CHARLES RILEY COINS AND MEDALS Dealing in Coins, Medals, Commemorative Medals and Items of Numismatic Interest
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BRITISH & IRISH COINS FOREIGN COINS

BRITISH COINS

Coins are arranged first in reign order, so far as possible, and then by decreasing denomination.
Any Scottish and Irish coins are listed after the English & United Kingdom coinage
Please click the reference number of any coin for more detailed information and larger pictures. Please note: the illustrations make the coins appear to be roughly the same size, so please contact me if you wish to know the diameter of any coin..
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	1141	George III (1760-1820), copper Farthing 1773, first issue, no stop on reverse. About very fine overall.	£65
	1348	George VI (1936-1952), uncirculated Coronation Year coins 1937, Florin to Farthing (8 coins)	£55
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IRISH COINS
	2376	Ireland, James II, emergency Gunmoney Shilling, January 1689. Good very fine, scratches before bust.	SOLD
	1789	Ireland, George III, copper Farthing 1760, strong very fine	£65
	1396	Ireland, Irish Free State (Saorstat Eireann), silver Shilling 1933, good very fine	£45
BRITISH TOKENS
	1410	Warwickshire, Atherstone, Sir George Chetwynd of Grendon Hall, bronze Halfpenny 1842, 26mm, extremely fine, rare	£85

SOME EXAMPLES OF BRITISH COINS SOLD FROM THIS WEBSITE
1392	Anglo-Saxon, Aethelred II (978-1016), silver Long Cross Penny, York mint, Wenos moneyer. Very fine, strong portrait.	SOLD
1231	Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Expanding Cross type Penny, London	SOLD
1393	Henry I (1100-1135), silver Penny, Facing bust/ cross fleury type, Lincoln mint, Ancea moneyer. Better than fine in parts, flat in parts.	SOLD
1275	Edward III (1327-1377), gold Half-Noble, Transitional series (1361-63), i.m. cross potent. Good very fine.	SOLD
1253	Edward III (1327-1377), gold Half-Noble, Transitional series (1361-63), i.m. cross potent, rarer variety with Acquitaine titles. Very fine.	SOLD
1608	Henry VIII (1509-1547), gold Angel, first coinage, i.m. castle. Very fine.	SOLD
1459	Henry VIII (1509-1547), silver Groat, second coinage, i.m. rose. Good very fine or better, superb portrait.	SOLD
1464	Henry VIII (1509-1547), silver Groat, second coinage, i.m. muled lis/rose. Almost very fine.	SOLD
1249	Mary Tudor (1553-1558), silver Groat, i.m. pomegranate	SOLD
1254	Elizabeth I (1558-1603), milled silver Sixpence 1562, i.m. star. Very fine.	SOLD
1233	Elizabeth I (1558-1603), silver Sixpence 1595, i.m. woolpack	SOLD
1465	Elizabeth I (1558-1603), silver Threepence 1578, i.m. Greek cross. Very fine.	SOLD
1291	James I (1603-1625), gold Double-Crown, second coinage (1604-1619), i.m. crescent	SOLD
1460	James I (1603-1625), gold Unite, second coinage, i.m. cinquefoil (1613-15). Almost very fine, portrait a little weakly struck, crease at top.	SOLD
1461	Charles I (1625-1649), gold Double-Crown, Tower mint under the king, i.m. cross calvary (1625-26). Good fine.	SOLD
1797	Charles I (1625-1649), gold Crown, Tower mint under the king, i.m. plume (1630-31). Very fine.	SOLD
1239	Charles I (1625-1649), silver Halfcrown, Tower mint under Parliament, i.m. sun (1645-1646). Very fine.	SOLD
1626	Charles I (1625-1649), silver Shilling, Tower mint under the King, Group F, i.m. triangle-in-circle (1639-40). Very fine.	SOLD
1240	Charles I (1625-1649), silver Shilling, Tower mint, i.m. tun (1636-1638). About very fine.	SOLD
1264	Charles I (1625-1649), English Civil War, Newark besieged, silver Ninepence 1645. Very fine, pierced for wearing.	SOLD
1609	Commonwealth (English Republic) (1649-1660), silver Shilling 1652, i.m. sun. Good very fine.	SOLD
1798	William and Mary (1688-1694), gold Half-Guinea 1692, second busts. Very fine or nearly so, scarce.	SOLD
1250	William III (1688-1702), silver Halfcrown 1698, regnal year DECIMO. Very fine.	SOLD
1251	William III (1688-1702), silver Sixpence 1696, first bust . Very fine or better.	SOLD
1799	Anne (1702-1714), gold Guinea 1714, third bust. Very fine, small scrape before bust.	SOLD
2395	George II (1727-1760), gold 2-Guineas 1739, wt. 16.6g. Obverse very fine, reverse extremely fine, but obverse damage from former brooch mount.	SOLD
1800	George III (1760-1820), gold Guinea 1798. Good extremely fine, attractive.	SOLD
1463	George III (1760-1820), gold Half-Sovereign 1817. Fine, reverse better.	SOLD
1431	George III (1760-1820), silver 5-Shilling Dollar 1804, Bank of England restriking of Spanish-American 8-Reales, very fine or better.	SOLD
1432	George III (1760-1820), Bank of England issue, silver Three-Shillings 1813. Extremely fine.	SOLD
1140	George III (1760-1820), copper Penny 1807, Soho issue. Good extremely fine or better.	SOLD
1268	George IV (1820-1830), copper Farthing 1822, first issue . About good extremely fine.	SOLD
1351	Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign 1871 , young head, rev. shield. Extremely fine.	SOLD
1353	Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign 1873, young head, rev. St George. Good very fine.	SOLD
1352	Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign 1884 M (Melbourne mint, Australia), young head, rev. shield. Extremely fine.	SOLD
1761	Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign, young head, 1886 M (Melbourne mint, Australia). Very fine or nearly so.	SOLD
1354	Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign 1889 S (Sydney mint, Australia), jubilee head, rev. St George. Very fine.	SOLD
1762	Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign, old head, 1899 S (Sydney mint, Australia). Almost extremely fine.	SOLD
1763	Victoria (1837-1901), gold Sovereign, old head, 1900 M (Melbourne mint, Australia). Almost extremely fine.	SOLD
1689	Victoria (1837-1901), gold Half-Sovereign, young head, 1873 die 309. Good very fine.	SOLD
1399	Victoria (1837-1901), silver Crown 1893, veiled or old head, edge LVI. Good extremely fine.	SOLD
1234	Victoria (1837-1901), silver Double-Florin 1887. Extremely fine, toned.	SOLD
1146	Victoria (1837-1901), silver 'Godless' Florin 1849. Almost extremely fine.	SOLD
1145	Victoria (1837-1901), silver 'Gothic' Florin 1883. Good very fine.	SOLD
1433	Victoria (1837-1901), silver Britannia Groat 1848 (over 6). Extremely fine, rare overdate.	SOLD
1133	Victoria (1837-1901), copper young head Penny 1848 over 7.	SOLD
1137	Victoria (1837-1901), copper young head Penny 1848 over 7	SOLD
1434	Victoria (1837-1901), bronzed copper young head Penny 1853 OT. Almost as struck, of good colour.	SOLD
1134	Victoria (1837-1901), copper young head Penny 1854. Good very fine, traces of original lustre.	SOLD
1135	Victoria (1837-1901), copper young head Penny 1858. Extremely fine, reverse better with much original lustre.	SOLD
1132	Victoria (1837-1901), copper young head Halfpenny 1838. Uncirculated with almost full lustre.	SOLD
1356	Edward VII (1901-1910), gold Sovereign 1902 P (Perth mint, Australia). Extremely fine.	SOLD
1357	Edward VII (1901-1910), gold Half-Sovereign 1906	SOLD
2396	George V (1910-1936), gold matt proof Five-Pounds 1911, wt.39.9g. Extremely fine, an impaired proof through handling, minor marks before bust, obverse and reverse rim bruise.	SOLD
1771	George V (1910-1936), gold Sovereign 1925, high rim. As struck.	SOLD
1794	Elizabeth II (1952-), gold Proof Half-Sovereign 1998, as struck , in Royal Mint box of issue	SOLD
IRISH COINS
2380	Ireland, James II, emergency Gunmoney Sixpence, August 1689. Very fine or better.	SOLD
BRITISH & IRISH TOKENS
1438	Warwickshire, Stratford-on-Avon, a 19th century medal after the 1668 Halfpenny token by Joseph Phillipps at the Falcon (cf DW 153), 29mm, about as struck, lustrous	SOLD
1790	Ireland, token, Dublin Halfpenny 1795, about extremely fine, some lustre and of good colour	SOLD

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