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.
1741 George II Silver Crown - D. QVARTO
from £2,959
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1683 Charles II Half Crown - T QVINTO
from £2,105
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1911 George V Proof Gold Sovereign
from £1,662
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1840 Queen Victoria Silver Halfcrown
from £1,605
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1818 George III Gold Half Sovereign NGC AU55
from £1,460
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from £1,202
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1821 Gold Sovereign - George IV Laureate Head
from £1,057
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from £904.00
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1708 Queen Anne Silver sixpence
from £900.90
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from £896.70
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from £733.90
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from £650.70
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1779 George III Silver Countermarked Dollar Mexico
from £602.20
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1683 Charles II Silver Sixpence
from £585.90
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from £579.00
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from £526.40
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1819 George III Silver Crown - About Uncirculated
from £502.60
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1693 William & Mary Silver Sixpence
from £495.90
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1713 Queen Anne Silver Milled Crown Post union
from £494.50
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from £489.60
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from £489.60
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1818 LIX George III Silver Crown rare "TUTAMEN" error
from £483.10
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.
