Collecting birth year by century, some help please.

BigE2

A while ago I saw a book of British(?) coins dating 1066 on. I was born in 1966 so I think it'd be neat to collect a coin from each century with ending date of 66(i.e. 1966,1866,1766 etc)

I realize some of the oldest won't be dated as such but by ruler.

My questions-
1. What would be the equivalent of a U.S. cent or half Dollar(being as there's no 1966 dollar)
2. How difficult and expensive will this be?

I'm of British and Irish descent (Wales, I believe) so would be going that route.

Any and all help will be appreceated. Thank you!

lordmarcovan

An ever popular 1966 issue is the Irish Irish Easter Uprising 10-shilling piece. Not only is it a one-year type, but it's also the only year that denomination was issued. Every respectable 1966 collection should have one!

(Note that I just linked to that particular auction for illustrative purposes, not necessarily to recommend that one particular coin, though I recently did business with that seller and all went well.)

If you saw a book of British coins from 1066 on, it was probably the Coincraft catalog. Probably a worthy purchase, though all I've ever used is Seaby/Spink. Are you going to do strictly British/Irish coins, or worldwide 66'es? You might be able to get back to 1566, but prior to that, you aren't likely to find dates on the coins, as you already mentioned.

If you are asking about US cent or half dollar equivalents, are you going to be trying to do a set of coins that will all be of similar size and/or composition? That might make it trickier.

BigE2

Lord Marcovan- I'm just going with U.S. then Britian and Ireland. The reason for the penny or half equivalent is for continuity of denomination to show designs through the centuries. Also the completed set would look nicer if they were somwhat the same size.
You did jog my memory with the Coincraft reference. That was the book. Now I need to find one to peruse! Thanks!