British Coins are different from all other coins because they are British coins.
The coins of all countries need to be different so that we can tell them apart. What is legal tender in one country, is not legal tender in Another Country.
British coins have been minted for well over 1,000 years. There are hundreds if not thousands of rare British coins from this period. Other than the odd "error" coin that might turn up from time to time, there are no general circulation decimal coins that could be considered to be especially rare.
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The British pound along with all other coins in the UK are made in Wales by the royal mint in Lantrisslant
The British pound along with all other coins in the UK are made in wales by the royal mint in Lantrisslant
I have no idea and, it will probably never be known, however, the Royal Mint produced more than 614,881,000 general circulation coins during the reign of Edward VII for use within Britain and the colonies and countries of the British Empire who used the British currency at the time. This figure does not include British coins minted at Mints other than the Royal Mint, non-general circulation coins such as gold Five Pound, Two Pound, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign coins, Proof or especially struck coins, and it does not include coins minted at other mints for the use of other British Empire countries.
There were 1,710,946 1892 British Halfcrown coins minted.
D. F. Allen has written: 'Catalogue of the Celtic coins in the British Museum' -- subject(s): Catalogs, British Museum, Celtic Coins 'Bronze Coins of Gaul (Catalogue of Celtic Coins in the British Museum)' 'An introduction to Celtic coins' -- subject(s): Celtic Coins
With the exception of the 20 and 50 Pence coins all British coins are presently round. The 20 and 50 Pence coins are heptagonal or seven sided.
The first exclusively Australian coins were issued for circulation in 1910. Any coins circulated in Australia prior to 1910 were British coins. Occasionally there were coins from other countries suitably restruck for circulation in Australia.
The King's Norton Metal Company Birmingham (KN) minted many British copper and bronze coins over a period of years. No British coins were minted from 1920 onwards, but they continued to mint coins for other countries. There were only 7 or 8 British 1933 Pennies minted by the Royal Mint London and none of them were released into circulation.
The British Pound coin, along with other British coins, is made from a nickel brass alloy which is a relatively cheap and durable alloy.
Britain has produced silver coins for well over a millennium dating back to about 600 AD. The silver coins produced back then, were very similar to the Roman coins used previously. From 1947 onwards, no general circulation British coin contains any silver or other precious metal at all.