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Pictures of Coins of the UK

by Tony Clayton

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Five Shilling Coins or Crowns


Double Florin (4s) <<-- : -->> Quarter Guinea

History of the Crown, Quarter Guinea and 5/6
Values of the Crown and Quarter Guinea


The Crown or Five Shillings - Gallery 1 - 1668-1837


Gallery 2 - 1837-1901

Gallery 3 - 1902-1965


Acknowledgements

All those pictures with a blue background have been generously donated by a donor who wishes to remain anonymous. I am particularly grateful for the opportunity to display images of such fine specimens.


Quick find by reign:

Elizabeth I : James I : Commonwealth : Charles II : William & Mary :William III : Anne : George II : George III : George IV :


Please note: as the images have come from a wide range of sources, they are not to scale relative to each other.


The Crown


Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth Crown

6th coinage Crown, mintmark 1
Courtesy of Spink


The Quarter Laurel


James I

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quarter laurel

James I quarter laurel (5s)
Courtesy of Sylvester


The Crown (continued)


Commonwealth

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1658 crown

1658 crown, Cromwell type
8 over 7 as for all such coins

Courtesy of Spink


Charles II

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1662 crown

1662 rose under bust crown, first bust
Courtesy of Spink

1671 crown

1671 crown, third bust
Courtesy of Spink

1673 crown

1673 crown, fourth bust
Courtesy of Spink

1676 crown

1676 crown, fourth bust
Donated anonymously


William and Mary

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1692 crown

1692 crown
Donated anonymously


William III

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1696 crown

1696 crown, first bust
Donated anonymously


Queen Anne

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1707rp crown

1707 roses & plumes crown, London Mint, first bust & Pre-Union reverse
Courtesy of Spink

1707 crown

1707 crown, London Mint, second bust & Post-Union reverse
Courtesy of Spink

1707 crown

1707E crown, Edinburgh Mint, Post-Union reverse
Donated anonymously

1708 crown

1708 plumes crown, London Mint, obverse (second bust) & reverse
Courtesy of Spink


George II

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1736 crown

1736 crown
Donated anonymously

1750 crown

1750 crown
Courtesy of Spink


George III

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Counterstamped dollar

Octagonal Counterstamp on 1802 Mexico 8 reales
Donated anonymously

1804 Bank of England dollar

1804 Bank of England dollar, obverse
Traces of original coin at bottom right of the obverse, and at the left on the reverse

Donated anonymously

1818 Crown

1818 Crown
Donated anonymously


George IV

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1821 Crown

1821 Crown
Courtesy of Spink


Links

On this website

Main Pictures Index
Previous page: 4s (Double Florin)
Next page: Quarter Guinea
Crowns Gallery 2 - 1837-1901
Crowns Gallery 3 - 1902-1965

On my main website (www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk)

History of 5s and Quarter Guinea
Values of 5s and Quarter Guineas
Coins of the UK Index
UK Coin Values Index


Help and Advice

I would be grateful if you could search the site carefully before mailing me - the answers to the great majority of the questions that I am asked can be found on this site or on http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk. In particular, I do NOT provide a valuation service.

If you have done this and still wish to ask for advice, feel free to mail me via my Advice page but please do not send me unsolicited scans or other binary files.


Coins of UK - Pictures of Crowns (1) / Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton / v7 30th December 2007
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