Four Centuries of Silver

Hammered groat to Jubilee florin

9 items

Sterling silver ran through British coinage from the hammered issues of Elizabeth I to the eve of the Great War. Laid out in order of striking, the changes in portraiture and technique are easier to see than to describe.

Other series

George III "Spade" Guinea (1787)
Struck in Gold
Guineas, sovereigns and half-sovereigns
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