I Think They Are British?

You are absolutely correct - Pennies from Great Britain. All are Queen Victoria. I always preferred the Older Head version as it was more Queen like.

I recall the first time I saw one of these big pennies was in my Aunt Flossie's button box. It was an 1860 and I was about 9 years old at the time (ca 1956). She gave it to me and I brought it home. I was amazed because it was almost 100 years old and it was actually older than my Great-Grandfather who was 94. I left it on the kitchen table after I showed my mother.

Later that night after I went to bed, my dad thought he would help me out and he polished it for me on his buffing wheel. It was VERY bright. But it taught me not to leave my coins out when my dad was around.

He never quite understood coin collecting.