10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait Q - Queuing (2018–2019)

One row for each year the 10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait – Q - Queuing 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 – Q - Queuing

The 2018 10 Pence - Elizabeth II – Q - Queuing 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 line of people queueing through the letter ‘Q’, to represent the British obligation to queue.

Mintage figures are recorded for 2 years between 2018 and 2019, 303,000 coins in all. 2019 is the scarcest date, with 83,000 struck.

Common questions

History and design

Queuing is the letter Q in the Royal Mint's A to Z 10p series, 26 circulating coins revealed on 1 March 2018 as The Great British Coin Hunt: Quintessentially British A to Z. It is one of the few letters that celebrates a habit instead of a place, a food or an object. The Mint's verse pairs it with another national trait: "Apologising unnecessarily and forming a queue".

The Royal Mint's page says queuing was established as a social norm in the early 19th century. It suggests Britain gained its reputation for it during major historical events, including the industrial revolution, when more people gathered in towns and cities and the need for order became apparent. Shops, taxi ranks and chip shops are the Mint's present-day examples.

The Q coin is the first letter in the alphabet to break from the standard mintage. The Royal Mint's circulating figures give 220,000 for 2018, the same as every letter, but 83,000 for 2019, where most letters have 84,000. The total is 303,000.

The reverse shows a line of people queuing through a large letter Q, so the letter itself becomes the thing they are waiting to pass through. Change Checker lists the coin as Q, Queue, and the Royal Mint as Q, Queuing.

The Royal Mint and Coin Hunter both credit the reverse to The Royal Mint Team. The obverse has 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

The date matters a little more here than on most letters. In the Royal Mint's figures for 2019, 21 letters have 84,000, Q has 83,000, R has 64,000, and W, Y and Z have 63,000 each. That makes the 2019 Q coin the fifth lowest of the 26, though the gap to the standard figure is only 1,000 coins.

The 2018 coin is no different from its sister letters, at 220,000.

The Royal Mint also sold the coin uncirculated and as a sterling silver proof dated 2018, the same size and weight as the circulating coin. The letters either side are P, Post Box and R, Robin, the latter a good deal scarcer for 2019.