Coins and UK is...
...an informative website on United Kingdom numismatics and it was created to help all types of collectors sharing their social knowledge of this hobby.
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February 11, 2026
2 Pounds 1989 Bill of Rights and Claim of Rights
To celebrate the 300th anniversary (tercentenary) of the Bill of Rights and Claim of Rights, the Mint released commemorative 2 pounds coins in 1989 struck in nickel-brass and proof silver pedfort versions.
February 7, 2026
5 Pounds 1990 to 2017 - Price Guide and values added
Modern £5 crown are used since 1990 to commemorate special occasions of national importance, usually, but not exclusively, Royal in theme. These coins are intended as souvenirs rather than for everyday use, and are therefore rarely found in circulation.
February 6, 2026
Farthing 1902 to 1956 - Price Guide and values
Between 1860 and 1971, the farthing's purchasing power ranged between 12p and 0.2p in 2017 values. The farthing's reverse bore an image of Britannia until 1937, when a wren was introduced. It ceased to be legal tender in the United Kingdom on January 1, 1961.
January 26, 2026
2 Guineas 1664 to 1753 - Price Guide and values
For most of its period of production, the coin weighed between 16.7 and 16.8 grams and was 31-32 millimetres in diameter, although the earliest coins of Charles II were about 0.1 grams lighter and 1 millimetre smaller. The two guinea piece was a gold coin first minted in England in 1664 with a face value of forty shillings.
January 23, 2026
Britannia and Marianne on a £5 Coin to Celebrate the Entente Cordiale
On March 8, 2004, the Royal Mint to commemorated the centenary of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France with a £5 coin. The Entente Cordiale (French for Cordial Agreement) is the bedrock of the modern relationship between Britain and France. Signed on April 8, 1904, it ended centuries of intermittent warfare and colonial rivalry, transforming the two nations from enemies into strategic partners.
