Pictures of Coins of the UK

by Tony Clayton

UK Coin Pictures - Index Page

This part of the site consists of a comprehensive collection of images of coins from the United Kingdom. Whilst some of the images are of coins in my own collection, many of have been generously donated by wellwishers, numismatic dealers and auctioneers, who are acknowledged on the main image pages.

The images are organised by monarch and denomination, and can be accessed either via the Monarch Index or via the Denomination Index.

To keep the Denomination pages reasonably small, the number of varieties shown for each reign may be relatively limited. The most comprehensive range of images is best found by first selecting the Monarch and then the Denomination.

If you access the page "What's New" you can see what recent additions and major changes have been made to pictures on the site. The version number and date of the present pages are given after each item in the indices below.

Some coins have the Spink catalogue number in the form S.1234.

Monarch Index

1. Early Anglo-Saxon Period v8 04/01/13
2. Northumberland and York v2 01/01/13
3. Viking Coinages v2 01/01/13
4. Kings of East Anglia v3 01/01/13
5. Alfred The Great v2 01/01/13
6. Edward The Elder v8 01/01/13
7. Aethelstan v7 01/01/13
8. Eadred v3 01/01/13
9. Eadgar v7 01/01/13
10. Aethelred II v6 01/01/13
11. Cnut v8 01/01/13
12. Harold I v5 01/01/13
13. Harthacnut v3 01/01/13
14. Edward The Confessor v8 01/01/13
15. Harold II v5 01/01/13
16. William I v8 01/01/13
17. William II v3 02/01/13
18. Henry I v5 02/01/13
19. Stephen v8 02/01/13
20. Henry II v7 02/01/13
21. Richard I v7 02/01/13
22. John v8 02/01/13
23. Henry III v7 02/01/13
24. Edward I v8 02/01/13
25. Edward II v3 02/01/13
26. Edward III v9 02/01/13
27. Richard II v10 02/01/13
28. Henry IV v4 02/01/13
29. Henry V v9 02/01/13
30. Henry VI v8 02/01/13
31. Edward IV v9 02/01/13
32. Edward V (no pictures available; very few coins truly attributable to him)
33. Richard III v8 02/01/13
34. Henry VII v10 02/01/13
35. Henry VIII v12 02/01/13
36. Edward VI v10 03/01/13
37. Mary I (including Philip & Mary) v9 03/01/13
38. Elizabeth I v9 03/01/13
39. James I v12 03/01/13
40. Charles I v13 03/01/13
41. The Commonwealth v11 03/01/13
42. Charles II v11 03/01/13
43. James II v9 03/01/13
44. William and Mary v10 03/01/13
45. William III v10 03/01/13
46. Queen Anne v11 03/01/13
47. George I v12 03/01/13
48. George II v10 03/01/13
49. George III v13a 03/01/13
50. George IV v14 03/01/13
51. William IV v11 03/01/13
52. Queen Victoria v11 03/01/13
53. Edward VII v15 03/01/13
54. George V v14 03/01/13
55. Edward VIII v9 02/01/13
56. George VI v14 02/01/13
57. Elizabeth II (Pre-decimal, pre 1971) v15 02/01/13
58. Elizabeth II (Decimal, post 1971) v14 01/01/13

Top of the Monarch Index

Denomination Index

1. Fractional Farthings v15 03/01/13
2. The Farthing v19 03/01/13
3. The Halfpenny v32 03/01/13
4. The Penny
   • One Penny (Silver) v29 04/01/13 (obsolete)
   • One Penny (Silver), prior to 1066 v3 04/01/13
   • One Penny (Silver), after 1066 v4 04/01/13
   • One Penny (Copper 1797-1860) v16 04/01/13
   • The Bronze Penny 1860-1901 v13 04/01/13
   • The Bronze Penny 1902-1936 v11 04/01/13
   • The Bronze Penny 1937-1970 v13 04/01/13
5. The Penny-Halfpenny v11 20/04/13
6. The Two Pence v16 04/01/13
7. The Three Pence v16 04/01/13
8. The Four Pence or Groat v28 04/01/13
9. The Sixpence
   • The Sixpence 1551-1800 v20 04/01/13
   • The Sixpence 1800-1970 v13 04/01/13
10. The Shilling
    • The Shilling 1502-1800 v25 04/01/13
    • The Shilling 1800-1970 v11 04/01/13
11. 18 and 20 Pence v12 04/01/13
12. The Florin, or Two Shillings v18 04/01/13
13. Thirty Pence - Half Crown v35 04/01/13
14. Three Shillings, 40d and 45d v13 18/02/13
15. Four Shillings (Double Florin) v7 04/01/13
16. Five Shillings or Crown
    • Five Shillings 1461-1837 v26 04/01/13
    • Five Shillings 1837-1901 v10 04/01/13
    • Five Shillings 1902-1965 v14 04/01/13
17. Quarter Guinea v10 04/01/13
18. 6s & 6/8 (Double Leopard, Angel and Noble) v19 04/01/13
19. Third Guinea v8 04/01/13
20. Ten Shillings or Half Sovereigns v18 04/01/13
21. Half Guineas v12 04/01/13
22. Fifteen Shillings (Ryal) v5 04/01/13
23. One Pound (Unite, Guinea or Sovereign)
    • One Pound (1461-1659) v21 04/01/13
    • One Pound or Guinea (1660-1813) v2 04/01/13
    • One Pound or Sovereign (1817-) v3 18/02/13
24. Thirty Shillings (Fine Sovereign & Rose Ryal) v7 04/01/13
25. Two Pound (Two Guineas or Double Sovereign) v10 04/01/13
26. Fifty Shillings or Sixty Shillings v8 19/02/13
27. Five Pounds (Five Guineas or Five Pounds) v10 04/01/13
28. Pre-Decimal Proof Sets v6 04/01/13
29. Decimal Coins
    • The Decimal Half Penny v10 04/01/13
    • The Decimal Penny v12 04/01/13
    • The Decimal Two Pence v13 04/01/13
    • The Decimal Five Pence v12 04/01/13
    • The Decimal Ten Pence v12 04/01/13
    • The Decimal Twenty Pence v10 04/01/13
    • The Decimal Fifty Pence v28 04/04/13
    • The Decimal One Pound v14 04/01/13
    • The Decimal Two Pounds v19 04/01/13
    • The Decimal Crowns - 25p and Five Pounds v17 04/01/13
    • Post-1971 Gold and Silver Bullion Coins v6 04/01/13
    • Decimal Mint Proof and Uncirculated Sets v8 04/01/13
30. Coin Weights v5 04/01/13

Top of the Denomination Index

Relevant Links

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Acknowledgements

I am most grateful to so many kind people for the generous donation of pictures with permission to use them on this site, in particular the two Auction Houses, Spink and Jean Elsen et Ses Fils S.A., and also the dealer AMR Coins. It is invidious to pick out particular individuals, from so many, but I must thank Martin Platt for his images which are of the highest quality, as indeed are his coins themselves.

If you have a good quality scan of a coin that is not on this site (or a better picture of one that is), and you would like to see it published here, do please let me know using my my Advice page.

Due acknowledgement of any pictures I use will be given if required.

I would like to thank The Ten O'Clock Show Limited for their generous sponsorship of my websites in the past.