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British Isles

This term has 6,892 records attributed within our system.

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British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Charles I (1625-49)
Mint: Pontefract

17th century halfpenny token issued by Hugh Conny, Caxton, Cambridgeshire.

Maker(s)

Issuer: Conny, Hugh
Place of use: Caxton

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British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Richard III (1483-85) (Issued for)
Issuer: Archbishop Rotherham (1480-1500)
Mint: York

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British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Henry VIII (1509-1547) (Struck in the name of)
Ruler: Edward VI (1547-53) (Issuer)
Mint: York

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British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Henry VII (1485-1509) (Issued for)
Issuer: Archbishop William Warham (1504-32)
Mint: Canterbury

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British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: James VI (1567-1625) (Before English accession)
Mint: Edinburgh

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British Isles

Maker(s)

Ruler: Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
Moneyer: Eloy Mestrelle (d. 1578)
Mint: Royal Mint

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Shilling

Maker(s)

Ruler: James II (1685-88)
Mint: London (Inferred)
State: England

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Threepence

Maker(s)

Ruler: James II (1685-88)
Mint: London (Inferred)
State: England

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Threepence

Maker(s)

Ruler: James II (1685-88)
Mint: London (Inferred)
State: England

Three halfpence

Maker(s)

Ruler: Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
Mint: Royal Mint

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Sixpence

Maker(s)

Ruler: James II (1685-88)
Mint: London (Inferred)
State: England

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Halfcrown

Maker(s)

Ruler: James II (1685-88)
Mint: London (Inferred)
State: England

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Groat

Maker(s)

Ruler: James II (1685-88)
Mint: London (Inferred)
State: England

Majority of George, Prince of Wales. 1783.

Maker(s)

Ruler: George III (1760-1820)

International Exhibition Queen Victoria and Napoleon III

Maker(s)

Engraver: Allan, David
Engraver: More, Jacob

Barcelona Relieved 1706

Maker(s)

Ruler: Anne (1702-14)
Engraver: Croker, John

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King George IV. Patron of the Arts. 1828.

Maker(s)

Ruler: George IV (1820-30)
Engraver: Halliday, Thomas

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Charles I

Maker(s)

Ruler: Charles I (1625-49)
Maker: Rawlins, Thomas

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Gottingen University. 1785.

Maker(s)

Ruler: George III (1760-1820)
Engraver: Burch, Edward

The Duke of Devonshire Elected Chancellor of Cambridge University. 1862.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Victoria (1837-1901)
Engraver: Ottley, J.

King George III Enters the Fiftieth Year of His Reign. 1809.

Maker(s)

Ruler: George III (1760-1820)
Engraver: Westwood, John

Visit of Czar Alexander I to London. 1814.

Maker(s)

Ruler: George III (1760-1820)
Engraver: Westwood, John

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General Monk 1660

Maker(s)

Ruler: Charles II (1660-85)
Engraver: Simon, Symons or Symonds, Abraham

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