10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait D - Double Decker Bus (2018–2019)

One row for each year the 10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait – D - Double Decker Bus was struck. Prices are medians of verified sold listings matched to that year from the listing: circulated is worn condition up to Extremely Fine, uncirculated is About Uncirculated or better. A count in brackets means fewer than three sales behind the figure; a grey figure marked "type" is the median across every year, shown where that year has no sale of its own yet. Most types have been searched year by year only since October 2026, so later years are still filling in. Use the grade table below for a price by condition across all years.

About the 2018 10 Pence - Elizabeth II – D - Double Decker Bus

The 2018 10 Pence - Elizabeth II – D - Double Decker Bus is a circulating 10 pence coin issued from 2018 to 2019, struck in nickel plated steel. It weighs 6.5g and measures 24.5mm across. Reverse design: A Double Decker Bus behind the letter ‘D’.

Mintage figures are recorded for 2 years between 2018 and 2019, 304,000 coins in all. 2019 is the scarcest date, with 84,000 struck.

Common questions

History and design

D is for Double Decker Bus in the Royal Mint's A to Z 10p series, the set of 26 ten pence designs revealed on 1 March 2018 as The Great British Coin Hunt: Quintessentially British A to Z. Coin World reported that the coins would roll out into circulation and be available at selected post offices from the first week of March.

The Royal Mint's page for the coin calls the red double decker a symbol of London known around the world. It traces the story back to 1829, when George Shillibeer began running a horse-drawn omnibus service from Paddington to the City, and to 1855, when the London General Omnibus Company was formed. The Mint's introduction to the full set names the bus alongside Stonehenge as an example of what the alphabet was meant to salute.

In the Royal Mint's circulating figures the D coin has 220,000 dated 2018 and 84,000 dated 2019, giving 304,000 in total.

The reverse shows a double decker bus with a large letter D. Change Checker notes that double deckers are used for mass transport across Great Britain, with the red London bus the best known example.

The reverse is credited to The Royal Mint Team. On the obverse is the fifth portrait of Elizabeth II by Jody Clark, together with the denomination and the date. The 10p has been struck in nickel-plated steel since January 2012 and has a milled edge.

Collecting notes

The date decides which coin you have. Both years use the same reverse, and the Royal Mint's figures give 220,000 for 2018 against 84,000 for 2019. Neither is unusual within its year: all 26 letters had 220,000 in 2018, and D is one of 21 letters at 84,000 in 2019, with five lower.

The Mint recorded no standard 10p for circulation in either year, which makes the A to Z coins the only circulating 10p pieces dated 2018 and 2019.

Collectors could also buy the coin from the Royal Mint in uncirculated condition, on its own or in a set of all 26 letters, and as a sterling silver proof dated 2018 that matches the circulating coin in design, weight and diameter. See also C, Cricket and E, English Breakfast.