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March 25, 2024
Crown 1703 to 1751 - Price Guide and values
By 1751 the popularity of the silver crown had declined and it evidently played a limited role in circulation.
March 21, 2024
SSC British Coinage of 1723 - South Sea Company
Letters SSC can be found on a small quantity of 18th British silver coins in the reverse quarters of the cruciform shields. It is a provenance mark, only added to pieces in 1723, and it refers to the South Sea Company.
March 18, 2024
Shilling 1715 to 1798 - Price Guide and values
The Royal Mint undertook a massive recoinage programme in 1816, with large quantities of gold and silver coin being minted. Previous issues of silver coinage had been irregular. The 1787 issue was not intended for issue to the public, but as Christmas gifts to the Bank of England's customers. New silver coinage was to be of .925 (sterling) standard, with silver coins to be minted at 66 shillings to the troy pound. Hence, newly minted shillings weighed 2/11 troy.
March 13, 2024
3 Shillings 1811 to 1816 - Price Guide and values
3 Shillings were issued by the Bank of England during the Napoleonic Wars, prior to the 1816 British Currency Act. This bank token denomination was one of three issued, two others being the 18 pence and the 9 pence. As these coins were not Crown coinage, they were classed as Bank Tokens and were accepted as money.
March 10, 2024
1 1/2 Pence (Three halfpence) 1834 to 1862 - Price Guide and values
The British three halfpence coin was produced for circulation in the British colonies, mainly in Ceylon and the West Indies in each year between 1834 and 1843, and also in 1860 and 1862. Proof coins were also produced in 1870. The coin is considered to be part of the British coinage because the territories it was struck for otherwise used standard sterling coin and had no independent monetary policy.