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ol li { display: inline-block; } ol li:after { content: '>'; } ol li:last-child:after { content: ''; } Home World Coins and Paper Money World Coins World Coins Coins reflect the country and era in which they were minted. When a country got a new ruler or a new government, the currency changed too. Therefore, coins have a lot to teach you about a country's history. Colonial Acres Coins sells collectible currency from all around the world. Here is an overview of some of the countries represented and information about the coins you may find. .vp-sc-thumbs__item { margin-left: -4px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 33.3333333333333%; padding: 15px 5px; box-sizing: border-box } .vp-sc-thumbs__list img { vertical-align: middle } @media (max-width:480px) { .vp-sc-thumbs__item { width: 50% } } @media (min-width:481px) and (max-width:767px) { .vp-sc-thumbs__item { min-width: 33.333333% } } .vp-sc-thumbs__img { max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto 15px } .vp-sc-thumbs__title { display: block; word-wrap: break-word } • COUNTRIES A TO F • COUNTRIES G • GREAT BRITAIN • COUNTRIES H TO M • COUNTRIES N TO R • S TO Z GREAT BRITAIN Since the middle of the 17th century, all British coins have depicted the current monarch in profile. This practice started with Oliver Cromwell who, ironically enough, was not a monarch but a parliamentarian who helped to overthrow the monarchy and temporarily establish a republican commonwealth. Once the monarchy was restored in 1660, the practice of depicting rulers on British currency remained and continues to this day. The direction the monarch is facing changes with each new accession in an alternating fashion. For example, Cromwell faced left, then Charles II faced right and so on through the intervening centuries to the current monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who faces right. The basic monetary unit in Great Britain is the pound sterling. Prior to 1971, there were many denominations of British coins worth different fractions of a pound