Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland in the British Museum

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. This Handbook contains descriptions of all the specimens exhibited in the window-cases of the Corridor of the Department of Coins and Medals; viz. 974 English, 234 Scottish, and 134 Irish Coins, ranging from the earliest Anglo-Saxon issues, circ. A.D. 600, down to the present day. Much additional historical and descriptive matter, together with lists of the mint-marks chronologically arranged under each reign and translations of the mottoes (given in the Appendices), will it is hoped make this work a comprehensive guide to the entire coinage of Great Britain and Ireland. It has been written by Mr. H. A. Grueber, who is also responsible for the historical Introduction. The sixty-four Collotype Plates, by the Clarendon Press, Oxford, give representations of all the more interesting specimens. The proof sheets have been read throughout by myself.