Pictures of Coins of the UK

by Tony Clayton

UK Coin Pictures - Index Page

This part of the site consists of a comprehensive collection of images of coins from the United Kingdom.

The images are organised by monarch and denomination, and can be accessed either via the Monarch Index or via the Denomination Index.

To keep the Denomination pages reasonably small, the number of varieties shown for each reign may be relatively limited. The most comprehensive range of images is best found by first selecting the Monarch and then the Denomination.

Starting in March 2015, changes were being made to make the pages more readable with smartphones.

Monarch Index

1. Early Anglo-Saxon Period v11 06/04/15
2. Northumberland and York v5 29/11/20
3. Viking Coinages v5 06/04/15
4. Kings of East Anglia v5 06/04/15
5. Alfred The Great v4 06/04/15
6. Edward The Elder v10 06/04/15
7. Aethelstan v8 06/04/15
8. Eadred v4 06/04/15
9. Eadgar v8 06/04/15
10. Aethelred II v8 06/04/15
11. Cnut v9 06/04/15
12. Harold I v6 06/04/15
13. Harthacnut v4 06/04/15
14. Edward The Confessor v9 06/04/15
15. Harold II v6 06/04/15
16. William I v9 06/04/15
17. William II v4 06/04/15
18. Henry I v6 06/04/15
19. Stephen v10 06/04/15
20. Henry II v8 06/04/15
21. Richard I v8 06/04/15
22. John v9 06/04/15
23. Henry III v8 06/04/15
24. Edward I v9 06/04/15
25. Edward II v4 06/04/15
26. Edward III v10 06/04/15
27. Richard II v11 07/04/15
28. Henry IV v5 07/04/15
29. Henry V v11 21/10/16
30. Henry VI v9 07/04/15
31. Edward IV v10 07/04/15
32. Edward V (no images available; very few coins are truly attributable to him)
33. Richard III v8 08/04/15
34. Henry VII v11 08/04/15
35. Henry VIII v14 08/04/15
36. Edward VI v11 08/04/15
37. Mary I (including Philip & Mary) v10 08/04/15
38. Elizabeth I v11 16/10/16
39. James I v14 13/11/18
40. Charles I v15 13/11/18
41. The Commonwealth v12 08/04/15
42. Charles II v14 08/12/18
43. James II v12 05/12/18
44. William and Mary v11 08/04/15
45. William III v12 09/04/15
46. Queen Anne v15 04/12/18
47. George I v13 09/04/15
48. George II v11 09/04/15
49. George III v15 05/12/18
50. George IV v14 10/04/15
51. William IV v14 05/12/18
52. Queen Victoria v14 04/12/18
53. Edward VII v19 11/01/18
54. George V v16 17/10/16
55. Edward VIII v11 11/04/15
56. George VI v16 11/04/15
57. Elizabeth II (Pre-decimal, pre 1971) v17 11/04/15
58. Elizabeth II (Decimal, post 1971) v15 11/04/15
59. Charles III v1 22/01/24

Top of the Monarch Index

Denomination Index

1. Fractional Farthings v18 12/04/15
2. The Farthing v21a 05/12/18
3. The Halfpenny v33 31/03/15
4. The Penny
   • One Penny (Silver), prior to 1066 v5 31/03/15
   • One Penny (Silver), after 1066 v7 05/12/18
   • One Penny (Copper 1797-1860) v18 31/03/15
   • The Bronze Penny 1860-1901 v14 31/03/15
   • The Bronze Penny 1902-1936 v12 31/03/15
   • The Bronze Penny 1937-1970 v14 31/03/15
5. The Penny-Halfpenny v12 31/03/15
6. The Two Pence v18 04/12/18
7. The Three Pence v20a 08/12/18
8. The Four Pence or Groat v32 05/12/18
9. The Sixpence
   • The Sixpence 1551-1800 v21 31/03/15
   • The Sixpence 1800-1970 v14 31/03/15
10. The Shilling
    • The Shilling 1502-1800 v26 31/03/15
    • The Shilling 1800-1970 v13 31/03/15
11. 18 and 20 Pence v13 31/03/15
12. The Florin, or Two Shillings v20 03/12/21
13. Thirty Pence - Half Crown v40 03/12/18
14. Three Shillings, 40d and 45d v14 31/03/15
15. Four Shillings (Double Florin) v8 31/03/15
16. Five Shillings or Crown
    • Five Shillings 1461-1837 v27 31/03/15
    • Five Shillings 1837-1901 v11 31/03/15
    • Five Shillings 1902-1965 v15 31/03/15
17. Quarter Guinea v11 31/03/15
18. 6s & 6/8 (Double Leopard, Angel and Noble) v20 31/03/15
19. Third Guinea v9 31/03/15
20. Ten Shillings or Half Sovereigns v19 31/03/15
21. Half Guineas v13 31/03/15
22. Fifteen Shillings (Ryal) v6 31/03/15
23. One Pound (Unite, Guinea or Sovereign)
    • One Pound (1461-1659) v23 31/03/15
    • One Pound or Guinea (1660-1813) v3 31/03/15
    • One Pound or Sovereign (1817-) v6 31/03/15
24. Thirty Shillings (Fine Sovereign & Rose Ryal) v8 31/03/15
25. Two Pound (Two Guineas or Double Sovereign) v12 31/03/15
26. Fifty Shillings or Sixty Shillings v9 31/03/15
27. Five Pounds (Five Guineas or Five Pounds) v13a 05/12/18
28. Maundy Sets v2 31/03/15
29. Pre-Decimal Proof Sets v9 16/05/15
30. Decimal Coins
    • The Decimal Half Penny v17 01/12/15
    • The Decimal Penny v19 01/12/15
    • The Decimal Two Pence v20 11/01/16
    • The Decimal Five Pence v19 11/01/16
    • The Decimal Ten Pence v19 12/01/16
    • The Decimal Twenty Pence v15 12/01/16
    • The Decimal Fifty Pence v39 13/12/17
    • Fifty Pence, Olympic Types v5 25/10/18
    • The Decimal One Pound v21 12/01/16
    • The Decimal Two Pounds v29 27/06/19
    • The Decimal Crowns - 25p and Five Pounds v24 23/10/18
    • Post-1971 Gold and Silver Bullion Coins v11 23/10/18
    • Decimal Mint Proof and Uncirculated Sets v10 31/03/15
31. Coin Weights v6 14/04/15

Top of the Denomination Index

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Acknowledgements

Whilst some of the images are of coins in my own collection, many of have been generously donated by wellwishers, numismatic dealers and auctioneers. I am most grateful to so many kind people for the generous donation of pictures with permission to use them on this site, in particular the two Auction Houses, Spink and Jean Elsen et Ses Fils S.A., and also the dealer AMR Coins. It is invidious to pick out particular individuals, from so many, but I must thank Martin Platt for his images which are of the highest quality, as indeed are his coins themselves.

If you have a good quality scan of a coin that is not on this site (or a better picture of one that is), and you would like to see it published here, do please let me know using my my Advice page.

Due acknowledgement of any pictures I use will be given if required.

What's New

If you access the page "What's New" you can see what recent additions and major changes have been made to pictures on the site. The version number and date of the present pages are given after each item in the indices above.

Some coins have the Spink catalogue number in the form S.1234.