Milled Coins
View a comprehensive range of Milled Coins at BullionByPost. We stock both gold milled coins and silver milled coins, ranging from Crowns and Florins to Guineas and Shillings.
Milled or 'machine-struck' coins were the successor to hammered coins and utilised modern machinery to produce the coins at a faster rate and with greater consistency than hand-made production.
To view our range of Hammered Coins, click here.
1673 Charles II Halfcrown - Fine {1-14-1673a}
from £209.80
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1834 Shilling CGS EF60 {03-17-1834A}
from £211.70
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1662 Charles II Crown - Nice Fine {1-13-1679b}
from £235.10
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1746 George II 'Lima' Halfcrown - Good Fine {6B}
from £241.30
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George V 1939 Silver Maundy Set - Uncirculated Boxed
from £258.90
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1708 Anne Crown - Nice Fine {1-13-1708a}
from £264.40
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1930 George V Proof Crown {01-13-1930A}
from £274.80
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1708 Anne Crown - Fine {1-13-1708A}
from £275.50
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1858 Shilling CGS 78 {03-17-1858A}
from £294.10
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1902 Edward VII Crown - Good Very Fine
from £324.90
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George III 1817 Half Sovereign {1-03-1817B}
from £363.50
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1930 George V Proof Crown CGS 65 {03-13-1930A}
from £390.10
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George III 1817 Half Sovereign {1-03-1817A}
from £407.10
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1931 George V Proof Crown CGS70 {03-13-1931A}
from £437.30
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1785 George III Half Guinea Gold Coin {3-06-1785A}
from £453.70
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George III 1828 Half Sovereign {1-03-1828A}
from £457.00
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1707 Anne Crown - Nice Fine {8A}
from £480.40
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1707 Anne Crown - Nice Fine {8B}
from £480.40
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George III 1827 Half Sovereign {1-03-1827A}
from £557.10
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1806 George III Half Guinea {1-06-1806A}
from £557.40
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1719 George I Half Guinea Gold Coin {3-6-1719a}
from £573.70
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1782 Guinea Gold Coin {3-5-1782A}
from £601.30
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1791 George III Half Guinea Gold Coin {3-06-1786A}
from £618.70
BuyMilled coins first came to exist in 1550 in Europe following a surge in demand and a desire to protect against counterfeit production. Low-quality coins were being produced by Mints in an attempt to match demand, which made them easy to 'clip' to steal precious metal from the edges.
It was the French who struck first and moved to mechanical production - a decision designed to help France get an edge over the Holy Roman Empire. An unnamed French engineer - believed to be Marx Schwab - designed the new screw press and within a year France had a mechanised mint called the Moulin des Étuves.
In 1560, Queen Elizabeth I orchestrated a Great Recoinage in Britain and mechanised production came to England, though France, Britain and the rest of Europe didn't wholly adopt milled coins until many years later.
