Values of Coins of the UK (2024)

('Coins of the UK')

by Tony Clayton

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It is stressed that the following prices are a guide to retail prices only, and are in UK pounds. They represent what you might have to pay a dealer,rather than what you might be able to sell them for.
I can take no personal responsibility for their accuracy, although every efforthas been made to ensure that they have been copied correctly.
The information has generally been taken from the UK monthly magazineCoin News,and is reproduced by the kind permission of

Token Publishing Ltd, 40 Southernhay East, Exeter, EX1 1PE

Condition Grades

The headings F, VF, EF and Unc refer to the condition grades of the coins. A guide toevaluating grades is found on my UK Coin Values Index page.

Proof coins relatively often found are listed, but the absence of a mention does not mean thata proof of that year does not exist.

Silver Pence

Values of silver pennies are now on the Silver (Maundy) Penny page.

Copper Pence

George III

Year F VF EF Unc1797 25 60 320 10001806 7 20 85 3001807 7 20 85 3001808 unique

Large copper coins dated 1799 are almost certainly halfpence.

George IV

Year F VF EF Unc1825 18 45 275 7001826 18 45 275 7001826 proof 12001827 300 1000 5000

William IV

Year F VF EF Unc1831 30 75 425 12501831 proof 15001834 32 75 425 13501837 70 210 800 3000

Victoria

Year F VF EF Unc1839 proof 35001841: 10 50 300 8751841nc 8 20 175 5501843nc ex. rare1843: 100 375 2000 50001844 12 30 200 6251845 15 35 270 8001846 15 25 240 7501846f: 15 25 240 7501846c: 16 30 240 8001847 12 25 200 6001848 12 25 175 5751848/7 9 22 160 5001848/6 20 120 5251849 225 600 25001851 15 45 220 8001853 7 15 100 2001853 proof 35001854 8 22 120 2601854/3 15 50 2001855 8 20 120 3001856p 110 250 1100 30001856o 120 270 1100 32001857p 7 18 100 3301857o 6 18 90 3501858/7 7 18 90 3501858/6 40 120 5501858/3 25 90 4001858 7 16 100 3751859 10 28 180 5251860/59 900 2200 4000 7000

1860 pennies with the words ONE PENNY on the reverse are themore common bronze type listed below.
nc - no colon after REG
: - colon after REG
f - far colon after DEF
c - close colon after DEF
p - plain trident
o - ornamental trident

Bronze Pence

Victoria Young Head or 'Bun' Penny

Many Victorian pennies have die varieties, but listing their values is too specialised.

Year F VF EF Unc1860b 40 100 250 10001860t 10 30 80 4001861 8 15 55 3751862 8 15 55 3501862s 100 2501863 8 15 55 3251863dn 500 10001864p4 30 175 700 35001864c4 35 185 800 40001865 8 20 60 4001865/3 50 160 6001866 8 25 80 5001867 8 25 150 9001868 20 80 300 24001869 150 500 2000 60001870 18 50 200 8001871 45 150 500 25001872 8 25 80 3251873 8 25 80 3251874 8 25 80 3251874H 8 25 80 3801874o 18 50 130 5751875 8 25 75 3501875H 35 125 950 25001876H 8 15 65 3751877 8 15 65 3751878 8 15 65 3751879 6 18 60 3751880 6 18 60 3601881 8 18 60 3251881H 12 20 65 3501882H 8 18 60 3251882 extremely rare

1883 8 18 65 2751884 8 20 65 2751885 8 18 60 2751886 8 18 60 2751887 8 18 60 2751888 8 18 65 3001889 8 18 55 4001890 8 18 55 2751891 8 15 55 2751892 10 20 100 3001893 8 15 55 2751893/2 90 250 375 6001894 15 45 160 550

b: beaded border.
t: toothed border.
s: small date as for halfpenny.
p4: plain 4
c4: crosslet 4
H: Heaton Mint (H under date)
o: older portrait
dn: die number under date.

Victoria Old Head

Year F VF EF Unc18952mm 20 90 300 85018951mm 2 18 751896 2 18 651897 2 15 601897d 150 275 9001898 3 18 651899 3 16 601900 3 16 451901 3 10 30

18952mm: 2mm between P of PENNY and trident head
18951mm: 1mm between P of PENNY and trident head
d: dot after O in ONE

Edward VII

Year F VF EF Unc1902 1 8 301902lt 4 15 75 2501903 3 15 901904 4 25 2001905 3 15 851906 3 15 751907 3 15 751908 3 18 1401909 3 20 1751910 3 15 65

lt: low tide variety

George V

Year F VF EF Unc1911 3 12 651912 3 12 651912H 4 40 2501913 3 15 801914 3 18 851915 3 20 901916 3 15 651917 3 15 601918 3 12 551918H 1 15 150 7001918KN 8 80 600 25001919 2 15 551919H 1 18 275 11001919KN 15 120 800 32001920 2 12 301921 2 12 401922 3 28 1601922r 1000 30001926 6 25 150

H: H mintmark to left of date
KN: KN mintmark to left of date
r: 1927 style reverse (quite difficult to distinguish)

Second Type. Modified Obverse

Year F VF EF Unc1926me 25 150 800 2700

Year F VF EF Unc1927 2 10 45

Year F VF EF Unc1927 2 10 451928 2 10 401929 2 10 451930 2 20 801931 2 10 551932 2 15 1101933 extremely rare1934 2 25 1101935 2 151936 2 12

George VI

Year F VF EF Unc1937 41937 proof 151938 61939 151940 8 251944 81945 81946 81947 51948 5

Pennies dated 1944, 1945 and 1946 were darkened at the Mint.

Second Type FIDEI DEF

Year F VF EF Unc1949 81950 8 16 30 501950 proof 251951 20 28 50 751951 proof 401952 unique proof

Elizabeth II

Year F VF EF Unc1953 2 51953 proof 101953t unique

t: toothed reverse as GVI coins.

Second Type: No BRITT OMN

Year F VF EF Unc1954 unique1961 21962196319641965196619671970 proof 8

Copper & Bronze values extracted from Coin News February 2023

The lack of a value for a grade means either that the coin is rarely foundin that grade or that its value is less than £1. Pennies dated 1962 to 1967 are very common, and particularly so dated 1967

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