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The one penny coin is currently the lowest circulating denomination of the British (decimal) Pound Sterling, after the half penny was demonetised in 1984. 1 penny equals 1/100th of a pound. In August 2005 the Royal Mint launched a competition to find new reverse designs for all circulating coins apart from the £2 coin. The winner, announced in April 2008, was Matthew Dent, whose designs were gradually introduced into the circulating British coinage from mid-2008. In a world-first concept, the designs for the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins depict sections of the Royal Shield that form the whole shield when placed together. The shield in its entirety was featured on the £1 coin (now discontinued). This 1p coin design, which replaced the earlier 1p design by Christopher Ironside, depicts the left section between the first and third quarter of the shield, representing England and Northern Ireland. The coin's obverse remains largely unchanged, but the beading (the ring of dots around the coin's circumference), which no longer features on the coin's reverse, has also been removed from the obverse. The design was issued until 2022, after which it was superseded by new coinage re-designed for the reign of King Charles III. One penny and two pence coins are legal tender only up to the sum of 20p; this means that it is permissible to refuse payment of sums greater than this amount in 1p and 2p coins in order to settle a debt. | ||||
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London Mint Office coins. |
Coin Name | Reverse | Obverse | Details |
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One Penny 2008 (Dent design) | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 508,072,000 |
One Penny 2009 | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 556,553,570 |
One Penny 2010 | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 609,693,000 |
One Penny 2011 | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 431,088,981 |
One Penny 2012 | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 227,304,802 |
One Penny 2013 | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 260,846,937 |
One Penny 2014 | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 464,836,020 |
One Penny 2015 (Fourth Portrait) | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 154,645,762 |
One Penny 2015 (Fifth Portrait) | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 418,226,301 |
One Penny 2016 | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 368,530,830 |
One Penny 2017 | ![]() |
Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 241,044,081 |
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One Penny 2018 (mint sets only) | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 33,086 |
One Penny 2019 (mint sets only) | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 44,158 |
One Penny 2020 | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 88,128,378 |
One Penny 2021 | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 56,052,674 |
One Penny 2022 | ![]() |
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Material: Copper-plated steel Mint: Royal Mint Mintage: 30,101,120 |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Currency | Pound Sterling |
Sub-type of | One Penny |
From | 2008 |
To | 2022 |
Face Value | 1 (x Penny) |
Current | Yes |
Material | Copper-plated steel |
Designer | Matthew Dent |
Technology | Milled (machine-made) |
Shape | Round |
Orientation | Medal Alignment (Axis 0) |
Size | 20.3000 mm |
Thickness | 1.6500 mm |
Mass | 3.5600 g |
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