Politics in the British Isles Politics in the British Isles The British Isles comprise two sovereign states, Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, and three dependencies of the British Crown, Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man. Ireland is a unitary state and a republic. Since 1998, it shares certain common institutions with Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom, from which it was partitioned in 1921. The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy and also a unitary state comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Also since 1998, the United Kingdom has devolved significant domestic powers (though differing in extent) to administrations in Northern
Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles Coins. By J.D. Brady. 30 plates, 1982. Tokens of the British Isles 1575-1750. Part I. Bedfordshire to Devon. By R.H. Thompson. 35 plates, 1984. Part II. Hiberno-Norse Coins. By W. Seaby. 16 plates, 1984. Coins of Charles I. By J.J. North and P.J. Preston-Morley. 130 plates, 1984. Anglo-Saxon Coins, Part V: Athelstan to Edgar's Reform. By M.M. Archibald and C.E. Blunt. 56 plates, 1986. Scottish Coins. By J.D. Bateson and N.J. Mayhew. 116 plates, 1987. Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and Hiberno-Norse Coins. By B. Kluge. 41 plates, 1987. Anglo-Saxon and Later Medieval British Coins. By A. Mikolajczyk. 20 plates, 1987. Tokens of