Commonwealth Coins Books and Catalogues

The coins of the British Commonwealth have an interesting history and exhibit a number of varieties. Although two coins may look the same at first glance, the production processes (and the continued attempts at improving those processes) have yielded countless minor die and design changes over the years, manifesting themselves as coin varieties. These books and catalogues are an attempt to be comprehensive and up-to-date references on what is currently known about these varieties. My current books can be bought from Lulu. Some of the research is also published at Coin Curiosity.

A Treatise on Varieties of British Fractional Bronze 1860-1970

First Edition 2021

British third farthings 1866-1913
British farthings 1860-1956
British halfpennies 1860-1970
Jersey 1/48th shillings 1877
Jersey 1/24th shillings 1877-1947

A new and up-to-date reference catalogue on the predecimal bronze third farthings, farthings and halfpennies of Great Britain and the 1/48th shillings and 1/24th shillings of Jersey including 4 new farthing varieties and 27 new halfpenny varieties not documented in Michael Freeman's The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain.

Sample section

A sample section documenting the farthings of Great Britain can be found here (please do not re-host or re-upload).

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This book includes history plus descriptions of all known obverse and reverse die varieties and all known die pairings. Profusely illustrated with cross-references to Charles Wilson Peck's, Michael Freeman's, Michael Gouby's, Malcolm Lewendon's, Iain Dracott's and David Groom's numbering systems for easy identification and cross-referencing.

Sample page from A Treatise on Varieties of British Fractional Bronze 1860-1970

First Edition - 2021

Fijian sixpences 1934-1967
Fijian shillings 1934-1965
Fijian florins 1934-1965

A reference catalogue documenting Fiji's predecimal silver sixpences, shillings and florins from 1934 to 1967 and their history.

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Sample page from Fijian Predecimal Silver Coins 1934-1967

First Edition - 2021 | Premier Edition - 2021

New Brunswick half cents 1861
New Brunswick cents 1861-1864
Nova Scotia half cents 1861
Nova Scotia cents 1861-1864

Demi-centimes de Nouveau-Brunswick 1861
Centimes de Nouveau-Brunswick 1861-1864
Demi-centimes de Nouvelle-Écosse 1861
Centimes de Nouvelle-Écosse 1861-1864

A reference catalogue documenting the bronze half cents and cents of Canada's provinces New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from 1861 to 1864, including both patterns and circulating coins.

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Errata

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