Coins Collection

Someone Drops a Sixpence Near Somerset House - HM Bateman
H.M. Bateman had a particular loathing for the taxman as exemplified in this cartoon showing the inhabitants of Somerset House (then the home of the Inland Revenue)

Fortuna by Ernest Board
Painting depicting a blindfolded woman playing a fateful game of cards. Date: 1911

Old Uk Money 1969
A pile of " old" United Kindom currency, including pound notes shillings and copper coins before Decimalisation occurred on 15 February 1971

OLD ENGLISH COINS
Old (pre-Decimalisation) British coins (left to right): Top - penny, half penny, threepenny bit. Bottom - half crown, two shillings, one shilling, sixpence - tails

Arabian-Byzantine coin. Coin. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

Mental Cruelty by H. M. Bateman
A banks customer struggles to control his reactions at seeing piles of money being handled by the staff behind the counter

Bungay Corn Cross 1810
The corn cross from the village of Bungay, on the Suffolk/Norfolk border, and the plan of a double punt. Heraldic medallions(coins) from the 17th century surround the illustration of the cross

Sir Robert Cotton
Sir ROBERT BRUCE COTTON antiquarian who formed one of the worlds greatest collections of old manuscripts, documents, coins etc - with his autograph

Tarot Card - Reyne de Deniers (Queen of Coins)

The coinage used in the United States of America
A postcard depicting the coinage used in the United States of America, along with a currency conversion table. Date: 1902

100 and 50 drachmas bills, Greece. Coin

Interior of ticket office at London Bridge railway station
The interior of the ticket booking office at London Bridge railway station. The clerks serve customers through windows at the right

Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5 / 8)
Croatia - Traditional National Costume (5/8) - Full-face view of a young man with hand on hip in decorated jerkin and cape with blue embroidered trousers

Bullion Office. Bank of England. Chopper for Light Sovereign
Engraving of a mechanical chopper used to deface gold coins, which were under weight. In June 1842 the Bank of England recalled millions of gold sovereigns which through wear had lost weight

William Ii / Coin
Coin of William II (William Rufus) second son of William I (circa 1056-1100)

William I / Coin
Coin of William the Conqueror (circa 1028-1087)

The Weighing Office at the Bank of England. Sovereign Weighi
Engraving of elaborate machinery used for weighing gold coins, to ensure that the coins weight is exactly right. Members of the public are observing the process

Sketches in the Bank of England. Machine for weighing coins
Engraving of complicated device for weighing gold sovereigns

Coin of Edward & Harold
Coins of Edward the Confessor and Harold II

Successful Money Lender
A successful money lender caresses his bulging money bags. Coins lie scattered across the table. A freshly drawn up loan contract is at his elbow

Rakes Progress 6
The Rakes Progress 6. Gaming house scene - a rowdy bunch

Cartoon, The Macmillion (Andrew Carnegie)
Cartoon, The Macmillion -- Andrew Carnegie (1835 - 1919), Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist

WW2 poster, Lend a Hand, War Savings Date: early 1940s

Somali Boys diving for money at Aden
Somali Boys diving for money/coins at Aden, Yemen. Described as " an amusing sight"... Date: 1875

English Coins - Variety of Medieval Monarchs. Kings featured are: Henry I, Stephen, Henry II, Richard I, John, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward II and Richard II

ANCIENT GREEK COINS
Ancient Greek coins

Coining presses United States Mint Philadelphia USA early 1900s

Social gathering in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Social gathering of friends and family to prepare for a wedding in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in which the guests put together leaves, flowers and coins to throw over the couple at the wedding

Royal Mint RMS Queen Mary commemorative bronze medal, in a presentation box. Date: 20th century

Illustration by Kenny Meadows to Timon of Athens, by William Shakespeare. Introductory Remarks, with a hand showering coins and jewels, to represent Timon's excessive generosity. Date: 1840

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 50 cents note issued by the towns of Albaida and Pau de Sert (Santa Pau). Coin

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 500 pesetas bill of legal currency at the beginnig of the war on 18th July 1936. Coin

Second Spanish Republic. Reverse of a 50 cents banknote (1937). Coin

Spain. Civil War (1936-1939). 5 cents note issued by the Union de Cooperadores of Barcelona (September 1936), of interior currency. Coin. SPAIN. Madrid. National Mint Museum

5 pesetas bill issued by the Generalitat of Catalunya (Barcelona, 1936). Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia

Spain. Civil War (1937). 100 pesetas bill issued by the Bank of Spain in Bilbao. Coin

Spain. Republican coin of the Civil War (1936-39). Coin. SPAIN. Barcelona. Numismatic Cabinet of Catalonia

Second Spanish Republic. Obverse of a 50 cents banknote (1937). Coin

Spanish Civil War. Bills issued by the touwn council of Reus for local use (1937). SPAIN. Bilbao. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation

2 pesetas bill (Spain, 1938)

1 peseta coin (Spain, 1937). SPAIN. Barcelona. National Art Museum of Catalonia

Searching a body; Paris Commune 1871
A soldier searching a corpse for coins to place over the dead man's eyes, during the Paris Commune

English Coins, King Egbert to Hardicanute, 802-1042 AD Date: 1789

The Royal Mint, Tower Hill, London Date: circa 1900

Comic postcard, Doctor and patient - with a reference to the newly introduced heavier brass threepenny coin (the older, silver ones were lighter and smaller) Date: circa late 1930s

Comic postcard, Money and a broken bottle Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and porter on railway platform Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Pretty young woman at the bank Date: 20th century

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