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banknotes
1 Pound (1 Punt), National Bank of Ireland, Ireland, 1918–1919 (Pick 222a)
1918-1919
This 1 Pound note was issued in Ireland by the National Bank of Ireland, with dates recorded from 1918–1919. It belongs to the Pound (1826-1971) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: George V (1910-1922). It measures 152 × 91 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of Worl…
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1 Pound (1 Punt), Ulster Bank, Ireland, 1861 (Pick 366)
1861
This 1 Pound note was issued in Ireland by the Ulster Bank, dated 1861. It belongs to the Pound (1826-1971) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Victoria (1837-1901). and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 366. Obverse: Farm buil…
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1 Pound, National Commercial Bank of Scotland, Scotland, 1961–1967 (Pick 269)
1961-1967
This 1 Pound note was issued in Scotland by the National Commercial Bank of Scotland, with dates recorded from 1961–1967. It belongs to the Pound sterling (1707-1970) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Elizabeth II (1952-2022). It measures 150 × 72 mm and is printed on paper. Th…
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1 Pound, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scotland, 1988–2001 (Pick 351)
1988-2001
This 1 Pound note was issued in Scotland by the Royal Bank of Scotland, with dates recorded from 1988–2001. It belongs to the Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Elizabeth II (1952-2022). It measures 128 × 65 mm and is printed on paper. The…
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10 Pounds, Clydesdale Bank, Scotland, 2017 (Pick 229Q)
2017
This 10 Pounds note was issued in Scotland by the Clydesdale Bank, dated 2017. It belongs to the Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Elizabeth II (1952-2022). It measures 132 × 69 mm and is printed on polymer. The Standard Catalog of World…
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100 Pounds, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scotland, 1877–1966 (Pick 320)
1877-1966
This 100 Pounds note was issued in Scotland by the Royal Bank of Scotland, with dates recorded from 1877–1966. It belongs to the Pound sterling (1707-1970) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Edward VII (1901-1910); Victoria (1837-1901). and is printed on paper. The Standard Cata…
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3 Pounds (3 Puint), Provincial Bank of Ireland, Ireland, 1905 (Pick 338)
1905
This 3 Pounds note was issued in Ireland by the Provincial Bank of Ireland, dated 1905. It belongs to the Pound (1826-1971) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Edward VII (1901-1910). It measures 203 × 122 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money list…
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5 Pounds, Bank of England, England, 2016–2018 (Pick 394)
2016-2018
This 5 Pounds note was issued in England by the Bank of England, with dates recorded from 2016–2018. It belongs to the Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Elizabeth II (1952-2022). It measures 125 × 65 mm and is printed on polymer. The Stan…
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5 Pounds, Bank of Scotland, Scotland, 1970–1988 (Pick 112)
1970-1988
This 5 Pounds note was issued in Scotland by the Bank of Scotland, with dates recorded from 1970–1988. It belongs to the Pound sterling (decimalized, 1971-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Elizabeth II (1952-2022). It measures 146 × 78 mm and is printed on paper. The Stan…
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Bank of England; signed by Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, John Bradbury, 1st Baron Bradbury (1913-19) via Wikimedia Commons
banknotes
Bank of England ten shilling note
20th century
Representing the smallest denomination banknote ever issued by the Bank of England, it originated during the First World War when Treasury notes were introduced to replace gold sovereigns. Following the return to the gold standard, the responsibility for printing ten shilling notes transferred to the Bank of England…
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Bank of England
banknotes
Bank of England White Five Pound Note
19th century to 1957
The Bank of England white five pound note is a large-format sterling banknote printed in black ink on white paper on one side only. Five pound notes were first introduced by the Bank of England in 1793 to address gold shortages arising from the French Revolutionary Wars. Early issues were handwritten onto paper as n…
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Петров Эдуард
modern coins
British Godless Florin, 1849
1849
The British Godless florin of 1849 was a two-shilling silver coin struck by the Royal Mint. To evaluate public reaction and assist the decimal experiment, the mint suspended production of the similar half-crown coin, intending the two-shilling florin to serve as a practical test for potential decimal coins. The coi…
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Mandtplatt
modern coins
British Gold Sovereign
1817 onwards
The British gold sovereign is a one-pound sterling coin introduced in 1817 by the Royal Mint following the Coinage Act 1816 and the Great Recoinage. Authorised under Master of the Mint William Wellesley Pole to replace the guinea, it was struck as a circulating coin containing 0.2354 troy ounces (7.32 grams) of pure…
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Perkins Bacon, London, UK for British Post Office; https://www.flickr.com/photos/w77t/49951109943/
stamps
British Penny Red
1841–1879
The British Penny Red was a line-engraved adhesive postage stamp printed by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon & Co. for the United Kingdom. First issued in February 1841, it replaced the Penny Black as the standard one-penny postage stamp. The transition from black to red ink was introduced because red postmarks were difficult…
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British Two Pence Blue, 1840
1840
The British Two Pence Blue, colloquially known as the Tuppenny Blue, was the second official adhesive postage stamp in the world. Produced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, it was introduced in 1840 alongside the Penny Black to serve as postage for double-rate letters weighing up to a full ounce se…
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Royal Mail
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British Wilding definitive stamps
1952-1967
The British Wilding definitive stamps were a series of definitive postage and revenue stamps issued in the United Kingdom featuring a photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth II taken by Dorothy Wilding. Released from December 1952, they were the first stamps issued during her reign. The portrait, captured on 26 Feb…
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The Coin Cabinet Auction 134 (2 Oct 2026)
modern coins
Bronze farthing
19th to 20th century
The bronze farthing was the smallest British bronze denomination of the pre-decimal era, representing one quarter of an old penny or one nine-hundred-and-sixtieth of a pound sterling. Having previously been produced in copper, the first bronze farthings were struck by the Royal Mint in 1860 during the reign of Queen…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
England, Victoria, model crown, 1848
1848
Gilt copper/pewter private coin. Obverse: within two tied branches the crowned head of the queen to the left. Date at the bottom. Reverse: on a hatched field a short floriate cross with a sun at its centre, in the corners four crowned coats of arms. Around it the collar of the Order of Saint George. Inscription: Mod…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Five Pound Piece: Edward VII (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.221)
1902
Struck for inclusion in the proof commemorative sets of the new coinage of the reign, this piece was unusual in having a frosted or matte surface, produced by the application of acid. Non-proof five-pound pieces were also struck, but not for circulation. George Edward de Saulles was appointed chief engraver at the R…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Five Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.215)
1826
Only pattern five-pound pieces were struck during the reign of George IV, none being put into circulation. In this reign, specimen proof sets appeared for the first time in 1823, and the pattern five- and two-pound pieces as well as the pattern silver crown were included in the sets. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Five Pound Piece: St. George and the Dragon (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.223)
1937
The of King George VI, shown uncrowned, was designed by Thomas Humphrey Paget, a medal and coin designer who worked for the Royal Mint. The reverse image of St. George and the Dragon was designed by Benedetto Pistrucci, an Italian gem and coin engraver whose work is still used on coinage today. Cleveland Museum of A…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Five Pound Piece: Victoria (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.219)
1887
The obverse design of this piece is usually known as the "Jubilee head," since 1887, the year of its production, was the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. By Sir Joseph Boehm, R.A., sculptor in ordinary to the queen, it caused a minor storm since it was said the tiny crown made the queen look ridiculous. The queen i…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Five Pound Piece: Victoria (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.220)
1893
After the minor storm of dislike which blew up over the 1887 Jubilee design, Thomas Brock, R.A., designed a new obverse, usually known as the "old head" type. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1969.220: Five Pound Piece: Victoria (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (reverse), 1893. Design by after Benedetto Pistrucci…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Five Pound Piece: Victoria (obverse); Una (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.217)
1839
This piece was struck by the Royal Mint from gold purchased for the purpose. The current gold coins, such as the sovereign, were struck from gold supplied by the Bank of England. The larger gold pieces have their origins in the five and two guinea pieces. There are several minor varieties of this piece, designed by…
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freestock.ca
stamps
Great Britain — Penny Black — 1840
1840
The Penny Black was the world's first adhesive postage stamp issued for public postal use in the United Kingdom as part of the Uniform Penny Post reform proposed by Sir Rowland Hill. Printed in black ink by Perkins Bacon on paper watermarked with a Small Crown, the stamp allowed letters weighing up to half an ounce…
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Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
modern coins
Half penny of George III, King of England
1806
Copper coin. Obverse: right-facing bust of a man with laurel wreath within an inscription. Reverse: left-facing woman with olive branch in raised right hand and trident in left hand, seated next to coat of arms; in background: ship at sea within an inscription. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as NG-VG-…
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General Post Office
stamps
Machin definitive series
From 1967
The Machin definitive series was the primary definitive postage stamp issue of the United Kingdom for the majority of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, spanning from 5 June 1967 until 4 April 2022. Designed by Arnold Machin, the basic design features a sculpted bas-relief profile of the Queen wearing the George IV St…
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Jerry "Woody" from Edmonton, Canada
modern coins
Maundy money set
Continuing ceremonial issue
A Maundy money set comprises small silver coins struck in four distinct denominations: one penny, two pence, three pence, and four pence. Legally designated as the King's Maundy money, these ceremonial pieces are distributed by the British sovereign or a royal representative during the Royal Maundy service, held ann…
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Clemchambers (photograph)
modern coins
Penny, 1933
1933
The 1933 penny is a British pre-decimal bronze coin produced under the reign of King George V. The pre-decimal penny represented one 240th of a pound sterling, or one twelfth of a shilling, and was struck by the Royal Mint. No pennies were manufactured for commercial circulation in 1933 because existing stocks and t…
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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
stamps
Postage stamp featuring an image of Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) featuring a photograph by Alexander Stewart, known as Sasha (1892-1953). Issued by the Royal Mail in 2013, The Royal Mail,
2013
Postage stamp featuring a coloured image of a photograph of Vivien Leigh (1913-1976) as Pamela Golding-Finch in Because We Must by Ingaret Giffard at Wyndham's Theatre in 1937. The museum record gives material recorded as paper, colour printing ink, adhesive, adhesive.
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British Government; scan of original
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Seahorse high value stamps
1913 onwards
Seahorse high value stamps are United Kingdom definitive postage stamps issued during the reign of King George V. First released in July and August 1913, these high-denomination stamps were prepared with the personal interest of the King, who was an avid philatelist. Produced using intaglio (recess) printing, the se…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Sovereign: George III (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.212)
1817
Great changes had occurred since King George III's previous coinage. The Royal Mint had moved out of the Tower of London to new premises in Little Tower Hill. The new mint was fitted with the latest steam-driven machinery by Boulton and Watt, and the whole coinage had been reformed. The guinea of twenty-one shilling…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Sovereign: Victoria (obverse); Shield of Arms (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.218)
1839
With the end of the rule of the House of Hanover, whose last direct representative on the British throne was William IV (died 1837), the royal arms that had ceased to show the French pretention at the end of the first coinage of George III were now further simplified. In each quarter from top right to bottom left: 1…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Two Pound Piece: George III (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.213)
1820
The five- and two-pound pieces struck for George III were only struck as patterns in this, the last year of the his reign. No pieces of either denomination were put into circulation. This piece shows Pistrucci's Saint George as modified by Wyon. In the original the lance is broken; here the lance a been converted by…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Two Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); Shield of Arms (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.216)
1831
The two-pound piece in this reign was only struck as a pater in 1831. Again, as in the last reign, a limited number of proof sets were struck, and this coin was included in the sets. Since it never went into circulation it is properly called a pattern. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1969.216: Two Pound Piece: George…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Two Pound Piece: George IV (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.214)
1823
During the reign of King George IV, two-pound pieces were struck for circulation in 1823 only. Pattern pieces appeared in 1824, 1825, and 1826. The king was so disgusted with the caricature of a portrait that Pistrucci placed on the first coins of the reign that the artist was ordered to model a new obverse from a b…
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Cleveland Museum of Art
modern coins
Two Pound Piece: George V (obverse); St. George and the Dragon (Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.222)
1911
Benedetto Pistrucci, an Italian gem and coin engraver, is best known for his image of St. George and the Dragon, which is still used on coinage today. Bertram Mackennal, an Australian sculptor and medallist, was reported to be one of the few artists King George V liked and is most famous for designing the king's lik…
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Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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Uncle Tom's Cabin illustrated anti-slavery cover
March 28, 1853
The object is an Uncle Tom's Cabin illustrated anti-slavery cover associated with the United Kingdom entity. It is referenced in the Scott catalogue as "Great Britain 3". The entry notes identification guidelines that involve comparing the design, value, colour, perforation or imperforate margins, watermark, and any…
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Welkinridge; derivative by Retroplum
modern coins
United Kingdom — George V — Bronze Penny
1911–1936
The United Kingdom George V bronze penny is a machine-struck pre-decimal coin representing one-twelfth of a shilling, or one two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound sterling. Issued during the reign of King George V, the denomination continued the standard British bronze penny series that had originally been established…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2002
stamps
Unused block of forty-two "Penny Red-Brown" postage stamps of Queen Victoria, William Wyon, issued February 10, 1841
issued February 10, 1841
Unused block of forty-two "Penny Red-Brown" postage stamps of Queen Victoria made by After a design by William Wyon (British, Birmingham 1795–1851 Brighton), dated issued February 10, 1841, from British. The museum records its materials as: Engraving printed in red-brown ink on paper. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 5…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2002
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Unused block of forty-two "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen Victoria, William Wyon, issued March 13, 1841
issued March 13, 1841
Unused block of forty-two "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen Victoria made by After a design by William Wyon (British, Birmingham 1795–1851 Brighton), dated issued March 13, 1841, from British. The museum records its materials as: Engraving printed in blue ink on paper. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 4 11/16 ×…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2002
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Unused block of four "Penny Black" postage stamps of Queen Victoria, William Wyon, issued May 6, 1840 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002.399.10)
issued May 6, 1840
Unused block of four "Penny Black" postage stamps of Queen Victoria made by After a design by William Wyon (British, Birmingham 1795–1851 Brighton), dated issued May 6, 1840, from British. The museum records its materials as: Engraving printed in black ink on paper. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 1 7/8 × 2 1/8 in. (4…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2002
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Unused block of four "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen Victoria, William Wyon, issued May 8, 1840
issued May 8, 1840
Unused block of four "Two Penny Blue" postage stamps of Queen Victoria made by After a design by William Wyon (British, Birmingham 1795–1851 Brighton), dated issued May 8, 1840, from British. The museum records its materials as: Engraving printed in blue ink on paper. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 1 7/8 × 1 5/8 in.…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art — Gift of Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2002
stamps
Unused block of twelve "Penny Red Brown" postage stamps of Queen Victoria, William Wyon, issued February 10, 1841
issued February 10, 1841
Unused block of twelve "Penny Red Brown" postage stamps of Queen Victoria made by After a design by William Wyon (British, Birmingham 1795–1851 Brighton), dated issued February 10, 1841, from British. The museum records its materials as: Engraving printed in red-brown ink on paper. Recorded dimensions: Overall: 1 7/…
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