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If you're looking for alphabet ten pence piece values after the recent 2019 mintage figures were released - follow this link to the 2018 / 2019 A to Z 10p Coin Value Checker which shows current prices and mintages for both years. 3 of the 2019 10p coins including the Zebra Crossing Z 10p were minted in very low numbers - just 63,000 of this coin and the W and Y 10ps were struck dated 2019 (220,000 of each coin in 2018).
Since this coin checker page was created, there have been a number of new 50p coins that have entered circualtion or been struck as commemorative only - to see a full list use the 50p Coin Value Checker which includes coins dated 1997 to 2023.
Two Pounds : Commonwealth Games £2 Coins (4) | Brunel £2 Coins (2) | Olympic Games £2 Coins (3) | London Underground £2 Coins (2) | First World War £2 Coins (3) | Shakespeare £2 Coins (3) | Other £2 Coins (20)
One Pounds: Capital Cities Badges £1 Coins (4) | Floral Emblems £1 Coins (4) | Royal Diadem Crown £1 Coins (4) | Bridges £1 Coins (4) | National Emblems £1 Coins (4) | Other £1 Coins (4)
Fifty Pences: London 2012 Olympic Games 50p Coins (29) | Beatrix Potter 50p Coins (5) | Other 50p Coins (20)
Commonwealth Games £2 Coins There were 4 coins created by The Royal Mint in 2002 to commemorate the seventeenth Commonwealth Games. These are amongst the rarest £2 coins based on numbers that entered circulation. A full set of these coins would be worth in the region of £71.75.

2002 XVII Commonwealth Games (England)

2002 XVII Commonwealth Games (Scotland)

2002 XVII Commonwealth Games (Wales)

2002 XVII Commonwealth Games (Ireland)
Brunel £2 Coins In 2006, 200 years since the birth of the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, The Royal Mint released 2 coins to celebrate his life and achievements.

2006 Isambard Kingdom Brunel Paddington Station

2006 Isambard Kingdom Brunel Engineer
Olympic Games £2 Coins The 3 coins related to the Olympics are not an actual set, but have a common theme. One coin marks the centenary of the London 1908 Olympics and 2 mark the handover to and from the London 2012 games.

2008 Olympic Handover Ceremony

2008 London Olympic Games of 1908

2012 Handover to Rio

2013 London Underground - Train

2013 London Underground - Roundel
First World War £2 Coins This will be a set of 5 when completed in 2018. With coins dedicated to the Navy, Army and Air Force (2017 First World War Aviation), the value of this part complete set would be about £11.20.

2014 First World War Centenary

2015 First World War Centenary Royal Navy

2016 First World War Centenary Army
Shakespeare £2 Coins In 2016 The Royal Mint issued a full set of coins in a single year. The 3 coins mark the 400th anniversary of the life of William Shakespeare and include designs based on his Histories, Tragedies and Comedies.

2016 Shakespeare Histories

2016 Shakespeare Comedies

2016 Shakespeare Tragedies
Other £2 Coins There are 20 two pound coins that are not part of a set currently in circulation. The Great Fire of London coin is a striking design that is likely to be very popular with coin hunters.

History of Technological Achievement

Britannia

1999 Rugby World Cup

2001 Wireless Transmission

2003 Discovery of DNA

2004 Steam Locomotive

2005 Gunpowder Plot

2005 In Victory Magnanimity in Peace Goodwill

2007 Act of Union

2007 Abolition of the Slave Trade

2009 Robert Burns

2009 Charles Darwin

2010 Florence Nightingale

2011 King James Bible

2011 Mary Rose

2012 Charles Dickens

2013 Anniversary of the Guinea

2014 Trinity House

2015 Magna Carta

2016 Great Fire of London
Capital Cities Badges £1 Coins Over 2 years, 2010 and 2011, 4 £1 coins entered circulation depicting the capital cities of the United Kingdom. The 2011 coins showing Edinburgh and Cardiff have the lowest coins entering circulation figures of any one pound coins.

2010 Capital cities badges Belfast

2010 Capital cities badges London

2011 Capital cities badges Cardiff

2011 Capital cities badges Edinburgh
Floral Emblems £1 Coins Each of the 4 floral coins issued 2013-2014 carry designs based on plants associated with the four countries in the UK. Each had similar circulation mintage figures of five and a bit million which is quite low for a one pound coin.

2013 Floral emblem of England

2013 Floral emblem of Wales

2014 Floral emblem of Northern Ireland

2014 Floral emblem of Scotland
Royal Diadem Crown £1 Coins Diadem means a jewelled crown or headband worn as a symbol of sovereignty. This set of 4 coins released over 2 periods of 4 years in 1984-1987 and 1989-1992 is quite common and often not recognised as a set.

Thistle and royal diadem

Leek and royal diadem

Flax Plant and royal diadem

Oak Tree and royal diadem
Bridges £1 Coins Each of the 4 bridge designs are commonly found in your change as they were minted in large numbers. About 165 million entered circulation, with the 2005 Menai Bridge design accounting for nearly 100 million of those coins.

2004 Forth Railway Bridge

2005 Menai Bridge

2006 Egyptian Arch Railway Bridge

2007 Gateshead Millennium Bridge
National Emblems £1 Coins The emblem set of one pound coins came into circulation over 2 periods of 4 years. Most designs are readily available in change, with the Lion Rampant design representing Scotland being the least common of the 4.

Lion Rampant

Dragon passant

A Celtic Cross with a Pimpernel Flower

Three Lions passant guardant
Other £1 Coins 4 one pound coins that are not part of a set are currently in circulation. The 1988 Shield of the Royal Arms is not remarkable but was minted some time ago in a single year, so is difficult to find in your change.

Royal Arms

1988 Shield of the Royal Arms

Shield of the Royal Arms

2015 Royal Arms
London 2012 Olympic Games 50p Coins 2011 was a big year for the 50p, in preparation for the London 2012 Olympic Games The Royal Mint released 29 new Olympic sports designs. This more than doubled the total designs in circulation and people began collecting special coins from their change.

2011 London 2012 Olympic Aquatics

2011 London 2012 Olympic Archery

London 2012 Olympic Athletics

2011 London 2012 Olympic Badminton

2011 London 2012 Olympic Basketball

2011 London 2012 Olympic Boccia

2011 London 2012 Olympic Boxing

2011 London 2012 Olympic Canoeing

2011 London 2012 Olympic Cycling

2011 London 2012 Olympic Equestrian

2011 London 2012 Olympic Fencing

2011 London 2012 Olympic Football

2011 London 2012 Olympic Goalball

2011 London 2012 Olympic Gymnastics

2011 London 2012 Olympic Handball

2011 London 2012 Olympic Hockey

2011 London 2012 Olympic Judo

2011 London 2012 Olympic Modern Pentathlon

2011 London 2012 Olympic Rowing

2011 London 2012 Olympic Sailing

2011 London 2012 Olympic Shooting

2011 London 2012 Olympic Table Tennis

2011 London 2012 Olympic Taekwondo

2011 London 2012 Olympic Tennis

2011 London 2012 Olympic Triathlon

2011 London 2012 Olympic Volleyball

2011 London 2012 Olympic Weightlifting

2011 London 2012 Olympic Wheelchair Rugby

2011 London 2012 Olympic Wrestling
Beatrix Potter 50p Coins This set of 5 from 2016 is a good size for collecting and the 4 character designs are adorable. The set is a great gift for children and The Royal Mint know it, see the official album on www.royalmint.com - The Beatrix Potter 50p Coin Collector Album.

Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit

Beatrix Potter Squirrel Nutkin

Beatrix Potter Anniversary

Beatrix Potter Mrs Tiggy-Winkle

Beatrix Potter Jemima Puddle-Duck
Other 50p Coins 20 fifty pence coins that are not part of a set are currently in circulation. The rarest coin in circulation is the Kew Gardens 50p.

Britannia - revised inscription

1998 European Union

1998 NHS

2000 Public Libraries

2003 Womens Social and Political Union

2004 Roger Bannister

2005 Samuel Johnsons Dictionary

2006 Soldier

2006 Victoria Cross

2007 Scouting

Shield of the Royal Arms

2009 Kew Gardens

2010 Girlguiding

2011 WWF

2013 Benjamin Britten

2013 Christopher Ironside

2014 Commonwealth Games

2015 Battle of Britain

Team GB

Battle of Hastings
Last Update: 06/02/2023
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