 Crown (5s)


My Collection


My collection of British Obsolete coins is quite meagre. However, I have atleast one coin of almost all denominations except Farthing.

Half Penny - King George V - 1922

½ Penny – Queen Elizebeth II – 1967 (Set of Six from 1962 – 1967)

 

New ½ Penny – Queen Head by Arnold Machin – 1971

Half Penny – Hampshire Peters Field - 1793

            One Penny     - Edwards VII – 1909

One Penny – King George V – 1919

            One Penny - King George VI - 1940 

            One Penny     - Queen Elizabeth II  - 1967

Three Pence – King George VI – 1940

Six Pence – King George V  - 1935 

Six Pence -  King George VI            - 1945

Six Pence -  Queen Elizabeth II – 1957

            One Shilling – King George VI  – 1948

            Two Shillings – King George VI - 1948

            Two Shillings – Queen Elizabeth II - 1964

Half Crown    -  King George VI Reverse – 1942

            Half Crown    - Queen Elizabeth II Reverse – 1956

One Crown – King George V – 1935

One Crown – Winston Churchill – 1965

One Crown – Elizebeth II Silver Wedding – 1972

One Crown – Queen Elizebeth II Silver jubilee of Coronation – 1977

One Crown – Royal Wedding - 1981

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