Britannia Bullion Coins
Due many to the large success of the South African Krugerrand 1oz one ounce bullion coin which was first Introduced in 1967, Britain decided to started producing it's own range.
BRITANNIA
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Britannia Gold Bullion coin, 1988
The Britannia is a British bullion gold coin issued since 1987, weighing one troy ounce and with a face value of £100.
Britannia
[Evans, Ancient British Coins, 1864; Supplement, 1890.]
The coinage of the island of Britain was derived from that of the Belgic and other tribes of the opposite coast, some of whose chiefs held sway on both sides of the Channel.
Gold Britannias
This one troy ounce coin was first issued in 1987, and is Britain's Royal Mint's version of the bullion coins like Krugerrands or American Gold Eagles.
coin from Britannia 1788
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Hadrian Æ As. 119-122 AD. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS III S-C, BRITANNIA below, Britannia seated facing, holding long scepter, large shield to right.
Britannia - The Roman name for 'Great Britain'. Just as Germania was Germany and Hibernia was Ireland. Britannia was first represented on Roman coinage by a lady usually holding a shield and with a sea behind her.
Britannia Reverse of 1672 Copper Farthing
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britannia: Gold bullion coin and its fractionals to be issued by Great Britain beginning in 1987; also, the allegorical figure representing Britain.
broadstrike: Coin struck outside a restraining collar. See also related article.
Britannia - Her seated figure can first be seen on Roman coins under Hadrian and Antoninius Pius which were struck to commemorate their victories in the British dominions.
Britannia seated right on rock holding trident and resting shield against right side, floral emblem below
BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:
Matrix of English Monarchs and Coins ...
BRITANNIA
Left to right: Peck 434, Peck 412, Peck 411 (in silver).
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The Britannia reverse gave way to a picture of a wren designed by Harold Wilson Parker on the accession of Edward VIII in 1936, although examples of these farthings dated 1937 are exceedingly rare.
George VI ...
Légende : BRITANNIARVM - REX FID: DEF:.
Traduction : (Roi des Bretons, défenseur de la Foi).
Description : Écu festonné et couronné écartelé aux 1 et 4 d'Angleterre, au 2 d'Écosse, au 3 d'Irlande et sur le tout écu de Brunswick couronné.
Further, in 1958 Eric Newman had suggested British halfpence in which the Union Jack on Britannia's shield was incorrectly made with thick broad bands could be considered to be American in origin. The Union Jack consists of the English cross of St.
Britannia Roman coins with a Britannia theme. Covili.'s Coins of Roman Egypt Slick site of Michael J. Covili. Features coins and resources on this topic.
The only decoration was the figure of Britannia in a small oval vignette at the upper left of the note. Although some details changed the design remained much the same until 1855.
An admirer of the seated Britannia on British copper coinage, Patterson believed that a seated female figure would be just as "emblematic of liberty" as the heads and busts adorning the nation's coinage.
Mint Director Patterson, ambitious to make an artistic statement, hired artist Thomas Sully to make sketches of a full figure of Liberty"along the lines of the allegorical figure Britannia seen on English coins.
He had long admired the image of Britannia found on British copper coins, and he directed Chief Engraver William Kneass to sketch the figure of Liberty using a similar motif.
By Bank of England convention, the colored Britannia 10s and £1 notes are now considered "Series A," the colored Britannia £5 note "Series B," and the Portrait notes "Series C." But there never would be a "Series C" note for £20.
The use of both curaissed and draped busts, in combination with the Britannia reverse, carried into the following joint reign of William and Mary (1688-94).
His reign was comparatively peaceful; there were several military disturbances throughout the Empire in his time, in Mauretania, Iudaea, and amongst the Brigantes in Britannia, ...
The reverse of the coin depicts robed and seated Britannia facing left holding a trident.
The "Temple of Fame" seems to be surmounted by a Christian cross, and, perhaps, is a church-if so, perhaps indicating that Britannia, with her plenty (cornucopia) extends the blessings of religion, peace, and prosperity to the savage Indians, ...
Great Britain - Albion for the Greeks and Britannia for the Romans - adopted the monetary system of the Roman invaders. After the Romans were expelled, the Anglo-Saxons continued using the Roman denomination libra.
The B of BRITANNIAR was struck from a broken punch, so a second punch was made to strengthen it. The second punch was accidentally struck over the R, causing the legend to read BBITANNIAR.
BRITANNIAR: REX FID: DEF:
Britannia seated right, trident in left hand, right resting on shield, olive branch behind at left, lion crouching behind at right, date in exergue
Plain edge
Copper, 22mm, 4.62g
Mintage: 5,924,000
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Many varieties of these exist, a large proportion of them bear the bust of Wellington on one side and some device (usually the seated figure of Britannia) on the other; some others bear an Irish harp on the obverse, ...
958 (Britannia silver)
950 (French first standard)
925 (sterling silver)
900 (coin silver used in the U.S.)
875 (used in former USSR)
830 (used in older Scandinavian silver) ...
These are therefore to give notice that a copper coin, weighing one English ounce, and stamped with the profile of His Majesty on the one side, and of Britannia on the other, will be issued on above at the rate of twopence for each copper; ...
The attractive new, milled coinage with the image of Britannia, tends to disappear from circulation, in accordance with Gresham's law, though not as quickly as the new silver coins do, while the existing badly worn, ...
The familiar British penny relied for many years on an allegorical representation of Britannia. On US coins, Liberty is by far the most common such personification, but she is not the only one.
In the early federal era, even though Britain lost her most important colonies, her ultimate victory over Napoleon Bonaparte left Britannia the ruler of the waves. The British copper penny with its seated goddess was carried all over the world.
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