British Empire Coins

[Citizen H]

these may be worth a show.... 

Edward VII & George V British Empire Coins

I have a page of these forming...interesting that they come in different Silver Grades not all are .925 .....

 

[wlewisiii]

I have a set from Fiji. Pretty coins. So are my Guernsey and Jersey ones  Canadian Centennial set is cool too. 

I'd like to get a New Guinea, New Zealand, Australia (both .925 & .500), Bahamas dollar,  & Bermuda crown type sets eventually. Once those are done, then on to Africa! 

[Citizen H]

for me its a real eye opener ..... the earliest one I have is 1822 George IIII, 1/16th Dollar, West Indies. .892 silver,

It made me realise that a lot of these have been rejected by others because for not being British coins and so written off as being foreign...... 

I have over the years found in the Hoard Box a couple of William IIII, 1835, 1/4 Rupee, East India Company, .917 Silver & 1836 1/2 Guilder, Guiana, .8166 Silver

(Minted for only one year and classed as being quite rare)

the rest I have found to be Victorian, Edward VII, George V, from all over, Canada, India, Mauritius, China, Ceylon, Cyprus, Australia, East Africa & West Africa......

beginning to put these in date order in a sleeve.... 

   

Edited 2 hours ago by Citizen H

[wlewisiii]

It's fun seeing some of the different colonial & dependency coins out there. I'm at work so these images are from Numista rather than my collection, but I've been really enjoying discovering things like this silver six pence from 1942 Fiji: 

 

 

 

Or this coin commemorating the Battle of Jersey from 1981

 

I want to get the New Brunswick and Newfoundland coinage too - the Newfoundland Victorian coins have a marvellous effigy on them:

 

 

I don't have any of them yet, but seeing this online reminds me why I want to! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by wlewisiii
grammar

[Paddy]

Although I do not collect them, I have found the British colonial coinage fascinating over the years. Here are a couple that I still have the pics for: