Where would I find out what were the coins of Jane Austen's time?

notlogical · March 6, 2009 8:58AM

My mom really likes the Jane Austen stories (Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, stuff like that) and I thought it would be cool to try and build a collection of coins from the time of Jane Austen and her stories for her. Where would I look to find that out?

Thank you

ajaan · March 6, 2009 9:00AM

Many sellers have British coins from George III. Check eBay or our weekly BST here.

satootoko · March 6, 2009 9:20AM

<< <i>Many sellers have British coins from George III. >>

George IV became Regent about the time Austin's first novel (Sense and Sensibility) was published in 1811, and served as such for the remainder of Austin's life (1816), and a few years beyond (1820).

Coins of the regency period, however, continued to bear the likeness of Mad King George until his death, so you are really looking for George III coins of 1811-1816.

pendragon1998 · March 6, 2009 2:48PM

BTW: You might suggest that your mom check out the Aubrey / Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian (starts with 'Master and Commander'). It's a naval series set in the same time period (~1805-1813, IIRC) and I've heard that the author was strongly influenced by Austen's writing style. I haven't read any Austen in forever, so I can't speak to it, but the A/M series is absolutely fantastic.

spoon · March 6, 2009 3:41PM

According to the Wikipedia entry for Pride and Prejudice she wrote it between 1796 and 1797 while living in Hampshire. You could probably find some conder tokens from Hampshire with neat designs that would appeal to a non-collector. Conders aren't my area so I can't offer any specific recommendations, but I'm sure there are some affordable ones.

notlogical · March 7, 2009 5:08AM

Thanks every body. I don't know if I can do this by myself but maybe this will get my mom more interested in collecting. You never know.

Where would I find out what were the coins of Jane Austen's time?

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