Posted 09/08/2017 8:28 pm
An acquaintance of mine found an 1817 British silver Shilling of George 111, in change for an Australian Ten Cents. The two coin types have exactly the same diameter and weight.
The 'new issue' British Shilling became the ancestor of lots of different shilling and ten Cent coins types, issued throughout the British Commonwealth over the next 200 years, and inspired me to build an English, British, and British Commonwealth Shilling and Ten Cents type collection based on this fact.
All kings and queens represented from Charles 11. About 120 coin types in this part of my collection.
I have done the same with Florins, Two Shillings, and Twenty Cents as well, in .925 silver, .500 silver and copper nickel. Have over 100 coin types in this category.
Despite their maturity, both collections are still a work in progress, and have been for 30 years or so.
The 'new issue' British Shilling became the ancestor of lots of different shilling and ten Cent coins types, issued throughout the British Commonwealth over the next 200 years, and inspired me to build an English, British, and British Commonwealth Shilling and Ten Cents type collection based on this fact.
All kings and queens represented from Charles 11. About 120 coin types in this part of my collection.
I have done the same with Florins, Two Shillings, and Twenty Cents as well, in .925 silver, .500 silver and copper nickel. Have over 100 coin types in this category.
Despite their maturity, both collections are still a work in progress, and have been for 30 years or so.
