| The hobby of collecting coins has made certain | | | | era. |
| currency coins much more valuable than the | | | | By 1982 collectors felt they needed to reassign a |
| imprint from the mint that they bear. Human | | | | better word in place of 'new', a word that would |
| beings have since times immemorial tried to | | | | speak of the value of the coin in question. So |
| preserve a record of the time gone by in history, | | | | they started using 'two', 'thirty' and other prefixes |
| and coin collection is another such past time in | | | | that spoke of the coin value. This was a more |
| reminiscence of yesteryear. You can preserve a | | | | accurate description as far as the collectors were |
| part of a country's history by collecting its coins. | | | | concerned. |
| You can feel and touch the very coins that kings | | | | After yet another year had gone by, the two |
| and emperors of the old days did, and other | | | | pence variety were so very common that |
| people can get a feel of it too, thanks to the | | | | collectors didn't bother much about them. The |
| collector. | | | | Royal Mint promptly issued a limited edition series |
| In United Kingdom coin collection is a well | | | | of the 2p then, only given to the famous English |
| respected hobby simply because English coins | | | | coin collectors! Today there exist only some |
| really are a realistic representation of the | | | | twenty 2p coins bearing the 'new pence' word on |
| interesting history of this country. They are a | | | | the reverse, and coin collectors try hard to get |
| true to life representation of the royalty that the | | | | hold of one of these. |
| country has seen - for instance collectors just | | | | Just as with the history of this fascinating country |
| love to own the fifty cent coins that were issued | | | | coin collection in the United Kingdom has seen |
| by the Royal Canada Mint, to facilitate Queen | | | | quite a few changes over the years. The initial |
| Elizabeth the second's golden jubilee year. | | | | change was the decimal factor added to coins. |
| Some interesting facts about collecting English | | | | This system denotes a modern value to ancient |
| coins - | | | | English coins that are no longer in circulation. The |
| There is a unique way to categorize the kind of | | | | 20 shillings is now called the one pound by |
| United Kingdom coins you wish to collect, very | | | | collectors. |
| much unlike the American collection system. Say | | | | As you could well imagine by now, collecting coins |
| for example, the name 'new pence' is used to | | | | from the United Kingdom is more than just any |
| describe the coins that were minted in the UK | | | | hobby. It is collecting a piece of English history, |
| between 1971 and 1981. This term was used to | | | | and that is why collectors are so well respected in |
| make a difference between these coins and the | | | | the country. |
| older ancient pennies that were used before this | | | | |