The Silver Maundy Penny << : >> The Penny-Halfpenny
History of the Penny
Pictures of Silver Pennies
Pictures of Copper Pennies
George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria (Copper), Victoria (Bronze), 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.
Values of silver pennies are now on the Silver (Maundy) Penny page.
Year F VF EF Unc 1797 25 60 320 1000 1806 10 25 90 300 1807 11 25 90 300 1808 unique
Large copper coins dated 1799 are almost certainly halfpence.
Year F VF EF Unc 1825 20 50 300 750 1826 20 50 300 750 1826 proof 1200 1827 300 1000 5000
Year F VF EF Unc 1831 30 75 425 1300 1831 proof 1600 1834 35 80 425 1500 1837 70 210 875 3000
Year F VF EF Unc 1839 proof 3500 1841: 12 50 300 900 1841nc 10 25 175 600 1843nc ex. rare 1843: 100 375 2000 5000 1844 15 35 225 700 1844 proof ex. rare 1845 18 40 300 850 1846 18 30 300 800 1846f: 18 30 300 800 1846c: 16 35 300 825 1847 15 30 200 600 1848 15 30 200 600 1848/7 10 22 160 500 1848/6 20 120 525 1849 250 600 2500 1851 18 50 250 850 1853 7 15 100 250 1853 proof 3500 1854 10 25 130 350 1854/3 15 50 200 1855 10 22 130 375 1856p 110 250 1100 3000 1856o 120 280 1100 3200 1856 proof ex. rare 1857p 8 20 120 350 1857o 8 20 110 375 1858/7 8 20 110 375 1858/6 40 120 550 1858/3 25 90 400 1858 9 20 110 400 1859 12 30 200 550 1860/59 900 2200 4000 7000
1860 pennies with the words ONE PENNY on the reverse are the
more 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
Many Victorian pennies have die varieties, but listing their values is too specialised.
Year F VF EF Unc 1860b 40 100 250 1000 1860t 10 30 80 400 1861 8 16 60 400 1862 8 16 60 375 1862s 100 250 1863 10 18 65 375 1863dn 500 1000 1864p4 30 175 700 3500 1864c4 35 185 800 4000 1865 8 20 70 400 1865/3 50 160 600 1866 8 25 120 500 1867 8 25 150 900 1868 20 80 300 2500 1869 150 500 2000 6000 1870 18 50 200 800 1871 45 150 600 3000 1872 8 25 80 325 1873 8 25 100 350 1874 8 25 100 350 1874H 8 25 90 400 1874o 18 50 130 600 1875 8 25 75 350 1875H 35 125 1000 2750 1876H 8 15 70 400 1877 8 15 70 400 1878 8 15 70 400 1879 6 20 70 400 1880 6 18 65 400 1881 8 18 65 350 1881H 12 20 70 350 1882H 8 18 65 340 1882 extremely raren.b. The H on an 1882 penny can often be very difficult to see on worn coins
1883 8 18 70 325 1884 8 20 70 325 1885 8 18 65 325 1886 8 18 65 325 1887 8 18 65 325 1888 8 18 70 350 1889 8 18 65 425 1890 8 18 65 300 1891 8 15 65 300 1892 10 20 100 350 1893 8 15 60 275 1893/2 90 250 375 600 1894 15 45 160 400
b: beaded border.
t: toothed border.
s: small date as for halfpenny.
p4: plain 4
c4: crosslet 4
1877w: normal wide date
1877n: narrow date
H: Heaton Mint (H under date)
o: older portrait
dn: die number under date.
Year F VF EF Unc 18952mm 20 90 300 850 18951mm 3 18 90 1896 3 18 75 1897 3 15 70 1897d 150 275 900 1898 3 18 70 1899 3 16 70 1900 3 16 50 1901 3 10 35
18952mm: 2mm between P of PENNY and trident head
18951mm: 1mm between P of PENNY and trident head
d: dot after O in ONE
Year F VF EF Unc 1902 1 8 35 1902lt 4 15 75 275 1903 3 15 90 1904 4 25 200 1905 3 15 85 1906 3 15 75 1907 3 15 75 1908 3 18 140 1909 3 22 200 1910 3 15 65
lt: low tide variety
Year F VF EF Unc 1911 3 12 65 1912 3 12 65 1912H 4 40 250 1913 3 15 80 1914 3 18 85 1915 3 20 90 1916 3 15 65 1917 3 15 60 1918 3 12 60 1918H 1 15 150 700 1918KN 8 80 600 2500 1919 2 15 55 1919H 1 20 275 1100 1919KN 15 120 800 3200 1920 2 12 35 1921 2 12 45 1922 3 28 178 1922r extremely rare 1926 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 Unc 1926me 25 150 800 3500Third Type. Modified Reverse
Year F VF EF Unc 1927 2 10 45Fourth Type. Obverse Modified Again
Year F VF EF Unc 1927 2 10 45 1928 2 10 40 1929 2 10 45 1930 2 20 90 1931 2 10 55 1932 2 15 110 1933 extremely rare 1934 2 25 110 1935 2 15 1936 2 12
Year F VF EF Unc 1937 4 1937 proof 15 1938 6 1939 15 1940 8 25 1944 8 1945 8 1946 8 1947 5 1948 5
Pennies dated 1944, 1945 and 1946 were darkened at the Mint.
Second Type FIDEI DEF
Year F VF EF Unc 1949 8 1950 8 16 30 50 1950 proof 25 1951 20 28 50 75 1951 proof 40 1952 unique proof
Year F VF EF Unc 1953 2 5 1953 proof 10 1953t unique
t: toothed reverse as GVI coins.
Second Type: No BRITT OMN
Year F VF EF Unc 1954 unique 1961 2 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1970 proof 8
Copper & Bronze values extracted from Coin News April 2025
The lack of a value for a grade means either that the coin is rarely found in that grade or that its value is less than £1. Pennies dated 1962 to 1967 are very common, and particularly so dated 1967
George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria (Copper), Victoria (Bronze), Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
The Silver Maundy Penny << :
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Values Index.
Values of the Decimal One Penny.
History of The Penny.
Main Index.
Pictures of Silver Pennies
Pictures of Copper Pennies
Pictures Index
Values of Coins of the UK - The Copper/Bronze Penny
Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton
v49 9th April 2025
