Penny 1817 (Silver, circulating), Coin from United Kingdom

Penny 1817 (Silver, circulating), Coin from United Kingdom (demonetised 1971)

Coin	Penny 1817 (Silver, circulating)

The pre-decimal penny was a coin worth one two-hundred-and-fortieth of a pound sterling. A very short-lived silver version of the denomination was issued, which was too tiny to be practical and was soon discontinued. The coins were made of sterling (0.925) silver (0.0140 oz. ASW).

For the rest of the long life of the one penny denomination, the coins issued were in copper or bronze.

Coins of the same size and the same design as the silver circulating penny (but with proof-like finish) have been issued regularly since 1817 and continue to be released every year as part of Maundy sets; these are listed separately under "Maundy Penny" in the Non-Circulating Legal Tender section.

Some catalogues do not accept the existence of circulating silver one penny coins of this type and only list them in their Maundy sections.

Mint	Royal Mint	Mint Mark	No mint mark	Mintage	unknown
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Obverse

Within a beaded border, the laureate head of King George III facing right.

Below, the date of issue 1817. Around left and right, part of the monarch's legend: GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA (translated from Latin: George the Third, by the Grace of God).

Obverse Inscription	GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA 1817

Reverse

At centre, the numeral value 1 [penny] below a St Edward's Crown; named after Saint Edward the Confessor, it has been traditionally used to crown English and British monarchs at their coronations since the 13th century (with a two-century gap between 1689 and 1911).

Within a beaded border around, divided by the crown, the rest of the monarch's legend: · BRITANNIARUM REX FID. DEF. (translated from Latin: King of Britain, Defender of the Faith).

Reverse Inscription	1 BRITANNIARUM REX FID: DEF:

Edge	Plain	Edge Inscription	None

Notes	Spink only lists Maundy coins in this year.

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Penny 1817 (Silver, circulating): References to Information Used

Source	Edition	About	Link	Notes
Remick, Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins	1971	Mint

See also

Apart from its duller surface finish, the coin is identical with the Maundy Penny of 1817 - which is proof-like.

Showing 100 from a total of 127 coins of type: Penny (Pre-decimal)

Coin Name	Mintage	Effigy	Legend
Penny 1806	unknown	King George III - Laureate Head by Küchler	GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX. 1806
Penny 1807	unknown	King George III - Laureate Head by Küchler	GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX. 1807
Penny 1808 (Proof only)	1	King George III - Laureate Head by Küchler	GEORGIUS III · D : G · REX. 1808
Penny 1817 (Silver, circulating)	unknown	King George III - Small Head	GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA 1817
Penny 1818 (Silver, circulating)	unknown	King George III - Small Head	GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA 1818
Penny 1820 (Silver, circulating)	unknown	King George III - Small Head	GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA 1820
Penny 1825	1,075,200	King George IV - Laureate Head by Wyon	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1825 ·
Penny 1826	5,913,600	King George IV - Laureate Head by Wyon	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1826 ·
Penny 1827	1,451,520	King George IV - Laureate Head by Wyon	GEORGIUS IV DEI GRATIA · 1827 ·
Penny 1831	806,400	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII DEI GRATIA 1831
Penny 1834	322,560	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII DEI GRATIA 1834
Penny 1837	174,720	King William IV - Bare Head	GULIELMUS IIII DEI GRATIA 1837
Penny 1839 (Proof only)	unknown	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1839
Penny 1841	913,920	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1841
Penny 1843	483,840	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1843
Penny 1844	215,040	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1844
Penny 1845	322,560	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1845
Penny 1846	483,840	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1846
Penny 1847	430,080	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1847
Penny 1848	161,280	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1848
Penny 1849	268,800	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1849
Penny 1851	532,224	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1851
Penny 1853	1,021,440	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1853
Penny 1854	6,720,000	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1854
Penny 1855	5,273,856	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1855
Penny 1856	1,212,288	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1856
Penny 1857	752,640	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1857
Penny 1858	1,559,040	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1858
Penny 1859	1,075,200	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1859
Penny 1860 (Large)	32,256	Queen Victoria - Young Head	VICTORIA DEI GRATIA 1860
Penny 1860 (Small)	5,053,440	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1861	36,449,280	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1862	50,534,400	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1863	28,062,720	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1864	3,440,640	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1865	8,601,600	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1866	9,999,360	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1867	5,483,520	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1868	1,182,720	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1869	2,580,480	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1870	5,695,022	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1871	1,290,318	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1872	8,494,572	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1873	8,494,200	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1874	12,288,105	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1875	11,443,680	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1876	11,074,560	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1877	9,624,747	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1878	2,764,470	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1879	7,666,476	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1880	3,000,831	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1881	6,065,562	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1882	7,526,400	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1883	6,237,438	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1884	11,702,802	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1885	7,145,862	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1886	6,087,759	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1887	5,315,085	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1888	5,125,020	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1889	12,559,737	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1890	15,330,840	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1891	17,885,961	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1892	10,501,671	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1893	8,161,737	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1894	3,883,452	Queen Victoria - Bun Head	VICTORIA D : G : BRITT : REG : F : D :
Penny 1895	5,395,830	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Penny 1896	24,147,156	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Penny 1897	20,756,620	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Penny 1898	14,296,836	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Penny 1899	26,441,069	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Penny 1900	31,778,109	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Penny 1901	22,205,568	Queen Victoria - Veiled Head	VICTORIA · DEI · GRA · BRITT · REGINA · FID · DEF · IND · IMP ·
Penny 1902	26,976,768	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1903	21,415,296	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1904	12,913,152	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1905	17,783,808	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1906	37,989,504	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1907	47,322,240	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1908	31,506,048	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1909	19,617,024	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1910	29,549,184	King Edward VII - Bare Head	EDWARDVS VII DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1911	23,079,168	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1912	65,106,048	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1913	65,497,872	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1914	50,820,997	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1915	47,310,807	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1916	86,411,165	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1917	107,905,436	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1918	87,888,172	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1919	118,970,690	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1920	124,693,485	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1921	129,717,693	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1922	16,346,711	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1926	4,498,519	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1927	60,989,561	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1928	50,178,000	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1929	49,132,800	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1930	29,097,600	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1931	19,843,200	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
Penny 1932	8,277,600	King George V - Bare Head	GEORGIVS V DEI GRA: BRITT: OMN: REX FID: DEF: IND: IMP:
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Penny 1817 (Silver, circulating): Details

Country	United Kingdom
Currency	Pound Sterling (pre-decimal)
Coin Type	Penny, Silver - circulating
Issued	1817
Monarch	King George III
Effigy	King George III - Small Laureate Head
Reverse	Britannia, Seated
Face Value	1 (x Penny)
Mintage	unknown
Current	No; demonetised 1971
Material	0.925 Silver
Designer	(unknown)
Technology	Milled (machine-made)
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin Alignment (Axis 6)
Size	11.0000 mm
Mass	0.4700 g
OCC ID	YAPV-ZOYR-CZPA-ELMD

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Penny 1817 (Silver, circulating): Photos

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Penny 1817 (Silver, circulating): Catalogue Reference IDs

Source	Reference ID
Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins	Great Britain KM# 668

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