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Coins of the Pound

The Royal Mint issues coins ranging from the value of a farthing up to a crown for general circulation. It also mints other denominations usually for special occasions or as collectors' items. The obverse of a coin will always have the effigy of the reigning monarch. This portrait is is updated every 25 years or thereabouts, or on special occasions such as marriages or deaths.

As the Pound Nort is on the gold specie standard, the value of all coins is respective to the value of the shilling, which is worth one twentieth of a pound. Ten shillings is the amount of money needed to purchase 1 pennyweight of gold. Due to this relationship, the value of the pound is expected to rise as the cost of gold rises.

A farthing, is minted from bronze, and is around ¾ inches in diameter. The reverse has a robin and the word 'FARTHING' and the year of mintage.
A halfpenny, is also minted from bronze and is around ⅔ in diameter. The reverse has a coronet and the word 'HALFPENNY' and the year of mintage. Some older halfpennies have a crowned swan instead of a coronet. Some extremely old halfpennies simply have the words 'HALF PENNY' above each other in the centre.
A penny, is too minted from bronze and is a approximately an around 1⅒ in diameter. The reverse depicts a crown and the words 'ONE PENNY' and the year of mintage. Some pennies, perhaps a twelfth of all in circulation have instead a large numeral '1' crowned and the word 'PENNY' below. Some pennies have merely the words 'ONE PENNY' above each other in the centre, similar to older halfpennies.
A twopence is minted again in bronze and is approximately 1⅓ inch in diameter. The reverse depicts a coronetted strawberry surrounded radially by strawberry leaves, being the heraldic badge of the Prince of Rhise, with the word 'TWOPENCE', and the year of mintage.
A threepence is minted in silver, and is around ½ inch in diameter approximately. It has 5 spikes of lavender, erupting from a crown, with the word 'THREEPENCE' and the year of mintage. Some older threepences have a floral design of an entwined rose with no denomination displayed.
Fourpences are minted in silver, however are only minted for Maundy money and on special occasions. Traditionally, fourpences are minted for the coronation of a monarch, and on celebrated anniversaries of the coronation.
A sixpence is minted in silver and is around ⅘ inch in diameter. It has various designs, having commemorative variants often. The standard design is a lion crowned, with the word 'SIXPENCE' and year of minting.
Ninepences are minted in silver only on special occasions. It has only been minted a total of twelve times, the most recent being in 2002 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Travlesea.
A shilling is minted in silver and is around an inch in diameter. The reverse has one of the four Royal shields crowned, the words 'ONE SHILLING', and the year of mintage.
A florin is minted in silver and a bit less than one and half inches in diameter and thicker than a shilling. It has one of the four Royal coat of arms crowned, the word 'FLORIN' and the year of mintage.
A half-crown, only minted for special occasions, is minted in silver with various designs.
A double florin is minted in silver and a bit larger than a florin, and thicker. It has the Royal coat of arms, the words 'DOUBLE FLORIN', and the year of mintage on the reverse.
A crown, only minted for coronations, is minted in silver with various designs.
A sovereign, is minted in gold. It has two designs, one being St Alexander and the other St Michael, the two patron saints of Nortend and Hambria respectively.

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