Information about what currencies were issued by United Kingdom, with lists of coinage, as well as periods when foreign-issued currencies were used. | |
Notes | Please note: this section is still under construction! On 1 January 1801, the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland merged to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1922, five-sixths of Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom, and the state was renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - its formal name at present. If you are looking for coins issued before 1801, see listings under Great Britain. |
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Currency | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) |
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Period | Pound Sterling (pre-decimal) |
Used | 1801 - 1971 |
Description | Prior to 1971, one pound was subdivided into 20 shillings and each shilling into 12 pence, making 240 pence to the pound (hence the currency was not decimal). |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Guinea 1813 | unknown |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Half Guinea 1801 | unknown |
Half Guinea 1802 | unknown |
Half Guinea 1803 | unknown |
Half Guinea 1804 | unknown |
Half Guinea 1805 | unknown |
Half Guinea 1806 | unknown |
Half Guinea 1808 | unknown |
Half Guinea 1809 | unknown |
Half Guinea 1810 | unknown |
Half Guinea 1811 | unknown |
Half Guinea 1813 | unknown |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Third Guinea 1801 | unknown |
Third Guinea 1802 | unknown |
Third Guinea 1803 | unknown |
Third Guinea 1804 | unknown |
Third Guinea 1806 | unknown |
Third Guinea 1808 | unknown |
Third Guinea 1809 | unknown |
Third Guinea 1810 | unknown |
Third Guinea 1811 | unknown |
Third Guinea 1813 | unknown |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Five Pounds 1820 (Pattern) | unknown |
Five Pounds 1826 (Proof only) | 150 |
Five Pounds 1831 (Pattern) | unknown |
Five Pounds 1839 Una and the Lion | 400 |
Five Pounds 1887 | 54,641 |
Five Pounds 1893 | 21,178 |
Five Pounds 1902 | 42,977 |
Five Pounds 1911 (Proof only) | 2,812 |
Five Pounds 1937 Edward VIII (not released) | unknown |
Five Pounds 1937 (Proof only) | 5,501 |
Five Pounds 1953 (not released) | unknown |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Two Pounds 1820 (Pattern) | 60 |
Two Pounds 1823 | unknown |
Two Pounds 1824 (Proof only) | unknown |
Two Pounds 1825 (Proof only) | unknown |
Two Pounds 1826 (Proof only) | 450 |
Two Pounds 1831 (Proof only) | 225 |
Two Pounds 1887 | 92,142 |
Two Pounds 1893 | 52,985 |
Two Pounds 1902 | 53,873 |
Two Pounds 1911 (Proof only) | 2,812 |
Two Pounds 1937 Edward VIII (not released) | unknown |
Two Pounds 1937 (Proof only) | 5,501 |
Two Pounds 1953 (not released) | unknown |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Crown 1818 | 155,232 |
Crown 1819 | 683,496 |
Crown 1820 | 448,272 |
Crown 1821 | 437,976 |
Crown 1822 | 124,929 |
Crown 1825 (Proof only) | unknown |
Crown 1826 (Proof only) | 150 |
Crown 1831 (Proof only) | 100 |
Crown 1834 (Pattern) | unknown |
Crown 1839 (Proof only) | unknown |
Crown 1844 | 94,248 |
Crown 1845 | 159,192 |
Crown 1847 | 140,976 |
Crown 1847 Gothic | 8,000 |
Crown 1853 (Proof only) | unknown |
Crown 1887 | 274,665 |
Crown 1888 | 131,899 |
Crown 1889 | 1,807,223 |
Crown 1890 | 997,862 |
Crown 1891 | 566,394 |
Crown 1892 | 451,334 |
Crown 1893 | 499,157 |
Crown 1894 | 144,906 |
Crown 1895 | 252,862 |
Crown 1896 | 317,599 |
Crown 1897 | 252,118 |
Crown 1898 | 161,450 |
Crown 1899 | 166,300 |
Crown 1900 | 353,356 |
Crown 1902 | 271,143 |
Crown 1927 (Proof only) | 15,030 |
Crown 1928 | 9,034 |
Crown 1929 | 4,994 |
Crown 1930 | 4,847 |
Crown 1931 | 4,056 |
Crown 1932 | 2,395 |
Crown 1933 | 7,132 |
Crown 1934 | 932 |
Crown 1935 Rocking Horse | 717,269 |
Crown 1936 | 2,473 |
Crown 1937 | 445,101 |
Crown 1951 Festival of Britain | 2,003,540 |
Crown 1953 | 6,002,621 |
Crown 1960 | 1,094,038 |
Crown 1965 Churchill | 19,640,000 |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Double Florin 1887 | 483,347 |
Double Florin 1888 | 243,340 |
Double Florin 1889 | 1,185,111 |
Double Florin 1890 | 782,146 |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Fourpence 1836 | 4,253,040 |
Fourpence 1837 (William IV) | 962,280 |
Fourpence 1837 (Victoria, Proof only) | unknown |
Fourpence 1838 | 2,150,280 |
Fourpence 1839 | 1,461,240 |
Fourpence 1840 | 1,496,880 |
Fourpence 1841 | 344,520 |
Fourpence 1842 | 724,680 |
Fourpence 1843 | 1,817,640 |
Fourpence 1844 | 855,360 |
Fourpence 1845 | 914,760 |
Fourpence 1846 | 1,366,200 |
Fourpence 1847 | 226,200 |
Fourpence 1848 | 712,800 |
Fourpence 1849 | 380,160 |
Fourpence 1851 | 31,300 |
Fourpence 1852 | unknown |
Fourpence 1853 | 11,880 |
Fourpence 1854 | 1,096,613 |
Fourpence 1855 | 646,041 |
Fourpence 1857 (Proof only) | unknown |
Fourpence 1858 (Proof only) | unknown |
Fourpence 1862 (Proof only) | unknown |
Fourpence 1888 | 120,000 |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Twopence 1817 (Circulating) | unknown |
Twopence 1818 (Circulating) | unknown |
Twopence 1820 (Circulating) | unknown |
Twopence 1838 (Circulating) | 1,045,000 |
Twopence 1843 (Circulating) | 903,000 |
Twopence 1848 (Circulating) | 261,000 |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Three Halfpence 1834 | 800,000 |
Three Halfpence 1835 | 634,000 |
Three Halfpence 1836 | 158,000 |
Three Halfpence 1837 | 31,000 |
Three Halfpence 1838 | 539,000 |
Three Halfpence 1839 | 760,000 |
Three Halfpence 1840 | 95,000 |
Three Halfpence 1841 | 158,000 |
Three Halfpence 1842 | 1,869,000 |
Three Halfpence 1843 | 475,000 |
Three Halfpence 1860 | 160,000 |
Three Halfpence 1862 | 256,000 |
Three Halfpence 1870 (Proof only) | unknown |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Half Farthing 1828 | 7,680,000 |
Half Farthing 1830 | 8,776,320 |
Half Farthing 1837 | 1,935,360 |
Half Farthing 1839 | 2,042,880 |
Half Farthing 1842 | unknown |
Half Farthing 1843 | 3,440,640 |
Half Farthing 1844 | 6,451,200 |
Half Farthing 1847 | 3,010,560 |
Half Farthing 1851 | unknown |
Half Farthing 1852 | 989,184 |
Half Farthing 1853 | 955,224 |
Half Farthing 1854 | 677,376 |
Half Farthing 1856 | 913,920 |
Half Farthing 1868 (Proof only) | unknown |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Third Farthing 1827 | 1,440,000 |
Third Farthing 1835 | 1,451,520 |
Third Farthing 1844 | 1,301,040 |
Third Farthing 1866 | 576,000 |
Third Farthing 1868 | 144,000 |
Third Farthing 1876 | 162,000 |
Third Farthing 1878 | 288,000 |
Third Farthing 1881 | 144,000 |
Third Farthing 1884 | 144,000 |
Third Farthing 1885 | 288,000 |
Third Farthing 1902 | 288,000 |
Third Farthing 1913 | 288,000 |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Quarter Farthing 1839 | 3,840,000 |
Quarter Farthing 1851 | 2,215,000 |
Quarter Farthing 1852 | 2,215,000 |
Quarter Farthing 1853 | 2,215,000 |
Quarter Farthing 1868 (Proof only) | unknown |
Currency | Pound Sterling |
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Period | Pound Sterling |
Used | 1971 - present |
Description | The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known simply as the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence (singular: penny). On 15 February 1971, the UK decimalised (switched from the old, non-decimal Pound Sterling), replacing the shilling and penny with a single subdivision, the new penny. £1 12s 6d became £1.62½. The word "new" was omitted from coins after 1981. |
Coin Name | Mintage |
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Half Penny 1971 | 1,394,538,250 |
Half Penny 1972 (Proof only) | 150,000 |
Half Penny 1973 | 365,780,000 |
Half Penny 1974 | 365,548,000 |
Half Penny 1975 | 197,700,000 |
Half Penny 1976 | 412,272,000 |
Half Penny 1977 | 664,561,800 |
Half Penny 1978 | 59,618,100 |
Half Penny 1979 | 219,213,000 |
Half Penny 1980 | 202,931,400 |
Half Penny 1981 | 46,848,300 |
Half Penny 1982 | 191,063,800 |
Half Penny 1983 | 8,344,900 |
Half Penny 1984 (mint sets only) | 265,340 |
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