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 […]

James II 1685-1688 James II was the second son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria of France, was born October 15, 1633, and immediately created Duke of York. After the capture of Oxford by the parliamentary army, he escaped, and was conducted to his sister, the Princess of Orange. At that time he was 15 years of […]

Charles II 1660-1685 Currently Under Construction Monetary System DENOMINATIONS AU Unit (20sh) AU Double Crown (10sh) AU Crown (5s) AR Half-Crown AR Shilling AR Sixpence AR Fourpence AR Threepence AR Twopence AR Penny MILLED COINAGE  AU 5 Guineas AU 2 Guineas AU Guinea AU Half-Guinea AR Crown AR Half-Crown AR Shilling AR Sixpence AR Fourpence […]

Commonwealth 1658-1660 Currently Under Construction Monetary System DENOMINATIONS AU Unit (20sh) AU Double Crown (10sh)  AU Crown (5s)  AR Crown AR Half-Crown AR Shilling AR Sixpence AR Half Groat (2d) AR Penny AR Half Penny Oliver Cromwell AU 50 Shillings AU Broad (20sh)  AR Crown AR Half-Crown AR Shilling AR Sixpence AE Farthing The Monetary […]

Charles I 1625-1649 Currently Under Construction Monetary System DENOMINATIONS AU Triple Unit (60sh) AU Angel (10sh) AU Unit (20sh) AU Half Unite 1642 (10sh) AU Double Crown (10sh) AU Crown (5s) AR POUND [Oxford Mint] AR Crown AR Half-Crown AR Shilling AR Sixpence AR Threepence AR Groat (4d) AR Half Groat (2d) AR Penny AR […]

James I 1603-1625 James I. of England, and VI. of Scotland, was the son ofMary Queen of Scots, by Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and was born June 19, 1566. In the following year Darnley was murdered, and Queen Mary being forced to resign the crown, James was solemnly crowned at Stirling, and all public acts ran […]

Elizabeth I 1558-1603   Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII., by his queen,Anne Boleyn, and was born at Greenwich, September 7, 1533. When three years of age she lost her mother, who was beheaded, and was herself immediately bastardized by Act of Parliament. By a later Act, however, the succession to the throne was conditionally […]