The penny of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from 1714 to 1901, the period in which the House of Hanover reigned, saw the transformation of the penny...
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The British penny (1⁄240 of a pound sterling), a large, pre-decimal coin which continued the series of pennies which began in about the year 700, was...
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History of the English penny (1603–1707) (The Stuarts and the Commonwealth) History of the British penny (1714-1901) (The Hanoverians) History of the...
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Numismatics portal United Kingdom portal History of the British penny (1714–1901) History of the British penny (1901–1970) "1p Coin". Royal Mint. 15 February...
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The history of the English penny from 1603 to 1707 covers the period of the House of Stuart, up to the Acts of Union of 1707 which brought about the Union...
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The British pre-decimal penny was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄240 of one pound or 1⁄12 of one shilling. Its symbol was d, from the Roman...
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The British farthing (derived from the Old English feorthing, a fourth part) was a British coin worth a quarter of an old penny (1⁄960 of a pound sterling)...
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Georgian era (redirect from Georgian period of British history)
The Georgian era was a period in British history from 1714 to c. 1830–1837, named after the Hanoverian kings George I, George II, George III and George...
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The history of the English penny from 1154 to 1485 covers the period of the House of Plantagenet, up to the Battle of Bosworth Field which brought about...
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Soho Mint (category History of Birmingham, West Midlands)
coinage History of mints History of the British penny (1714-1901) Old Bess, a steam engine at the Mint "Man Timeline". sohomint.info. Archived from the original...
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This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor...
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The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom, British Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories is denominated in pennies and pounds...
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The British half crown was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1⁄8 of one pound, or two shillings and six pence (abbreviated "2/6", familiarly "two...
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Decimal Day (redirect from Committee of the Inquiry on Decimal Currency)
new penny was worth 2.4 old pence ("d."). A coin of half a new penny, a halfpenny, was introduced to maintain the approximate granularity of the old penny...
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The history of the English penny can be traced back to the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of the 7th century: to the small, thick silver coins known to contemporaries...
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coin in 1836, as the Royal Mint sought to fill the gap between the penny and sixpence. The fourpence was chosen at the urging of the politician Joseph...
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Stuart period (redirect from Stuart Britain)
The Stuart period of British history lasted from 1603 to 1714 during the dynasty of the House of Stuart. The period was plagued by internal and religious...
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Old London. London: Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1901. Ellis, Aytoun. The Penny Universities; A History of the Coffee-houses. London, Secker & Warburg, 1956...
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Victorian era (redirect from Victorian history)
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22...
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The British halfpenny coin was worth 1/480th of a pound sterling. At first in its 700-year history it was made from silver, but as the value of silver...
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English society (redirect from History of british society)
the city, 1750–1900." Urban History. (2013) 40#3 pp 567–577. online Newman, Gerald, ed. Britain in the Hanoverian Age, 1714-1837: An Encyclopedia (1997)...
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Edward VII (redirect from Edward VII of Britain)
1910) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and...
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Queen Victoria (redirect from Victoria of the United Kingdom (1819-1901))
– 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216...
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2010-12-06. Androutsos, G (2006). "The outstanding British surgeon Percivall Pott (1714–1789) and the first description of an occupational cancer". J BUON...
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Willement The Beaufort Portcullis was shown on the reverse of British pennies minted between 1971 and 2008. G. E. C., ed. Geoffrey F. White. The Complete...
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replaced by the decimal new penny, with 2.4d being worth 1p. The three-pence (3d) coin first appeared in England during the fine silver coinage of King Edward...
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peasant. Most complex of all was the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714), in which the French and Austrians (along with their British, Dutch and Catalan...
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British literature is from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. This article covers British...
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Baron of Fahnenberg. In the Treaty of Rastatt of 1714, Emperor Charles VI received the Italian and Dutch possessions of the Spanish Habsburgers. Louis...
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Half sovereign (redirect from English/British coin Half Sovereign)
Hanover between 1714 and 1837; the arms of Hanover depicted the armorial bearings of Brunswick, Lüneburg and Celle. According to the Royal Mint's historian...
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