Coin Reviews
 | Maundy ceremony, a religious ceremony which is held each year in the UK where four small coins, a one, two, three and four pence coins are minted in very limited numbers. These coins are legal tender but are not used as a circulating currency. The reigning monarch gives these silver coins, known as Maundy money, to a number of selected poor people. |
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 | The American Eagle Silver Coins are the ideal gift or indeed an investment that anybody can afford, furthermore the United States Government guarantees its weight and silver purity. |
 | A gold coin from the United States, the $20 part is it face value to make the coin legal in the eyes of the law, at the time of mintage the price of a troy ounce of gold was $20.67 and these coins contained 0.9675 troy ounce of gold, hence the $20 face value. |
 | The first Five Pound Coin was minted in 1990 with a mass of 28.28 grams and having a diameter of 38.61 millimetres. The ones minted for everyday general usage is produced in cupro-nickel, an alloy of approximately 75% copper, and 25% nickel, but special Silver and Gold five pound coins versions are also minted. |
 | The first Two Pound coin was introduced in 1986 and until 1994 was only made for special events. In 1994 they became a standard part of the British coinage system. As you can see from the list below in some years more than one £2 coin was designed and released. |
 | The One Pound coin was introduced to the British monetary system in 1983, to replace the One Pound note. The One Pound note was finally withdrawn from circulation in 1988, so for 5 years there were a pound note and a pound coin in use. |
 | In 1969 the UK Royal Mint introduced the Fifty Pence Coin, it was to be used instead of the Ten Shilling note and was part of the UK transformation to the decimal coinage system. In 1997 the size of the fifty pence coin was reduced from 30 millimetres to 27.3 millimetres. |
 | A Crown has a denomination value of Five Shillings, they first appeared in 1526 and was a gold coin. It wasn't until 1551 that the Silver Crown was minted, it was also the first British coin to bear the date in Arabic numerals. The Gold Crown continued to be minted alongside the silver crown both intermittently over the years but the gold version finally ended in 1662. |
 | Half Crowns minted between 1920 and 1947 contained 0.2273 oz of silver while those pre 1920 contained 0.4205 oz of silver and so the bullion value of half crowns maybe worth more than a coin as a collectors item, that is why some badly worn coins are still valuable. |
 | Not a coin that is popular amongst investors, this is a collectors coin, the value of a silver florin is determined by its scarcity and condition, but the badly worn coins at least still have some value in the bulk weight market. |
 | The one shilling coin made its first appearance during the reign of Henry VII, but in that period it was known as a Testoon, it was not until Edward VI came onto the throne that the word for this coin became known as the shilling. |
 | The sixpence first appeared in 1551and were in constant production until 1971, when decimalisation was introduced, the sixpence remained part of the currency up until 1980 |
 | The Groat was first introduced to the English currency during the reign of Edward I (1239-1307), but proved very unpopular, and so were sporadic in the years in when they were minted |
 | The Three Pence coin first appeared during the reign of Edward VI (1547-1543) , when a new set of coin denominations were created. The silver threepence was not produced every year and went in and out of favour. |
 | The silver penny is still minted today but as part of the Maundy Money, this is where the Queen in a ceremony gives a number of pensioners a quantity of silver coins specially minted, the ceremony takes place at Easter each year. |
 | Silver halfpenny have been around since the Henry I but these are extremely rare, and as no documentary evidence of these coins is known to exist |
 | For many years they were thought to have been minted during the reign of Edward I (1272-1307) but two examples of the Silver Farthing from the reign of Henry III (1216-1272) have been found |
