Type Set Help With GB Coinage

Getting a type set as such would be a daunting task.

I have perhaps a hundred coins in all three metals of GB of different types, starting with milled coinage. That collection is very under represented as such, to be called a 'type set'. I would prefer to call it a 'representative collection' of GB coins.

I agree with augsburger, "Do whatever takes your fancy". I could make exactly the same statement and have the same attitude in calling them a 'type set', with the German coins that are also in my collection.

Indian coins, U.S. coins, Canadian coins, and Australian coins, as well.

Britain has had a continuous history of coinage dating way back to pre-Roman times. Exactly where you draw the line and decide to "begin" is entirely up to you. Some, like myself, go for the whole hog - Celtic, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, mediaeval English and modern British. The Spink catalogue, "Coins of England & the United Kingdom", covers this entire period. For those not quite prepared to dive into the deep end, some other milestones one could take to begin at are:

- the Norman invasion of 1066, generally considered to be the beginning point of "modern England". The now-out-of-print Coincraft catalogue covered this time period;
- the introduction of realistic-looking portraits during the reign of Henry VII (late 1400s) - this allows the collection of coins of some of the more famous English monarchs, such as Henry VIII and Elizabeth I;
- the end of the English Civil War period and restoration of the monarchy in 1660, after which machine-struck coinage was introduced and the denominations and sizes of English/British coins remained much the same;
- the Great Recoinage of 1696, when most of the old coinage was systematically withdrawn and replaced with new coin;
- the introduction of steam-powered coin presses in 1797 - the Rotographic mini-catalogue "Collectors Coins GB" covers this period.
- the Great Recoinage of 1816, after the trauma of the Napoleonic Wars period.

If you're not sure where you'd like to begin, grab yourself a Spink catalogue and read through it, and find out which coinages grab your attention.