Florin

Florin

Maker(s)

Ruler: George VI (1936-52) (Struck in the name of)

Florin

Maker(s)

Ruler: George VI (1936-52) (Struck in the name of)

Florin

Maker(s)

Ruler: Victoria (1837-1901)
Mint: Royal Mint

Florin

Maker(s)

Ruler: Victoria (1837-1901)
Mint: Royal Mint

Hungarian gold florin of Matthias Corvinus (1458-90), Hermannstadt, moneyer Christophorus de Florentia, 1468-1470.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Matthias I Corvinus (1458-90)
Mint: Hermannstadt

United Kingdom

Maker(s)

Ruler: George V (1910-36)
Mint: Royal Mint

Genoese gold florin, Communal Coinage, MEC Class N (early 1270s-late 1280s).

Maker(s)

Genoa (Mint)

Florin

Maker(s)

Ruler: Franz Joseph I (1848-1916)
State: Austro-Hungary

New Zealand

Maker(s)

Ruler: George VI (1936-52)

Florin

Maker(s)

Ruler: Victoria (1837-1901)

One of collection of 335 coins, tokens and paper notes formed by the late Prof. F. Martin Post (d.2005) as a teaching collection when he was Professor of Business at Orange Coast College in Orange County, CA. His son, Mr Ritchie Post, has also donated to the Fitzwilliam $150,000 to establish a Visiting Fellowship in memory of his father and a Book-Purchasing Fund in memory of his mother, Margaret R. Post.

One of twenty-five ancient coins, seventeen medieval coins and forty-eight modern coins, tokens and banknotes:

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: Edward VII (1901-10)

One of eighty-two coins and medals from a collection bequeathed by Mr McKee (d. 21 May 2005, aged 78) to the Art Fund, which has allowed various public collections to make selections from it.

Maker(s)

Ruler: George VI (1936-52)

Florin

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: George VI (1936-52)

Florin

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: George VI (1936-52)

Florin

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: George VI (1936-52)

One of 26 coins, mainly modern:

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: George V (1910-36)

One of two banknotes (Isle of Man, USA), and 124 19th- and 20th-century coins (United Kingdom 31, Guernsey 19, Jersey 21, Isle of Man 2, New Zealand 1, Irish Republic 45, Bhutan? 1, Chile 1, Mauritius 1, Vatican 2). Many of these have been purchased from coin dealers specifically to fill gaps in our collection.

New Zealand

Maker(s)

Ruler: George VI (1936-52)

New Zealand

Maker(s)

Ruler: George VI (1936-52)

One of a collection of 486 coins, tokens, banknotes and medals, comprising mainly 18th-20th century British and foreign coins, but including some Roman, medieval and other pieces. The collection was formed by Peter Allen (1905-93) and given to Mrs Allen Manheim, who is generously offering it to the Museum with the proviso that ‘any coins not required for the collection may be sold and the proceeds used to purchase other items for the Department of Coins and Medals’. Sixty-five items have been selected for the collection: 58 coins, including an antoninianus of Carausius (AD 286-93); a silver penny of William I, Paxs type; a penny of Edward II, class 11b3/11b2, Durham; a groat of Edward IV’s second reign, London; a shilling of Charles I; and a crown of Charles II; a gold sovereign and half-sovereign of Victoria; one token of the British Armed Forces; three banknotes, Belgium (1) and Germany (2); and three medals, including two German military awards (a 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class and 1939 War Merit Cross 2nd class) which were picked up by a friend of Mr Allen among debris in Hitler’s bunker after the Allied capture of Berlin in 1945. Fifty-eight coins:

Victoria, florin, 1872, die no. 39.

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: Victoria (1837-1901)

One of seventy-three modern coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: George V (1910-36)

Florin

Maker(s)

Mint: Florence