10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait H - Houses of Parliament (2018–2019)

One row for each year the 10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait – H - Houses of Parliament 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 – H - Houses of Parliament

The 2018 10 Pence - Elizabeth II – H - Houses of Parliament 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: The letter ‘H’ above the official logo for the Houses of Parliament.

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

The Houses of Parliament stand for the letter H in the A to Z 10p series that the Royal Mint revealed on 1 March 2018. Coin World's report of the launch quoted the Mint's chief executive, Anne Jessopp, pointing to this coin as the series at its most serious, with Parliament representing democracy and freedom of speech.

The Royal Mint's page for the coin describes the building as the oldest royal palace in London, in continuous use since the first half of the 11th century. It records that the original Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire in 1834 and took 30 years to rebuild. It also notes the Clock Tower that houses Big Ben and the 102m Victoria Tower, whose flagpole flies the Union flag when Parliament is sitting.

The Mint's circulating figures give 220,000 dated 2018 and 84,000 dated 2019, or 304,000 over both dates.

The reverse is an emblem, not a view of the building. Change Checker describes it as a large letter H above the official logo for the Houses of Parliament, and Coin Hunter calls the emblem the badge of the Houses of Parliament. That makes it one of two coins in the first ten letters built around an existing emblem, the other being the 007 logo on the B coin.

The Royal Mint's page for this letter credits the reverse to The Royal Mint, and its page for the full set says The Royal Mint Team. The obverse is the fifth portrait of Elizabeth II by Jody Clark, with the denomination and date. The coin is nickel-plated steel with a milled edge.

Collecting notes

Look at the obverse date. The Royal Mint struck 220,000 dated 2018 and 84,000 dated 2019 from the same reverse design. H is one of the 21 letters at 84,000 in 2019. The lower figures that year belong to Q, R, W, Y and Z.

The Mint recorded no ordinary 10p for circulation in 2018 or 2019, so the A to Z coins were the only circulating ten pence pieces of those dates.

The Royal Mint sold uncirculated examples singly and in sets of all 26 letters, and a sterling silver proof dated 2018 that shares the design, weight and diameter of the circulating coin. Nearby letters are G, Greenwich Mean Time and I, Ice Cream.