British Coins

Britain has produced many different gold coins over many hundreds of years. The most common would be the Sovereign and the Half-Sovereign.

Other circulating gold coins from the past 300 years would include the Guinea, Two Guinea, Five Guinea, Half-Guinea, Third Guinea, Five Pound and Two Pound.

In more recent years there have been a lot of non-circulating gold coins minted.

There are many coins of gold appearance, but these are mostly made from a nickel brass alloy and are much more likely to be seen in circulation than genuine gold coins.

I am assuming that you are referring to a British penny, although your question is in the US coins category.

This is a very common date and exists in two forms, single exergue line, above the date, and double line. The former is much scarcer and is the variety most likely to sell on eBay in decent condition and an uncirculated specimen recently fetched £115 but poor or average examples of either would be unlikely to sell for more than £0.99.

Scottish bank notes aren't withdrawn they are simply removed from circulation and are replaced by new ones when they are worn out

Until 1919, the Halfcrown coin was made from 92.5% silver. From 1920 to 1946, the Halfcrown coin was made from 50% silver. From 1947 to their last minting in 1970, the Halfcrown coin was made from a copper and nickel alloy.

An Australian 1948 50% silver Shilling (KG VI), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to $80 AUD. If it has been circulated but still in good condition, it might fetch anything from $2.50 to $22 AUD.

There were 4.132 million minted.

A reputable coin dealer will be able to give a more accurate valuation.

See the related link below for a price guide to US coins. It doesn't point out the rare coins but you can pick these out yourself. Obviously rare coins are worth much more. Coins with a much higher value than others in that category are probably rare or semi-rare.

King George II ruled Britain from 1727 to 1760.

His image appeared on the following British coins -

Gold - Five Guineas, Two Guineas, One Guinea, Half-Guinea

Silver - Crown, Halfcrown, Shilling, Sixpence, Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, Penny

Copper - Halfpenny, Farthing

Unless you meant THIS pound sign : £ , ￡(halfwidth & fullwidth variants, respectively).

The L shaled sign probably comes from libra, literally pound (the weight unit).

This would also explain the ethymology of many currencies

called "Lira" (L./₤/Lit. ,₺, Lm, £sd, £S, ل.ل. , I£/ל"י‎ ) as well as the Livre Tournois (₶).

I think the lb bar sign (℔) might also have been used as

a scribal abbreviation for libra (the weight pound), although I cannot confirm... see if you can contact a typographist, or a historian, or somethiŋ...

Oddly, the currency sign of þᵉ gꚙd ol'

Roman Semuncia sign (𐆒) also looks like a fancy L...

maybe it's unintentional & the gliph was actually

supposed to be a fancy long s (ſ / ʃ)?

A British 1964 cupro-nickel Sixpence (Elizabeth II), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £1.50 GBP. If it has been circulated, not much.

The values quoted are the best possible for the best specimens in their grades, but may be significantly lower due to varying demand for the coin and the prevailing economic climate. A reputable coin dealer will be able to give a more accurate valuation based on inspection of the coin.

A British 1941 50% silver Sixpence (KG VI), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £10 GBP. If it has been circulated but still in good condition, it might fetch up to £2 GBP.

The values quoted are the best possible for the best specimens in their grades, but may be significantly lower due to varying demand for the coin and the prevailing economic climate. A reputable coin dealer will be able to give a more accurate valuation based on inspection of the coin.

Legal Tender is a forced tender payment that should be not refused in settlement of a debt. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender

Because the founding fathers (along with the founders of almost every other country) wanted their coinage to be as close to the intrinsic values of the metals as possible. Making a 1 cent piece out of silver would be far too hard because it would be easily lost and would be too small to really use, making it out of gold would be even harder, so the only solution would be to make it out of copper (actually, there were proposals and trial coins minted with a small amount of copper with a hole and then a silver "plug" would be inserted to equal one cent, this design was scrapped when it became evident that it would cost more to make than it was worth with the added labour costs) in fact, the older pennies were much larger than the small coins we have now, they were more similar to a half-dollar in size than a penny we use today, this was because of how large they needed to be to equal approximately a cent of copper (keep in mind that during this time we had a gold standard and a dollar was equal to 1.604 grams of gold). Today however, rampant inflation and the demise of the gold standard means that pennies used today are actually zinc with a small layer of copper on the top of them. Pre-1982 pennies are actually worth almost 3 cents a piece in copper content, however, because they are illegal to melt down or export, there are few people who will buy them at their true value.

There is a problem with this..... Edward VII reigned from 1901 to 1910, so unless you mistyped the date the coin is a forgery. If you meant to type 1908 then it might, depending on condition, be worth up to about £5

There was no "1 p" coin issued by Britain in 1920 ("p" refers to the decimal pence that came into being in 1968). There was a 1 Penny coin (abbreviated as "1 d") issued in 1920 - it is a large (abot 9.45 grams) copper coin, and its value (according to the Standard Catalog of World Coins) is US$0.80 in Fine condition, US$2.50 in Very Fine condition, US$17.00 in Extremely Fine condition, and US$50.00 in Uncirculated condition. A small number (less than 2,000) small silver pennies were also produced in 1920 as part of Maundy money sets; these are worth about US$35 in Uncirculated condition and about US$45 in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.

What you have is a British crown (5 shillings). The LXI refers to the regnal year of Queen Victoria. It isn't a rare date and worth about $20-50 depending on condition if circulated.

It is sterling silver.

6.5 grams if my scales are right

"Can Legal Tender be refused as payment to settle a debt?", the short answer is no, but there are a lot of "buts" and "what ifs" with Legal Tender and it varies from country to country.

As far as Great Britain is concerned, any demonetised coin or banknote such as the One Pound note or the Half New Penny, etc. are no longer Legal Tender.

1 and 2 Penny coins are Legal Tender in amounts up to 20 Pence.

5 and 10 Pence coins are Legal Tender in amounts up to Five Pounds.

20 and 50 Pence coins are Legal Tender in amounts up to Ten Pounds.

One, Two and Five Pound coins are Legal Tender up to any amount, as are banknotes.

The currencies of Scotland and Northern Ireland are not Legal Tender in England and Wales (and vice-versa), but are accepted on the basis of them being a Promissory Note by mutual agreement between the banks concerned.

A shopkeeper is entitled to refuse payment if the coins or banknotes are mangled, mutilated or torn or, he cannot make change for a small purchase from a large banknote.

An unacceptable coin is one where the main design features cannot be seen clearly for any reason. An unacceptable banknote is one that may have been torn in half or been washed and the colours and design are no longer visible or the paper is pulped.

An Isle of Man 1970 cupro-nickel Crown (Elizabeth II)(Manx cat reverse), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £10 GBP.

An Isle of Man 1970 cupro-nickel Crown (Elizabeth II)(Manx cat reverse)(Proof FDC in case), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £18 GBP.

A reputable coin dealer will be able to give a more accurate valuation.

A British 1929 Crown (Five Shillings), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £425 GBP. If it has been circulated but still in good condition, it might fetch anything from £85 to £250 GBP. A reputable coin dealer will be able to give a more accurate valuation.

The larger pre-1993 10 Pence coins were withdrawn from circulation and demonetised in 1993. So, unless they are part of a Proof or uncirculated mint set or are individual Proof or uncirculated coins and in absolute mint condition, they have little or no value.

A British 1979 cupro-nickel 10 New Pence coin (Elizabeth II), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £0.50 GBP.

A British 1979 cupro-nickel 10 New Pence coin (Elizabeth II)(Proof FDC), could fetch up to £2 GBP.

A reputable coin dealer will be able to give a more accurate valuation.

A British 1961 Ten Shilling note (Series C - red/brown)(L. K. O'Brien - serial A37 315961), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch anything up to £12 GBP. If it has been circulated but still in good condition, it might fetch anything from £3 to £9 GBP.

A reputable coin dealer will be able to give a more accurate valuation.

A British 1853 copper Farthing (QV), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £125 GBP. If it has been circulated but still in good condition, it might fetch anything from £5 to £50 GBP.

A British 1853 copper Farthing (QV)(WW incuse on trun), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £300 GBP. If it has been circulated but still in good condition, it might fetch anything from £10 to £100 GBP.

A British 1853 copper Farthing (QV)(Proof FDC), uncirculated and in absolute mint condition could fetch up to £650 GBP.

A reputable coin dealer will be able to give a more accurate valuation.

A British 1951 (Festival of Britain)(10 coin) Proof set, in absolute mint condition and its original packaging, could fetch up to £175 GBP.

A reputable coin dealer will be able to give a more accurate valuation.

The British 1847 sterling silver gothic Crown (Five Shillings) should weigh in at 28.35 grams with a diameter of 38mm.

The 1847 gothic Crown was minted only as a Proof coin, so you potentially have a little treasure.