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Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
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 effort has been made to ensure that they have been copied correctly.
The information has generally been taken from the UK monthly magazine Coin News, and is reproduced by the kind permission of
Token Publishing Ltd, 40 Southernhay East, Exeter, EX1 1PE
The headings F, VF, EF and Unc refer to the condition grades of the coins. A guide to evaluating 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 that a proof of that year does not exist.
No values of these coins are available
No values of the pre-Commonwealth coins are available
Year F VF EF 1672 45 250 850 1672nso 70 300 1000 1673 50 275 950 1673ca 150 550 1674 55 300 950 1675 50 250 850 1676 one known 1679 60 300 1000 1679ns 70 350 ca: CAROLA ns: no rev stop
Year F VF EF 1684 250 900 1685 ex rare
Year F VF EF 1684 ex rare 1685 200 700 3000 1686 220 700 3250 1687cb ex rare 1687db 250 1000 cb: cuirraised bust db: draped bust
Year F VF EF 1689 300 700 1689e90 ex rare 1690 180 700 3000 1690e89 ex rare 1691 200 700 1692 200 700 3000 e: edge date
Year F VF EF 1694 70 300 1100
Year F VF EF 1695 50 250 950 1696 50 250 900 1697 50 250 900 1698r1 220 800 1698r2 50 275 1000 1699r1 40 250 950 1699r2 40 250 950 1699ns 50 350 1700 35 160 800 r1: date in exergue r2: date after BRITANNIA ns: no stop before (or after) date
Year F VF EF 1714 425 700 1500
Year F VF EF 1717 200 650 1400 1718 one known 1719 40 175 650 1719nr 70 400 1719no 70 350 1720 30 180 650 1721 25 180 650 1721/0 40 200 1722 35 170 650 1723 35 170 650 1724 35 170 650 nr: no stops on reverse no: no stops on obverse
Year F VF EF 1730 15 70 375 1731 15 70 375 1732 20 90 450 1733 15 90 450 1734 15 80 450 1734no 30 120 475 1735 15 75 400 1735d3 25 120 450 1736 15 60 425 1737 15 60 400 1739 15 60 400 1741 15 55 375 1744 15 55 375 1746 15 55 350 1749 18 70 360 1750 15 55 320 1754 10 35 220 1754/0 30 130 375 no: no stop on obverse d3: 3 double struck (3 over 3)
Year F VF EF Unc 1771 25 70 300 1773 15 50 240 1773nr 25 65 275 1773nx 25 80 340 1774 18 50 250 1775 18 50 250 1797 pattern 1799 3 12 60 110 1806 3 12 60 110 1807 3 12 60 110 nr: No stop on reverse nx: No stop after REX
Year F VF EF Unc 1821 6 15 60 170 1822 6 15 60 170 1823 6 15 60 170 I823 25 90 300 600 1825 6 15 60 175 1826t1 6 15 60 160 1826t2 5 15 60 160 1826t2 proof 750 1827 5 15 60 180 1828 5 15 70 180 1829 5 15 70 180 1830 5 15 70 180 t1: date on reverse in exergue t2: date on obverse under bust
Year F VF EF Unc 1831 8 15 60 150 1831 proof 800 1834 8 15 60 175 1835 8 18 70 200 1836 8 15 65 175 1837 8 15 65 220
Year F VF EF Unc 1838 5 15 60 200 1839 5 15 60 200 1839 proof 1000 1840 5 15 55 180 1841 5 15 55 200 1841 proof ex. rare 1842 15 45 150 400 1843 5 15 45 200 1843ss 90 425 900 1844 80 250 800 2200 1845 6 12 60 200 1846 7 20 55 220 1847 5 12 50 200 1848 5 12 50 200 1849 50 100 375 900 1850 5 10 45 200 1851 8 20 80 250 1851dd 80 110 450 1852 12 30 90 300 1853 4 7 30 80 1853 proof 1400 1854 5 12 50 120 1855 5 12 50 130 1856 15 40 100 325 1856re 20 50 300 1857 5 12 50 120 1858 5 12 50 120 1859 12 25 90 350 1860 1600 3750 7000
ss: no serifs on 1 in date
dd: D over sideways D in DEI
re: R over E in VICTORIA
Please note that the rare copper 1860 farthing does NOT have the denomination on it, whereas the much more common bronze version does.
Year F VF EF Unc 1860t 2 6 40 120 1860b 3 8 40 130 1860m extremely rare 1861 3 6 35 120 1862 2 6 35 120 1863 50 100 350 800 1864 2 6 30 110 1865 2 6 30 110 1865/2 10 20 70 1866 2 6 25 120 1867 2 6 25 120 1868 2 6 25 135 1869 3 12 60 200 1872 2 6 25 110 1873 2 6 25 110 1874H 2 6 25 130 1874Hg 150 350 1000 1875 4 12 40 175 1875H 2 6 20 90 1876H 5 18 70 250 1878 2 5 22 90 1879 2 5 22 90 1880 2 5 22 90 1881 2 5 22 90 1881H 2 5 22 90 1882H 2 6 25 120 1883 5 20 70 170 1884 2 5 22 70 1885 2 5 22 70 1886 2 5 22 70 1887 2 5 22 70 1888 2 5 22 70 1890 2 5 22 70 1891 2 5 22 70 1892 4 15 60 170 1893 2 5 20 60 1894 2 5 25 75 1895y 12 35 90 300
t: toothed border
b: beaded border
m: mule of above two borders
H: Heaton Mint (H mintmark under date)
g: G over sideways G
y: young (bun) head
Year F VF EF Unc 1895o 1 2 16 50 1896 1 2 16 40 1897s 1 2 16 35 1897d 1 2 16 35 1898 1 2 16 35 1899 1 2 16 35 1900 1 2 16 35 1901 1 2 10 30
o: old (veiled) head
s: bright and shiny (1895-1897)
d: darkened artificially (1897-1918)
Year F VF EF Unc 1902 1 10 16 1903 1 12 20 1904 2 5 20 45 1905 1 2 12 40 1906 1 12 30 1907 1 10 25 1908 1 10 25 1909 1 10 25 1910 5 10 30 80
All Edward VII farthings were darkened artificially to avoid confusion with half sovereigns
Year F VF EF Unc 1911 1 6 14 1912 1 8 14 1913 1 6 14 1914 1 5 14 1915 1 5 16 1916 1 5 14 1917 4 10 1918 4 10 1919 4 10 1920 4 8 1921 4 8 1922 4 8 1923 4 8 1924 4 8 1925 4 8
d: darkened artificially (1897-1918)
s: bright and shiny (1918 onwards)
Type 2: Modified Obverse and Reverse
Year F VF EF Unc 1926 4 8 1927 4 8 1928 4 8 1929 4 8 1930 4 8 1931 4 8 1932 4 8 1933 4 8 1934 4 8 1935 1 3 15 30 1936 3 6
Year F VF EF Unc 1937 1 1937 proof 8 1938 1 6 1939 1 1940 1 1941 1 1942 1 1943 1 1944 1 1945 1 1946 1 1947 1 1948 1
Year F VF EF Unc 1949 1 1950 1 1950 proof 8 1951 1 1951 proof 8 1952 1
Year F VF EF Unc 1953 1 1953 proof 8Type 2: No BRITT OMN
Year F VF EF Unc 1954 2 1955 2 1956 1 2 6
Values extracted from Coin News February 2025
Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
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v40 15th February 2025