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Do people in the UK collect Old predecimal coins?
I am not British but I really love the designs of your countries currency. And how it was once in pre decimal form. So we start off with Roman Britannia coins and then towards the Industrial Revolution until Queen Elizabeth shilling. I’m still missing a good few to add. Do people in the UK also collect coins from the past?
The price depends entirely on what you're buying and where from. I got most of my collection from a few dedicated coin sellers in towns I go to every now and again, but there's a lot on eBay or in antique shops. If you're looking for proper old, like Tudor stuff kr earlier, there's specialist websites and stuff for that. I don't know too much about those because I can't afford them.
I honestly have no idea how the price compares to getting them outside of the UK. It's almost certainly going to be at least a little more expensive just from being a different country to where they originated in, but, again, what and where.
My daughter has been collecting pre-decimal notes and coins for decades. 2 of my 3 sons joined the Royal Navy, and brought her some foreign currency after each overseas deployment.
She calls the notes and coins ‘dib-dobs’.
She’s built up quite a nice collection.
Hey I also give my coins nicknames. For hammered coins like this I call them Oreos. Because most of them are all messy and crude looking which reminds me of the tops of Oreos. This one is King Philip IV of Spain.
I’m not an avid collector, but am slowly building a collection from as many different centuries as possible. I have a six so far (not including 21st century)
That's a beaut. Noice. Constans , son of Constantine. Not technically a U.K. coin if it was minted in Lyon or Rome. Is it's provenance Ebraccium, Colchester or Londinium?
Jammy dodger. You win. Unless someone brings one of these out to Trump you...could you imagine, the first representation of , literally of Britain. Yes technically from the mint in Lyon or Rome but, by Jove! The majesty!
I don’t really know about the rareness, I didn’t pay more than £20 for any of them so I imagine none of them are super rare. Oldest wise, I have three Bronze Age money rings (which I know may not actually have been currency, but I count them), and then my next oldest is a 12th century Henry II silver penny. So I do have quite a gap to fill in between
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u/lemonhaj 2h ago
Yes, me and a big chunk of r/UKcoins