British Commonwealth/Colony 1 cent/penny coins

mdwoods · July 8, 2019 7:24PM

I've decided to work on a set of 1 cent/ 1 penny coins from the British Commonwealth and British Colonies. The only requirement is that they have either portrait and legend of a British monarch or at least the legend. Here's my favorite so far, It seems very nice for the assigned grade, there may be a slight bit of cabinet friction.

mdwoods · July 8, 2019 7:25PM

Here's a British penny, I love these large British coppers.

mdwoods · July 8, 2019 7:26PM

And yet another

Yorkshireman · July 8, 2019 7:29PM

Here’s mine:

mdwoods · July 8, 2019 7:54PM

Oh nice, I'm gonna have to look for one of those.

Elmhurst · July 9, 2019 8:22AM

Canada Victoria cents are my favorites for these types.

carabonnair · July 9, 2019 4:35PM

Sounds like a fun set to assemble. I recall that at least for the Canada large cents, they were equivalent in size and value to the British halfpenny.

mdwoods · July 9, 2019 4:42PM

@carabonnair said:
Sounds like a fun set to assemble. I recall that at least for the Canada large cents, they were equivalent in size and value to the British halfpenny.

I have one Canadian large cent atm, and it is about the size of a British halfpenny.

mdwoods · July 9, 2019 6:18PM

mdwoods · July 9, 2019 6:22PM

PCGS MS65

WCC · July 14, 2019 2:00PM

From this theme, I have only collected South Africa. Union coinage includes KGV, KGVI and QEII.

mdwoods · July 14, 2019 6:54PM

1936 Newfoundland large cent.

cecropiamoth · July 15, 2019 12:42AM

Nice project. I like the Jamaica One Penny coins. The first two are ex-Pittman, the third is simply a dupe of the 1905 (although graded a half-point higher (the plus)).

Jeff

mdwoods · July 16, 2019 11:57AM

Wow, those are gorgeous thanks for sharing.

mdwoods · July 19, 2019 2:38PM

Here's a new one from Heritage coming in the mail.

mdwoods · July 27, 2019 5:46AM

Another new one.

mdwoods · August 2, 2019 11:01AM

Another newbie. The obverse relief is pretty high.

mdwoods · August 7, 2019 10:22AM

I'm up to 37 different coins. Some are from the same place but with different monarchs. Here's an Edward VII Jamaican Penny I just got.

Yorkshireman · August 7, 2019 12:16PM

I really like what you’re doing.
It is a cool idea for a set.

mdwoods · September 14, 2019 11:20AM

Added this one recently, it's a cool error coin as well.

spoon · September 14, 2019 4:10PM

I like collecting these in lower grades and passing them out. Something about large copper just seems unusual to people nowadays.

Anyhow, here's a checklist I whipped up long ago. It's not perfectly complete, but gets most of the accessible and interesting bits.

7Jaguars · September 15, 2019 12:08PM

I showed this one before, but is probably the "Holy Grail" of Jamaican pennies (hint: No "H"):

mdwoods · September 23, 2019 9:19AM

Here's a newby I picked up from Heritage auctions. Isle of Man

mdwoods · November 19, 2019 1:23PM

Another one in the set

bosox · November 19, 2019 2:10PM

I have posted this one before, but it is simply the finest Victorian cent of Canada I have ever seen. PCGS MS-66+ Red, pop 1/0. Ex. Landon.

https://www.pcgs.com/cert/34607161

British Commonwealth/Colony 1 cent/penny coins

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