British monarchs in my collection

This is all about coins in my collection that feature the name or likeness of a monarch of the UK.

Earliest monarch:
George III, 1797 penny

Earliest coin from the Americas:
Victoria, Prince Edward Island, 1871

Earliest coin from the Southern Hemisphere:
Victoria, Mauritius, 1 cent, 1877

Earliest decimal coin:
Victoria, India-Straits, 1 cent, 1862

Earliest decimal "2" unit coin:
Elizabeth II, British Caribbean Territories, 2 cents, 1955

Earliest "5" unit coin, and earliest nickel coin:
George V, Canada, 5 cents, 1927

Earliest "10" unit coin:
George V, Straits Settlements, 10 cents, 1926

Earliest "20" unit coin:
George VI, Malaya, 20 cents, 1948

Earliest "25" unit and "50" unit coins:
George VI, Ceylon, 1943

Earliest aluminium coin:
Elizabeth II, Seychelles, 1 cent and 5 cents, 1972

Earliest bimetallic coin:
Elizabeth II, Canada, $2, 1996

Earliest brass coin:
George VI, UK, 3 pence, 1937

Earliest copper-nickel coin, and earliest scalloped coin:
George V, India, 1 Anna, 1914

Earliest steel coin:
George VI, Canada, 5 cents, 1944

Earliest plated zinc coin:
Elizabeth II, Fiji, 2 cents, 1990

Last silver coin:
Elizabeth II, Canada, 25 cents, 1968

Last copper or bronze coin:
Elizabeth II, Canada, 1 cent, 1996

Highest mintage:
Elizabeth II, UK, 5 pence, 1990, 1,635,000,000

Lowest mintage:
Elizabeth II, Canada, 50 cents, 2011, 150,000

Earliest 4-sided coin:
George V, India, 2 Anna's, 1918

Earliest 7-sided coin:
Elizabeth II, UK, 50 pence, 1969

Earliest coin with a center hole:
George VI, East Africa, 5 cents, 1941

Earliest coin with edge lettering:
Elizabeth II, New Zealand, $, 1967

Earliest coin with a security edge:
George VI, British West Africa, 3 pence, 1938

Earliest coin with a segmented edge:
Elizabeth II, New Zealand, 50 cents, 1978

How about your collection?

Here's mine, as far as I can tell...

Earliest monarch:
William III, 4 pence, 1699

Earliest coin from the Americas:
Victoria, Nova Scotia, 1843 half penny token

Earliest coin from the Southern Hemisphere:
George V, Australia, 1 penny, 1919

Earliest decimal coin, and earliest non-token coin from the Americas:
Victoria, Nova Scotia, 1 cent, 1861

Earliest decimal "2" unit coin:
Elizabeth II, 2 cents, 1955 - tie between British Caribbean Territories and Ceylon

Earliest "5" unit coin:
Victoria, Ceylon, 5 cents, 1870

Earliest "10" unit coin:
George VI, Canada, 10 cents, 1941

Earliest "20" unit coin:
George VI, Malaya, 20 cents, 1950

Earliest "25" unit coin:
George V, Canada, 25 cents, 1913

Earliest "50" unit coin:
George VI, East Africa, 50 cents, 1948

Earliest aluminium coin:
Elizabeth II, Ceylon, 2 cents, 1971

Earliest bimetallic coin:
Elizabeth II, Canada, $2, 1996

Earliest brass coin:
George VI, Jamaica, 1 penny, 1937

Earliest copper-nickel coin, and earliest scalloped coin:
Edward VII, India, 1 anna, 1910

Earliest nickel coin:
George V, Canada, 5 cents, 1922

Earliest steel coin:
George VI, Canada, 5 cents, 1944

Earliest plated zinc coin:
Elizabeth II, Papua New Guinea, 2 toea, 1975

Last silver coin:
Elizabeth II, Canada, $1, 1958

Last copper or bronze coin:
Elizabeth II, Tokelau, 2 cents, 2012

Last circulating copper or bronze coin:
Elizabeth II, 1991 - tie between Canada, 1 cent and Isle of Man, 2 pence

Highest mintage:
[far too many to look through, sorry]

Lowest mintage:
Elizabeth II, Pitcairn Islands, 5 cents, 2009, 20,000

Earliest 4 sided coin:
George VI, Ceylon, 5 cents, 1944

Earliest 7 sided coin:
Elizabeth II, UK, 20 pence, 1982

Earliest coin with a center hole:
Edward VIII, British West Africa, 1/2 penny, 1936

(Don't feel like looking through my coins for edge details, sorry.)

Collecting monarchs is my main goal so here is mine:

Earliest Monarch:
Queen Elizabeth I -England - Groat 1560

Earliest coin from the Americas:
George III - Lower Canada - 1/2 Penny 1820

Earliest coin from the Southern Hemisphere:
If its southern enough: Victoria - Ceylon - 1 Cent 1892

Earliest decimal coin:
I guess the same coin as above: Victoria - Ceylon - 1 Cent 1892

Earliest decimal "2" unit coin:
Elizabeth II -UK 2 New Pence 1971

Earliest "5" unit coin:
George V - Canada 5 Cents 1930

Earliest "10" unit coin:
Elizabeth II - UK 10 New Pence 1968

Earliest "20" unit coin:
Elizabeth II - Australia 20 Cents 1968

Earliest "50" unit coin:
George VI - Hong Kong 50 Cents 1951

Earliest aluminium coin:
Elizabeth II - Seychelles 5 Cents 1972

Earliest bimetallic coin:
Elizabeth II - Canada 2$ 1996

Earliest brass coin:
James II - Ireland 6 Pence June 1689

Earliest copper-nickel coin:
George V - British India 1 Anna 1936

Earliest steel coin:
Elizabeth II - UK 1 Penny 2001 (Copper Plated)

Earliest zinc coin:
Got no British zinc coin :o

Earliest silver coin:
Elizabeth I - England Groat 1560

Last silver coin:
Elizabeth II - Australia 6 Pence 1963

Last copper coin:
Victoria - Ceylon 1 Cent 1892

Last bronze coin:
Elizabeth II - UK 1 Penny 1990

No Idea about the mintage numbers, they are missing on so many coins but the lowest one is possibly my Lower Canada Halfpenny from 1820 or maybe the "Gun money" 6 Pence from June 1689.

For me

Earliest Monarch:
Great Britain 1758 - George II Sixpence

Earliest coin from the Americas:
George III - Lower Canada - 1/2 Penny 1813 Wellington Victory Token

Earliest Americas coin that is not a token or provincial
Canada 1 cent 1859 - Victoria

Earliest coin from the Southern Hemisphere:
Australia, Edward VII 3d and 6d 1910.

Earliest decimal coin:
Victoria 1859 Canada 1 cent.

Earliest decimal "2" unit coin:
East Caribbean States 2 cents 1955 - Elizabeth II

Earliest "5" unit coin:
Canada 5 cents, Edward VII - 1903

Earliest "10" unit coin:
Ceylon 10 cents 1892 Victoria

Earliest "20" unit coin:
British Malaya and North Borneo 20 cents 1948 KGVI

Earliest "25" unit coin
Canada 25 cents 1912 George V

Earliest "50" unit coin:
Elizabeth II 1953 Canada 50 cents

Earliest "100" Dollar, shilling, pound etc unit
Hong Kong - One dollar 1960 - Elizabeth II

Earliest "200" 2 dollars etc unit
Australia 1988 2 dollars - Queen Elizabeth II

Earliest "500" or 5 dollars etc unit
Papua New Guinea - 5 Kina 1976 - QE2

Earliest "1000" or 10 dollar unit
Papua New Guinea - 10 Kina 1976 - QE2

Earliest Rupee coin
East India Company (India) I rupee 1835 - King William IV

Earliest aluminium coin:
British West Africa 1 cent 1908 Edward VII

Earliest coin with a really weird shape
India - One Anna 1920 (Scalloped thing)

Earliest bimetallic coin:
Hong Kong 1994 $10 Dollars QE2

Earliest brass coin:
UK - Threepence 1937 King George VI

Earliest copper-nickel coin:
George V - Straits Settlement 1920 1 cent (Square coin)

Earliest steel coin:
Elizabeth II - Ghana 1997 50 Cedis

Earliest zinc coin:
Great Britain 1921 Florin George V - These coins and all colonial coins with 50% silver had 5% zinc in them - yes its cheating I know.

Earliest silver coin:
Great Britain - George II 6d 1758

Last silver coin:
Elizabeth II - Australia 50 cents 1966 and Canada $1 of the same date.
Although the $10 Australia 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Pieces were known to have briefly been circulating when silver prices dropped.

Last copper coin:
Victoria - 1855 1 penny UK

Last bronze coin:
Elizabeth II - Fiji 2 cents 1992

Highest mintage I know
UK One new penny 1971 - 1.521 billion minted!!!!

Lowest mintage
NZ - $5 2012 1,500 Coins

Oldest New Zealand coin
Somerville Penny token 1857 - Victorian but no monarch on it
I have a boat load of 1933 coins, the first year of New Zealand coins.

Earliest coin that is a non circulating commemorative
New Zealand 1949 Royal Visit Crown - George VI
1927 Canberra Florins did circulate and thus I did not count it.

Earliest coin from a newly independent nation of the Empire after WW2
India 1 Rupee 1948 (Lion)

Earliest coin from a newly independent African nation
Ghana - 1 Penny 1958 (Kwame Nkrumah)

Earliest coin from a newly independent Caribbean nation
Jamaica 1 cent to $1 coin set 1969

Latest coin from a BC nation when it was still a colony excluding Hong Kong
Brunei 10 sen 1982 - Hassanal Bolkiah (Brunei finally got independence in 1984)

Earliest coin from a newly independent Pacific Nation
Tonga and Samoa - 1967 decimal sets 1 seniti to 2 pa' anga (Tonga) and 1 sene to 1 tala (Samoa)

For me - Updated May 2 2020

Earliest Monarch:
Constans II - Copper unit used throughout Empire - 340sAD
English - Charles I - Halfcrown 1635/36

Earliest coin from the Americas:
George III - Lower Canada - 1/2 Penny 1813 Wellington Victory Token

Earliest Americas coin that is not a token or provincial
Canada 1 cent 1859 - Victoria

Earliest coin from the Southern Hemisphere:
Australia, Edward VII 3d and 6d 1910.

Earliest decimal coin:
Victoria 1859 Canada 1 cent.

Earliest decimal "2" unit coin:
East Caribbean States 2 cents 1955 - Elizabeth II

Earliest "5" unit coin:
Canada 5 cents, Edward VII - 1903

Earliest "10" unit coin:
Ceylon 10 cents 1892 Victoria

Earliest "20" unit coin:
British Malaya and North Borneo 20 cents 1948 KGVI

Earliest "25" unit coin
Canada 25 cents 1912 George V

Earliest "50" unit coin:
Elizabeth II 1953 Canada 50 cents

Earliest "100" Dollar, shilling, pound etc unit
Hong Kong - One dollar 1960 - Elizabeth II

Earliest "200" 2 dollars etc unit
Australia 1988 2 dollars - Queen Elizabeth II

Earliest "500" or 5 dollars etc unit
Papua New Guinea - 5 Kina 1976 - QE2

Earliest "1000" or 10 dollar unit
Papua New Guinea - 10 Kina 1976 - QE2

Earliest Rupee coin
East India Company (India) I rupee 1835 - King William IV

Earliest aluminium coin:
British West Africa 1 cent 1908 Edward VII

Earliest coin with a really weird shape
India - One Anna 1920 (Scalloped thing)

Earliest bimetallic coin:
Hong Kong 1994 $10 Dollars QE2

Earliest brass coin:
UK - Threepence 1937 King George VI

Earliest copper-nickel coin:
George V - Straits Settlement 1920 1 cent (Square coin)

Earliest steel coin:
Elizabeth II - Ghana 1997 50 Cedis

Earliest zinc coin:
Great Britain 1920 Halfcrown George V - These coins and all colonial coins with 50% silver had 5% zinc in them - yes its cheating I know.

Earliest silver coin:
England - Halfcrown Charles I - 1636

Last silver coin:
Elizabeth II - Australia 50 cents 1966 and Canada $1 of the same date.
Although the $10 Australia 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Pieces were known to have briefly been circulating when silver prices dropped.

Last copper coin:
Victoria - 1855 1 penny UK

Last bronze coin:
Elizabeth II - Fiji 2 cents 1992

Highest mintage I know
UK One new penny 1971 - 1.521 billion minted!!!!

Lowest mintage
NZ - $5 2012 1,500 Coins

Oldest New Zealand coin
Somerville Penny token 1857 - Victorian but no monarch on it
I have a boat load of 1933 coins, the first year of New Zealand coins.

Earliest coin that is a non circulating commemorative
New Zealand 1949 Royal Visit Crown - George VI
1927 Canberra Florins did circulate and thus I did not count it.

Earliest coin from a newly independent nation of the Empire after WW2
India 1 Rupee 1948 (Lion)

Earliest coin from a newly independent African nation
Ghana - 1 Penny 1958 (Kwame Nkrumah)

Earliest coin from a newly independent Caribbean nation
Jamaica 1 cent to $1 coin set 1969

Latest coin from a BC nation when it was still a colony excluding Hong Kong
Brunei 10 sen 1982 - Hassanal Bolkiah (Brunei finally got independence in 1984)

Earliest coin from a newly independent Pacific Nation
Tonga and Samoa - 1967 decimal sets 1 seniti to 2 pa' anga (Tonga) and 1 sene to 1 tala (Samoa)

Here is my depressing collection:

Earliest monarch:
Canada - 1940 5 Cents (KM#33) = George VI (George VI)

Earliest coin from the Americas:
Canada - 1940 5 Cents (KM#33) = George VI (Canada)

Earliest decimal coin:
Canada - 1940 5 Cents (KM#33) = George VI (0.05)

Earliest "5" unit coin
Canada - 1940 5 Cents (KM#33) = George VI (5 cents)

Earliest "10" unit coin:
Hong Kong - 1951 10 Cents (KM#25) - George VI (10 cents)

Earliest "20" unit coin:
United Kingdom - 1993 20 Pence (KM#939) - Elizabeth II (20 pence)

Earliest "25" unit coin:
Canada - 1964 25 Cents (KM#52) - Elizabeth II (25 cents)

Earliest copper-nickel coin:
Hong Kong - 1978 1 Dollar (KM#43) - Elizabeth II (Copper-nickel)

Earliest steel coin:
Canada - 2003 5 Cents (KM#491) - Elizabeth II (Nickel plated steel)

Earliest plated zinc coin:
Canada - 1998 1 Cent (KM#289) - Elizabeth II (Copper plated zinc)

Last silver coin:
Canada - 1957 25 Cents (KM#52) - Elizabeth II (80% Silver)

Last copper or bronze coin:
Canada - 1964 1 Cent (KM#49) - Elizabeth II (Bronze)

Highest mintage:
United Kingdom - 1990 5 Pence (KM#937b) - Elizabeth II (Mintage: 1,634,976,005)

Lowest mintage:
Bermuda - 1996 10 Cents (KM#46) - Elizabeth II (Mintage: 1,000,000)

Earliest coin with a security edge:
Hong Kong - 1949 5 Cents (KM#26) - George VI (Security Edge)

Earliest nickel coin:
Canada - 1940 5 Cents (KM#33) = George VI (Nickel)

Let me know if there are any other interesting categories!

Not so much that, but Hong Kong is not in the Southern Hemisphere, it is at 22.20 degrees north.

Quote: "Moneytane"​Not so much that, but Hong Kong is not in the Southern Hemisphere, it is at 22.20 degrees north.

​Fixed it!