Pre-decimal coins: 1,137 coins, 1706–1970
Until Decimal Day on 15 February 1971 a pound was 20 shillings and a shilling was 12 pence. Farthings, halfpennies, pennies, threepences, sixpences, shillings, florins, half crowns and crowns are listed here, from the early eighteenth century to the final issues of 1970. Florin House takes its name from the florin, the two-shilling coin of 1849 that was Britain’s first step towards a decimal pound.
1,137 coins are listed here, 702 in circulation condition and 435 brilliant uncirculated or proof. Mintages run from 1 to 336,143,250 across the 808 coins with a known mintage. Values run from £0.08 to £87,865.03 across the 950 coins with a value. 11 Florin House collectors hold at least one of them. 1,137 values imported from Numista, latest dated 3 October 2026.
