Weekly World Coin Post: GREAT BRITAIN

Now into my third week of highlighting coins from across the globe, I have decided to showcase the much more varied selection I have obtained from Great Britain. I have shown both obverse and reverse where I had multiples of coins. And you'll also notice that some coins of the same denomination may have a different obverse depending on year, while retaining the same reverse.

To me, British currency makes absolutely no sense. There are so many ways to break it down that it seems impossible that the residents of the fine mother land can remember any of it. Not only are there so many types, but each also has a "slang" term it is also referred to as. For example, 1 Pound (which also equals 1 Sovereign) is also known as a Quid. Or 5 Shillings (which also equals 1 Crown) can be called a Dollar. I won't even try to make any of that make sense, so please follow THIS LINK to learn more about the currency.

So let's get down to what I have in my collection.

Top Row, Left to Right:

2005 50 Pence Copper-Nickel 27.3mm
1997 50 Pence Copper-Nickel 27.3mm
1948 Shilling Copper-Nickel 23.5mm
1960 Shilling Copper-Nickel 23.5mm
1952 1/2 Penny Bronze 25.5mm
1931 1/2 Penny Bronze 25.5mm
1940 Penny Bronze 30.8mm
1966 Penny Bronze 30.72mm

Second Row, Left to Right:

1990 20 Pence Copper-Nickel 21.4mm
1997 50 Pence Copper-Nickel 27.3mm
1962 Shilling Copper-Nickel 23.5mm
1958 1/2 Penny Bronze 25.44mm
1944 Penny Bronze 30.8mm
1967 Penny Bronze 30.72mm

Third Row, Left to Right:

1953 3 Pence Nickel-Brass
1956 6 Pence Copper-Nickel 19.5mm
1951 6 Pence Copper-Nickel 19.5mm
2004 5 Pence Copper-Nickel 18mm
1992 10 Pence Copper-Nickel 24.5mm
1983 Pound Nickel-Brass 22.5mm
1973 10 New Pence Copper-Nickel 28.5mm
2001 2 Pence Copper Plated Steel 25.86mm
1971 2 New Pence Bronze 25.91mm

Bottom Row, Left to Right:

1963 6 Pence Copper-Nickel 19.5mm
1997 Pound Nickel-Brass 22.5mm
1988 2 Pence Bronze 25.91mm

Links to currency related items like the images depicted on the obverse and reverse of the coins.

Brittania
Elizabeth II
George VI
George V