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  2. Coins of the pound sterling - Wikipedia

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    Examples of the standard reverse designs minted until 2008. Designed by Christopher Ironside (£2 coin is not shown).. The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories is denominated in pennies and pounds sterling (symbol "£", commercial GBP), and ranges in value from one penny sterling to two pounds.

  3. Standard Catalogue of British Coins - Wikipedia

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    Edited by Peter Seaby, the Standard Catalogue of British Coins was published from 1962 onwards in two parts, I. England and United Kingdom and II. Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands, in annual editions and with black and white photos of the coins. After a one-year break, Volume I (16th edition) was published from 1978 and Volume II in ...

  4. List of British banknotes and coins - Wikipedia

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    25p. A commemorative coin issued between 1972 and 1981 as a post-decimal continuation of the old crown. From 1990 it was replaced in the commemorative role by the £5 coin. Fifty pence. £0.50. 50p. Introduced in 1969, just prior to decimalisation, to replace the ten shilling note ("ten bob note").

  5. List of people on coins of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    2008: Five pound coin marking his 60th birthday. [7] As he is the current Monarch, his portrait will appear on the obverse of all coins, starting with a 2022 50p commemorating the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965) 1965: Crown marking his death. [8] [9] 2015: Five pound coin marking the 50th anniversary of his ...

  6. History of the British penny (1714–1901) - Wikipedia

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    The penny of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from 1714 to 1901, the period in which the House of Hanover reigned, saw the transformation of the penny from a little-used small silver coin to the bronze piece recognisable to modern-day Britons. All bear the portrait of the monarch on the obverse; copper and bronze pennies have a depiction of ...

  7. Five pounds (British coin) - Wikipedia

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    The British five pound (£5) coin is a commemorative denomination of sterling coinage. As of October 2022, the obverse of new coins feature the profile of King Charles III. The obverse previously depicted Queen Elizabeth II between the coin's introduction in 1990 and the Queen's death in 2022. Two different portraits of the Queen graced the ...

  8. One pound coin - Wikipedia

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    The British one pound (£1) coin is a denomination of sterling coinage. Its obverse bears the Latin engraving ELIZABETH II D G REG (Dei Gratia Regina) F D (Fidei defensor) meaning, 'Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith '. [1][2] It has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the original coin's introduction ...

  9. Christopher Ironside - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Ironside - memorial in St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington, London - photographed in Feb 2023. Christopher Ironside OBE, FRBS (11 July 1913 – 13 July 1992) was a British painter and coin designer, particularly known for the reverse sides of the new British coins issued on decimalisation in 1971.