Victoria 1837-1901 Currently under construction Monetary System DENOMINATIONS YOUNG HEAD AU 5 Pounds (Proof Only) AU Sovereign AU Half-Sovereign AR Crown AR Crown (GOTHIC TYPE) AR Half-Crown AR Florin AR Shilling AR Sixpence AR Groat Fourpence AR Threepence AR Three-halfpence –1st Issue Copper—-(Young bust) AE Penny AE Half Penny AE Farthing AE Half-Farthing AE Third-Farthing […]

William IV 1830-1837 King of England, known before his accession to the throne as William Henry, Duke of Clarence, was the third son of George III., and was born August 21, 1765. At fourteen years of age he entered the navy as a midshipman on board the Prince George, a 98-gun ship, commanded by Admiral Digby; […]

George IV 1820-1830 Currently under construction Monetary System DENOMINATIONS AU 5 Pounds (Proof Pattern Only) AU 2 Pounds AU Sovereign AU Half-Sovereign AR Crown AR Half-Crown AR Shilling AR Sixpence AE Penny AE Half Penny AE Farthing AE Half-Farthing AE Third-Farthing The Monetary History of the World © Martin A. Armstrong

George III Napoleonic War Issue During the Napoleonic Wars of 1797-1813, the finances of the state fell into desperate affairs. Silver and gold were in short supply and the regular issue of the gold guinea was stopped during the war altogether. It was also during this period that paper currency in England began to circulate […]

George III 1760-1820 George (William Frederick) III was the eldest son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and grandson of George II. George III was born June 4th, 1738, being the first sovereign of the Hanoverian line who was actually born in England. On the death of his father, in 1751, his education was intrusted to the […]

George II 1727-1760 Currently under construction Monetary System DENOMINATIONS AU 5 Guineas AU 2 Guineas AU Guinea AU Half-Guinea AR Crown AR Crown LIMA AR Half-Crown AR Half-Crown LIMA AR Shilling AR Sixpence AR Fourpence AR Threepence AR Twopence AR Penny AE Half Penny AE Farthing The Monetary History of the World © Martin A. […]

George I 1714-1727 Currently under construction Monetary System DENOMINATIONS AU 5 Guineas AU 2 Guineas AU Guinea AU Half-Guinea AU Quarter-Guinea AR Crown AR Half-Crown AR Shilling AR Sixpence AR Fourpence AR Threepence AR Twopence AR Penny AE Half Penny AE Farthing The Monetary History of the World © Martin A. Armstrong

Anne 1702-1714 Anne was the second daughter of James II, by his first wife, Anne Hyde, was born in 1664; was married to Prince George of Denmark in 1683; and succeeded to the crown on the death of William III, 1702. Her reign is marked by the great war of the Spanish Succession and the achievements of […]

William III 1694-1702 King of England, was the son of William II. Prince of Orange, by his wife Mary, daughter of Charles I., and was born at the Hague, November 4th, 1650. His father, stadtholder of the United Provinces, died a few days before his birth; and through the influence of the Republican party he was […]

William & Mary 1688-1694 Mary II was the wife of William III, and the daughter ofKing James II by his queen, Anne Hyde, daughter of the Earl of Clarendon. Mary was born in 1662. At the age of 15 she was married to William, Prince of Orange, whom she followed to England in 1689. The same year […]