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My 1811 silver crown from the Isle of Man.

My 1811 silver crown from the Isle of Man.

This is one of only three types of the five-shilling denomination that circulated in Britain during the Regency Period, until the Great Recoinage of 1816. The other two were issued in Chichester (in Sussex) and on Guernsey. Struck in tiny quantities, all three have always been extremely rare.

u/exonumismaniac — 10 days ago