Collecting British coins?

tonphil1960 I would really suggest you look for one copper coin and that would be the 1897 penny or Cartwheel as they call it. Made with 2 FULL ounces of copper! It is so huge the folks of GB made it perfectly clear they wanted NO MORE so it is a one year issue. Probably the largest cent I have, or will ever, see in my lifetime!

One thing is for sure with the 1897 copper! When you get one you have the WHOLE series!
I would suggest you go to eBay and click on World Coins. When that comes up click on UK and you can see the many options that come up and it will be a quick FREE study of what is available and current prices. Hope this helps!

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Made with 2 FULL ounces of copper! It is so huge the folks of GB made it perfectly clear they wanted NO MORE so it is a one year issue.

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This coin is long gone, but I seem to remember it feeling like a hockey puck when I took the pictures.

The brittish farthings would be a nice thing to collect as well, the are abouth the size of a US dollar cent, and are a long going series untill 1956.

Greetings, Carl

You can also go for older coins and collect by monarch. I personally like the Tudor rulers, so I'm looking for nice hammered silver from that time period.

I think a really interesting set would have a coin from each of Britain's rulers. I don't know how expensive that would be to put together though.

A set of monarchs? That'd cost you a fair bit, some monarch are very hard to come by.

Although having said that there are many waysto approach that type of collecting. Many hammered collectors try 1066-1662 (William the Conqueror to Charles II), Milled collectors often pick it up in 1662-present, others prefer the modern milled coins from 1816 (George III) onwards, some try doing 1066-Present. I know of a few that have gone right back to the first king of England Egbert way back in 802 and gone right through to Elizabeth II.

My personal tastes favour the 871-1016, 1066-1216, 1662-1815 periods above all others.

However a Tudor portrait set would be a fantastic set to do in itself (i know of a member on another forum that did this). All you'd have to get would be Henry VII (my fave king), Henry VIII (Mr over-rated), Edward VI, Mary I (with or without Philip II of Spain, the portrait on the groats doesn't change but the legend does, Philip's portrait is included on sixpence and shillings but these are not cheap) and of course Elizabeth I.

I was recently given a gift of a 1956 farthing. I was told it is somewhat rare, although not all that expensive.

Can anyone provide information about the 1956 farthing? I do know it was the last year that denomination was minted.

Thanks.

Gary, A.O.D.
Knight of the Coin Table