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Detailed information about Coin: Ten Pence 1976 from United Kingdom
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| Country | United Kingdom | Currency | Pound Sterling | ||||||
| Face value | 10 (x Penny) | Type | Ten Pence (Large) | ||||||
| Year | 1976 | Current | No (demonetised 1993) | ||||||
| Mintage | 228,320,000 (228.3 million) | Rarity | C (Common) | ||||||
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| Material | CuproNickel | Designer | Christopher Ironside | ||||||
| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II | Effigy | Portrait by Arnold Machin (Second Portrait) | ||||||
| Production technology | Milled (machine-made) | Shape | Round | ||||||
| Size (mm) | 28.5000 | Thickness (mm) | 1.8500 | ||||||
| Mass (g) | 11.3100 | ||||||||
| Obverse | Draped bust of Queen Elizabeth II facing right wearing a tiara (effigy known as the "Second Portrait", by Arnold Machin); around, the legend and date ELIZABETH · II D · G · REG · F · D · 1976 (Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith). |
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| Obverse inscription | ELIZABETH · II D · G · REG · F · D · 1976 | ||||||||
| Reverse | Part of the crest of England, a lion passant guardant royally crowned (i.e. crowned walking lion to left, facing). The numeral 10 below the lion and the denomination in words: NEW PENCE around above. |
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| Reverse inscription | 10 NEW PENCE | ||||||||
| Edge | Milled | Edge inscription | None | ||||||
| Variety | Mintage | Details |
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| Proof FDC | 100,000 (included in main number) |
| Source | Reference ID |
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| Krause, Standard Catalog of World Coins | Great Britain KM# 912 |
| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | 4231 |
| Source | Edition | About | Link | Notes |
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| Royal Mint | 2016 | Mint | link | |
| Royal Mint | 2016 | Mintage | link | Circulation mintage |
| Spink, Coins of England and the United Kingdom | Mintage | Proof mintage | ||
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