#British coins

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British coins showing the succession of Royalty from James I to Charles III. Before Oliver Cromwell, the profile on the coin could be facing either way but after Charles II each monarch would face towards the previous monarch. It is said that Edward VIII wanted his profile the other way to show off the parting of his hair. As he abdicated, the coins were never officially issued and the tradition continued. As good coins were never withdrawn from circulation, you could often have a set of royal lineage in your pocket. In 1971 the coins became decimalised and all old coins were withdrawn.

#house of windsor #house of hanover #house of stuart #british coins #queen elizabeth ii #king charles the third

[ancientcoins]

On the theme of Celtic coins, this seems like an amazing resource!

#coins #numismatics #ancient numismatics #Celtic coins #Celtic Britain #British coins #ancient coins

[1five1two]

Queen Elizabeth Half Gold sovereign.

#Coins #Gold sovereign #British coins #symbolism

[thepastisalreadywritten]

If you arrange British coins this way, you'll get a shield — it represents the Royal Coat of Arms! 🇬🇧

(All coinage below £1)

#British coins #Royal Coat of Arms #Britain #United Kingdom #coinage #coins #Royal Mint

[esperata]

This feels so tone deaf I cannot even begin to comprehend it. In a time where the author of this book is leading a charge against trans people in this country, to put their character on a seminal coin is a slap in the face.

#british coins #jk fucking rowling #i am tired of this battle

[theindiancoin]

#poetry #rarity #indian coins #british coins #antique

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Limited New Penny 1971, 1979

#new penny #coins #British coins #1971 penny #1979 penny

[slapstikcomedyentertainment]

Hilarious Histories - July 5

Newton especially struggled with the problem of counterfeit currency...

On July 5, 1687, a man slightly more brilliant than myself, Sir Isaac Newton, published the “Principia Mathematica.” Two hundred fifty years later to the day, Spam was introduced to a grateful world. Coincidence? I think not. The eminent scientist unveiled several wonders for humanity, which in deference to him share his name. These include Newton’s laws of motion, Newton’s law of universal…

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#British coins #canned meat #celestial mechanics #counterfeit currency #eminent scientist #fig Leibniz #fig newton #modern mathematics #Newton’s law of universal gravitation #Newton’s laws of motion #or astronomy #physics #Principia Mathematica #research in alchemy #Royal Mint #Sir Isaac Newton #Spam was introduced

[fuzzysparrow]

In which direction does Queen Elizabeth II face on British coins?

Throughout her reign, Queen Elizabeth (1926-2022) was always pictured facing the right on British coins. A tradition which has been in place for more than 300 years, states that each King or Queen faces in the opposite direction to the one who came before them. It is for this reason that King Charles will face to the left on new British coins.

Unlike the monarchs before her, Queen Elizabeth always wore a form of headwear in her coin portraits. Early coins featured the Queen wearing a laurel leaf, which changed to a tiara after decimalisation in the 1970s. In the 1980s, coins showed the monarch wearing the royal diadem but all subsequent coins depicted her wearing a crown. King Charles, on the other hand, will remain crownless, like his grandfather.

#Trivia #British coins

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The changing face of Queen Elizabeth on common British coins.

Thank you to bathspacapital.com for the artist information.

#british coins #queen elizabeth ii

[aspiringhorrorauthor]

As is tradition with Dracula Daily, let me give you today’s Cultural Lesson Based On Today’s Entry. Let’s talk about money.

See, if you’re thinking Dracula and the characters are handling what we see today as British money, don’t be fooled! Dracula is set in the 1890s, and they use an entirely different money system to what we use now, it just seems on the surface that it’s the same.

For context, if you didn’t know, Britain uses pounds (£) and pence (p) as the currency now, with 100p to £1. This is called decimalisation, and has been in practice since the 1970s. Before then, we were the last country in the world to still use the Roman monetary system.

In the Victorian era, there were 3 used measurements of currency: Pounds (L), Shillings (s) and pence (d), which was written in that order: l.s.d, so a sink in a shop may list the price as 1.7.2, which would be 1 pound, 7 shillings and 2 pence.

Now lets break those down a little more. There are 240 pennies to the pound, and 12 pence to the shilling. That makes 20 shillings to the pound. Most working class laborers would be using shillings as their highest coin in day-to-day living. You could get a pint of beer for a couple of pence. A pound was an incredible amount of money to your average person (maybe less so to the fancy characters of Dracula).

But I want to talk about the coins.

See, a penny was not the lowest coin in circulation. That was a farthing, which was worth ¼ (a quarter) of a penny. Then next was a half penny (or ha’penny if you prefer). Of course there was the penny. Then there was a two pence (tuppence) and a three pence (thrupence) piece. Then you had your half shilling (sixpence, pronounced more like sixpunce, with a ‘u’ rather than an ‘e’), and the shilling itself (twelve pence, remember? Also known colloquially as ‘bob’). Then you had the florin, which was 2 shillings exactly (24 pence). From there you had your half crown, which was worth 2 shillings and six pence, for a total of 30 pence (though you’d never call it that), and then a crown, which was 5 shillings. From there the next step is the half-sovereign, worth half a pound (120 pence, or 10 shillings), and finally the gold sovereign coin, worth £1, or 240 pennys, or 20 shillings.

Yes, that’s genuinely the method of money these characters are using. Some old people insist it was easier than the current system.

Here’s some more fun money facts in case they come up later!

A guinea is a pound and a shilling (1.1.0, or 252 pence), and was used to make things seem a little cheaper to wealthy buyers. It’s used from time to time in Victorian books so it’s worth knowing.

The correct way to read out prices is ‘[x] and [y]’, so say you were selling something and wanted a shilling and fivepence for it, you’d ask for “1 and 5”. This is often used for the stereotypical cost of a half a crown, so when someone in a period drama asks for “2 and 6”, what they’re asking for is 2 shillings and sixpence.

There is a fairly obscure coin that I’m not sure was in circulation at this time which was nicknamed ‘The Barmaid’s grief’, it was only used for a few years. This was worth 4 shillings and was the same shape and (very nearly) size as a crown (5 shillings). So people would buy a pint of beer, the barmaid would pick up the coin in a hurry and not realise that it wasn’t a crown, and give 4 shillings back along with change from a shilling for the beer. So people made money from buying beer. It was not a good time to be a barmaid.

#Dracula daily #money #british money #Yes I also laughed when i found out old british money was written as Lsd #For someone who is not all that interested in coin collecting I love knowing about the old coins! #My dad was a bairn when they changed the coins around. His dad used to keep the old coins for him from the shop and give out the new coinage #Some people of a certain age get the value of shillings mixed up because post decimilsation a shilling could still be used and was worth 5p. #I worked as a social historian for one summer can you tell? I was paid £8.75 an hour to tell people this. So you guys owe me like £3.50 #For my work here.

[didoofcarthage]

Denarius with head of Augustus wearing oak wreath (obverse) and comet with eight rays and inscription Divus Julius (reverse)

Roman (possibly minted at Caesaraugusta, modern Zaragoza in Spain), Imperial Period, 19-18 B.C.

silver

British Museum

#I love the coins of Augustus with representations of Caesar's Comet #I linked to the Wikipedia page if you want more info #denarius #Augustus #Julius Caesar #Caesar #Caesar's Comet #Divus Julius #Roman Empire #Augustan Period #Imperial Period #silver #coin #numismatics #British Museum

[ingravinoveritas]

Follow-up to this post and a point-by-point recap of last night's events:

- Definitely thought I would be nervous, but as soon as I saw Neil waiting backstage from the vantage of my fourth row seat, all that went away.

- The event was a tribute to Ray Bradbury, with Neil and several actors reading different short stories and Neil talking about them in between. He started off the night by talking about being a TikTok meme ("Neil Gaiman, why are you in my falafel?") and how his time as a meme was almost up.

- There was an after party in the bar following the show, and the ticket I had purchased allowed me to attend. I didn't even realize Neil was there yet because he was so low profile and just chilling while a line began to form at his table.

- When I went up to him, he was very smiley and kind and soft-spoken. I mentioned really enjoying the Bradbury story he read ("The Homecoming") because it felt like an allegory for autism, for an autistic person in a family full of neurotypicals, and it really resonated with me. So we talked Ray Bradbury and writing and it was lovely. - I also mentioned the tweets from a few years ago (here and here) that involved him commenting on a photo of me in a red bikini and me offering to cook him dinner if he came to New Jersey, and he remembered! Haha. He also still seemed very interested in the offer and said, "It's a date" and "We'll do dinner." Oh, Neil... - At the end, I somehow finally remembered to tell him my name and said "I'm Amy" as we shook hands. To which he replied, "It's lovely to meet you, Amy. I'm Neil." - After we took the picture, I wished Neil a good flight (the venue staff said they were trying to hurry up the queue because he had an early flight today) and safe travels, and he said "Thank you!" and was again so sweet and lovely and just a person. - Didn't talk to Neil about anything Good Omens, but I did end up chatting with a woman who knows Rob Wilkins (someone waiting in the queue asked Neil how to get in touch with Rob and he pointed to this woman, so that was how I first became aware of her). Later on in the evening, after Neil left, we were on the other side of the bar and struck up a conversation about all things GO, Terry Pratchett, fandoms, Michael and David's chemistry, and much more. She also told me to follow her on Instagram and message her if I ever needed tips for navigating the overwhelm that is NYCC. A totally unexpected and thoroughly enjoyable conversation overall. - Also got to talk with Yetide Badaki (who was in American Gods and one of the actors who performed last night) and she was beyond lovely. I complimented her performance and said how it was "like Siri, but less creepy" and she burst out laughing and asked if she could put that in her résumé. Haha. The topic of autism came up and she said how it was so important to her and how there needs to be more awareness. I mentioned being a professional speaker and that I've done a TED talk on autism, and she said she wanted to watch it. Again, completely unexpected interaction, but so delightful and so much fun.

My overall thoughts and takeaway from this is that real life is very, very much different and not the same thing at all as online fandom. It was incredibly refreshing to see Neil and talk to him in a non-fandom context, and to see how gracious he was with every person in line (adults, kids, couples, all of it). He signed books, took pictures with people, and hugged fans who seemed to be sharing particularly emotional moments. I feel like the fandom tends to treat Neil like some kind of god, but for me, I truly enjoyed seeing and getting to meet him as a person--charming, intelligent, funny, polite, and just a bit awkward...

#neil gaiman #ray bradbury #symphony space #nyc #selected shorts #good omens #recap post #gentle British flirting #a term coined by the Rob Wilkins lady that i enjoy very much #personal post #thoughts #discourse

[blueiskewl]

Gold Coin Reveals Unknown British King

New light has been shed on a little-known part of British history thanks to the extraordinary discovery of a coin bearing the name of a forgotten Iron Age ruler in Hampshire, south-east England.

The coin, which has the inscription “Esunertos,” was discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in Hampshire. Esunertos may have ruled as a king from the powerful Danebury Fort, according to experts’ speculation, and this find has been hailed as “one of the outstanding discoveries of recent decades.”

Leading Iron Age experts have studied the coin and deduced it to be struck by a pre-eminent male figure dubbed ‘IISVNIRTOS’ whose name translates as ‘Mighty as the God Esos’.

The coin was struck sometime between 50 and 30 BC, shortly after Julius Caesar’s first Roman raid of Britain in 55 BC.

The coin, which is thought to have been produced between 50 and 30 BC, was struck in conjunction with Julius Caesar’s first Roman raid on Britain in 55 BC when the Roman general and his 20,000 soldiers landed on the Kent coast. Despite a confrontation with Celtic warriors on the beach, the Romans encountered difficulties landing due to rough seas and eventually had to return home.

Gregory Edmund, Iron Age Coin Specialist at Spink Auctioneers said: “This fabulous piece of prehistoric artwork completes the mental image we have when we think of Iron Age Britain – the war horse and chariot.

“But it also surprises us with the appearance of classical languages like Latin.

Dr John Sills of the Celtic Coin Index at the Ashmolean Museum said: ‘It is one of the outstanding discoveries of recent decades in Celtic numismatics.’

Initially, it was anticipated that the gold coin would sell for around £4,000 ($5000) at auction. But contrary to all expectations, it broke a record at Spinks Auction by selling for an astounding £20,400 ($25,500).

The coin was found by Lewis Fudge, a metal detectorist who received permission to search a farmer’s field in March this year. Lewis Fudge expressed his elation, stating:

“I am over the moon. If it were not for people in the auction room, I would have jumped around. The collectors I spoke to are gobsmacked. I’m so glad I did not take them up on their private offers before the auction. To think my find has generated its own Wikipedia page is incredible.”

Spink Auctions describe the coin as a quarter slater with the obverse side of the coin bearing the name Esunertos in Latin, and with the worn head of Apollo formed of three interlocking rows of outward facing crescents, a seven-spoked wheel at center in lieu of the ear, and an eye of visage with radiating spike towards the neckline.

The reverse of the coin has a tripled-tailed horse, with a pincer-like mandible for face and linear ear, with pelleted mane, yoke or bucranium above the head, an 8-spoked wheel above spearing into the horse’s back, and double or triple ringed annulet below.

By Leman Altuntaş.

#Gold Coin Reveals Unknown British King #Hampshire England #Danebury Fort #Esunertos #gold #gold coin #ancient gold coin #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #metal detecting #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #iron age #celtic history

[kidcore-nostalgia]

#chocolate coins #chocolate #sweets #british #kidcore #treats #nostalgia #nostalgic #childhood #retro #childhood memories #food

[immediatebreakfast]

The image of those poor train station employees in Klausenburg seeing Jonathan coming to the ticket booth is so funny. Imagine being in your work station of the day, and you see a guy in just his dirty dayclothes, feet caked up in mud, looking he survived a fight to the death with any animal he encountered, unbathed and unshaved, trying to buy a train ticket with ancient gold coins while shouting in a mix of English and basic German. Imagine being in that situation.

#They probably went ''Oh my fucking god another unhinged british tourist what do we do???'' #''should we give him the ticket???'' #''I'm sorry sir please calm down we have to see where these gold coins come from'' #Then the station-master is done and just gives him the ticket because the other passengers around the booth are looking scared #dracula daily #jonathan harker