George VI 1936 - 1952

We believe the bronze coins of King George VI are much underappreciated. The farthings are easy to get, but try and get nice Pennies and Halfpennies. Here we are offering a George VI Penny from 1938 in between uncirculated & brilliant uncirculated condition.

It was fashionable in the 40s to put shiny new pennies in Christmas stockings, and the Mint considered this a frivolous use of valuable national resources at a time of austerity, so the Mint darkened them with thiosulphate in order to discourage the practice! We’ve been offering Post-War Pennies of George VI dated 1946 all the way through to 1950 over the last few months, hopefully you’ve taken the opportunity to compile an impressive collection? It gets difficult to find some of the War-time dates as they struck less during these troubled times, in fact between 1941 and 1943 they didn’t strike any at all. After rummaging through our vaults, we managed to find a nice group of high grade and Mint Darkened 1945 Pennies. Extend your date run of War-Time George VI pennies by adding one of these historic Mint Darkened 1945 Pennies to your collection, available in Uncirculated condition.

We believe the bronze coins of King George VI are much underappreciated. The farthings are easy to get, but try and get nice Pennies and Halfpennies. Here we are offering a George VI Penny from 1947 in uncirculated condition.

After the War, there was a big demand for the Royal Mint to strike pennies. We’ve previously featured the 1946, 1948, 1949 and 1950 Pennies, so it made sense to offer our collectors the opportunity to buy wonderful high grade pennies from 1947. Now you can extend your Post-War date run by adding one of these high grade 1947 Pennies to your collection.

George VI, Bronze Penny, 1948 in Brilliant Uncirculated condition.

1d (1 Penny) from George VI's reign, minted in 1948 and in uncirculated condition.

1D (1 Penny) from the reign of George VI, minted in 1948 and in UNC-BU condition.

In 1949 the Royal Mint changed the legend on our coinage, IND IMP was omitted. This was due to India gaining its independence from this country and there was no longer a reason to have it on the legend. There were only two more pennies after this issue and both of these are Rare and very expensive, especially in Brilliant Uncirculated condition. If you want an important type coin, at a price that won’t break the bank, then this 1949 Penny without IND IMP is the coin for you. All of the coins are in Brilliant Uncirculated condition and came from a bag that was found in a bank in the United States. They had been there since 1949! These are priced right to entice and delight you and at our price, it might be interesting to buy a couple of extra pieces for trading with other collectors.

Unlike the smaller denominations, the classic penny design featuring a seated Britannia, first introduced in 1860 and would continue throughout George VI’s reign. Here we offer the 1949 Penny in Brilliant Unirculated condition.

Mark also had a small box of the Rare 1950 George VI Penny, it has a mintage of just 240,000 coins and they were all released overseas. Normally we sell this coin in Very Fine for £29.50, but the coins Mark had were Good Very Fine – Extremely Fine. For 20 collectors only you can have one for the same price as a Very Fine. This is a Rare Penny and in better than usual condition but at the price, we would usually charge for a lesser grade coin.