I am always confused what to call them. Are they British coins, coins from the United Kingdom, or coins from Great Britain? It is the third most common coin I have behind the U.S. and Canada. I have either found or got in coin lots 227 British coins most in the past fifteen years.
Love that edge it says + PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD which means either True To My Land or True am I to my country. Either way it is Welsh with goes with the yummy Welsh leek on the reverse. The edge is both reeded and incused with words to stop counterfeiting. Unfortunately it has not worked with up to 3% of all pound coins circulating are estimated to be fake, that is 41 million coin.
So a few years ago when American dollar coins got edge lettering it was in response to the growing South American counterfeiters. Columbia in particular have faked American dollar coins for a few cent each and flooded that and surrounding countries since American money is more stable and legal to use.
Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Pound / Great Britain
Year: 1985
Mintage: 228,431,000
Metal: Nickel-Brass
Value: $1.59 in VF (very-fine)
These British coins take up a lot of space in the vault, by that I mean a fat envelope in a shoe box, and most have retained face value if not more.
Update: Just wanted to add some US Dollar vs British Pound coin comparisons.
The British Pound is much thicker but a smaller diameter which makes it better to use, but do not expect that to happen in the U.S. since coin machines would have to be redone costing millions.
Do you have a coin from Great Britain and want to know its value? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.
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ReplyDeleteDo you know why most pound coins are so worn? Is it the high usage?
ReplyDeleteYes, since they no longer use pound notes the coin gets very high usage.
The thick and heaviness also plays a role since a lighter coin would get bent and then pulled from circulation. These coins do not bend easily and will be known as a pound coin even if the are very worn.
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Delete"British coins" or "Coins from the United Kingdom" is correct. British is the adjective meaning "from the UK". Great Britain is the UK's largest island, but is not a country.
ReplyDelete"British coins" or "Coins from the United Kingdom" is correct. British is the adjective meaning "from the UK". Great Britain is the UK's largest island, but is not a country.
ReplyDeleteThanks, it is listed in coin books as "Great Britain".
I like the slang British it is like calling a U.S. One Cent a penny. Penny in the U.S. is wrong but still commonly used.
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British is not an adjective meaning "from the UK". It is an adjective meaning from Briton, or England. Just go ahead and tell a Scotsman or Welshman they are British, I think you will find out it is the incorrect nomenclature. It is a UK coin, used in Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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British, Brit or Briton > relating to the United Kingdom, its people and language.
English people, Welsh people, Scottish people and People of Northern Ireland are all British... and so the coins!
@Anonymous and @Zazel
ReplyDeleteAlmost clarified that for me. For know I will use the common term of British.
It is like calling a U.S. cent a penny, technically it's wrong but it is so common that it does not matter.
Anonymous from December 31, 2015 above really hasn't got a clue!
ReplyDeleteEngland is not also called "Briton". A Briton is a person from the UK, i.e. a British person. Britain simply is a short form of "the United Kingdom", and British means "from the UK". That is official usage. (It's somewhat similar to how American means "from the USA").
Scotsmen and Welshmen ARE British. I can't understand why anyone would think otherwise. I live in Wales and my passport says I am a "British citizen", unsurprisingly enough!
In fact the Scots and Welsh are probably "more British than the English" ethnically, since they are mostly descended from Celtic tribes who were known as the Priteni. The Romans then called the land "Britannia" after the Priteni, which is where the terms Britain and British come from.
The Angles (and Saxons and other Germanic tribes) only arrived from the continent after the 5th Century AD, and they give us the words England and English.
PS. For some reason coin and stamp books refer to the UK as "Great Britain", but this incorrect. Great Britain is an island, not a country. Northern Ireland is part of the UK, but not in Great Britain.
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the four countries that make up the UK. The first 3 countries are in Great Britain; the latter is in the island of Ireland, bordering the Republic of Ireland.
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British one pound coin 2008
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ReplyDelete...PS. For some reason coin and stamp books refer to the UK as "Great Britain", but this incorrect.
ReplyDeleteFor the purpose of this blog I will continue to use the standards established in books for numismatic. Of course this may change and I will update if necessary. To all the British, Britons, and folks from the U.K. please understand.
British one pound coin 2008
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British 2011 20 Pence
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British 2001 2 Pence
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1984 British one pound coin
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1983 one pound coin
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