This historic reference work for British coins is still the only catalog to feature every major coin type from Celtic to the Decimal coinage of Queen Elizabeth II, arranged in chronological order and divided into metals under each reign, then into coinages, denominations and varieties. All decimal coinage since 1968 is listed in a separate volume, available as an independent publication. The catalog includes up-to-date values for every coin, a beginner’s guide to coin collecting, numismatic terms explained and historical information about each British coin, from our earliest (Celtic) coins, Roman, Anglo-Saxon and Norman coins, the coins of the Plantagenet Kings, the Houses of Lancaster and York, the Tudors and Stuarts, to the more modern Milled coinage, minted for the first time in 1561 during the reign of Elizabeth I. From the earliest of times, coins have been used by states or monarchs to communicate with people; Coins of England and the United Kingdom is therefore not only a reference book for collectors, but a fascinating snapshot of British history, illuminating its economics, technology, art, politics and religion. As always, the content has been updated and improved throughout by the editors, with numerous new images and revisions of key sections.
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Publisher
Spink BookseBook ISBN
9781912667826
Year
2021Table of contents
- COVER
- BOOK TITLE
- COPYRIGHT
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND ABBREVIATIONS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- A BEGINNERS GUIDE TO COIN COLLECTING
- SOME NUMISMATIC TERMS EXPLAINED
- CELTIC COINAGE c. 150 B.C-40 A.D.
- ROMAN BRITAIN 43-411 A.D
- ENGLISH HAMMERED COINAGE c. 600-1662
- EARLY ANGLO-SAXON c. 600-775
- ANGLO-SAXON MIDDLE PERIOD c. 780-973
- ANGLO-VIKING COINAGES c. 885-954
- KINGS OF WESSEX 786-959, AND ALL ENGLAND FROM 959
- LATE ANGLO-SAXON 973-1066
- ANGLO-SAXON AND NORMAN MINTS
- NORMAN KINGS 1066-1154
- PLANTAGENET KINGS 1154-1399
- HOUSE OF LANCASTER 1399-1461
- HOUSE OF YORK 1461-1485
- HOUSE OF TUDOR 1485-1603
- HOUSE OF STUART, THE COMMONWEALTH, AND THE HOUSE OF ORANGE 1603-1714
- HOUSE OF HANOVER 1714-1901
- HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA 1901-1910
- HOUSE OF WINDSOR 1910-
- APPENDICES: