oldjoe78

thanks for the info, i went to the library this morning and they did not have a good book on english coins. i took a printout of this site with me and they are going to order his book ( they are very helpful and did a search of all the other area libraries ) i am assuming from looking thru some of the coins that they do not have a mint mark on them like our coins do. most of these are in really good shape and there will only be a handfull that you can not read everything. i sorted thru all the sixpence and i have four different kinds. i guess everything i have will be predecimal since my uncle left over there i think in 1950. if you have any you would like me to set aside while looking let me know. i will make a complete list by date and type. and chris was right, it will take some time.

i have just acquired several bags of british coins, most are old silver ones but there are a couple of copper. i know nothing about coins, i don't even know what predecimal means. i'm sure it would be to cumbersome to try to list them all on here. there are many different kinds. is there anyone out there i could mail a list to that could tell me if any of them are worth looking at? i have 2 shillings, 1 shilling, different kinds of sixpence (lots of them) one pennys, one florin (lots of them) copper half pennies, and an assortment of others. most are dated 1920 and later. and a lot of the same value coins have a different design. if anyone would be interested in looking at a list i will make up one and mail it.

thanks, but no thanks, i am retired and time is not a factor with me. yes, i am in louisiana,usa. you never know, i might learn something. i came across one that looks like some kind of roman coin about the size of our half dollar dated 1806 with a mans head on one side and a seated woman on the other, with letters onthe head side that says georgius III. looks like it's made out of some kind of copper. going thru them all should be really interesting.

Hi oldjoe78 and welccome to the forum, predecemal is the term used to describe Great Britain coinage before 1967 or about then as the there wasn't an exact line drawn in the ground at the point between the old pounds shillings and pence and the then new decimal pounds and 100 pence to the pound system we currently use. If you have a large assortment of coins and are thinking of taking up collecting the first thing you will need is a book. As a starting point you can't go wrong with a copy of Chris's Collectors coins GB. thanks for the book info, i am going to the library this morning to see what they have. no, i am not taking up collecting, my uncle was in the army stationed in england during ww2 and he was a collector, when he died he left the coins to my aunt. she recently died and left them to me. i am just now going thru them to sort stuff out. since i know nothing about them it will take a while to seperate and make a list of them. there are several folders with collections in them ,about 6 bags with 100+ coins in each. lots of one shilling, two schilling, six pence, half penny, one penny, one florin, and a few other assorted ones. since i do not collect coins (i always thought they should be spent) i will at some point sell them. once i find out what i have and an approximate worth. there are also a lot of pre 1964 silver washington quarters. if my library does not have a book i will purchase the one you suggest. if anyone is looking for a particular coin i will be happy to let them know if i have it as i go thru and make a list. i have several of the three pence like the picture on this site with what looks like 3 flowers on it.

Hi oldjoe78 and welccome to the forum, predecemal is the term used to describe Great Britain coinage before 1967 or about then as the there wasn't an exact line drawn in the ground at the point between the old pounds shillings and pence and the then new decimal pounds and 100 pence to the pound system we currently use. If you have a large assortment of coins and are thinking of taking up collecting the first thing you will need is a book. As a starting point you can't go wrong with a copy of Chris's Collectors coins GB.