Struck

Lithuania, 20 centu, 1991.

One of seventy-three modern coins:

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

One of seventy-three modern coins:

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

One of twenty-nine modern coins:

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Mint: Rome

Croatia, 1 kuna, 1993.

Modern coin:

One of fifty-two Icelandic, coins to complete our type collection, and one UK advertisement coin:

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Ruler: Christian X (1912-47)

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:

One of twenty-nine ancient and medieval Indian coins:

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Ruler: Mallikarjuna

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:

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Ruler: George V (1910-36)

One of 95 medieval coins of the Balkans and Byzantium, mainly selected from his box of ‘uncommercial Balkan coins’:

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Ruler: Ivan Alexander (1331-1371)
Ruler: Sarah-Theodora

Italy, 1,000 lire, 1997, type 2 reverse: revised map of Europe.

England, Edward I (1272-1307), silver penny, Long Cross type, class VII, Durham mint, Robert, 0.95g. One of four known specimens of this class from Durham.

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Mint: Durham
Ruler: Edward I (1272-1307)

One of forty Roman and Roman Provincial coins

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Mint: Arles
Ruler: Constantine II (337-40) (As Caesar (317-337))

One of sixty-eight Roman coins mainly Romano-British imitations, 3rd-4th cent. (nos 169-235are metal detector finds from various British sites, mostly thought to be East Anglian):

One of ten modern coins:

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:

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

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:

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

U.S.A., 25 cents, 2000, Virginia reverse.

One of fifty-two Icelandic, coins to complete our type collection, and one UK advertisement coin:

One of sixty-eight Roman coins mainly Romano-British imitations, 3rd-4th cent. (nos 169-235are metal detector finds from various British sites, mostly thought to be East Anglian):

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Ruler: Tetricus II

One of fifty-two Icelandic, coins to complete our type collection, and one UK advertisement coin:

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Ruler: Christian X (1912-47)

One of 95 medieval coins of the Balkans and Byzantium, mainly selected from his box of ‘uncommercial Balkan coins’:

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Ruler: Ivan Alexander (1331-1371)
Ruler: Sarah-Theodora

One of forty coins, tokens and a medal: