10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait W - World Wide Web (2018–2019)

One row for each year the 10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait – W - World Wide Web 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 – W - World Wide Web

The 2018 10 Pence - Elizabeth II – W - World Wide Web 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 ‘W’ over a spider’s web.

Mintage figures are recorded for 2 years between 2018 and 2019, 283,000 coins in all. 2019 is the scarcest date, with 63,000 struck.

Common questions

History and design

W for World Wide Web brings modern technology into the Royal Mint's A to Z 10p series, the 26 coins issued for circulation in 2018 as The Great British Coin Hunt: Quintessentially British A to Z. When the series was revealed on 1 March 2018, the Mint's chief executive Anne Jessopp singled it out in the press release, listing "technological advancements such as Tim Berners-Lee's World Wide Web" among the things the designs celebrate.

The coin matters to collectors for its second date. In the Royal Mint's figures 220,000 were issued dated 2018, like every other letter, but only 63,000 dated 2019. Most letters had 84,000 that year. W, Y and Z share the 63,000 figure, the lowest of the 52 date and letter combinations, with R next at 64,000. The W total across both dates is 283,000.

The reverse places a large letter W over a spider's web, a pun on the name. The Royal Mint says the World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 and traces it from the first web browser page in 1990 through dial-up connections to fibre optic broadband, Google, Wikipedia and social media.

The Mint's verse for the coin ties it to the hunt itself: "If the trail goes cold, to the wide web we'll turn, the location of our next coin, here we'll discern."

The reverse is credited to The Royal Mint Team. The obverse carries Jody Clark's fifth portrait of Elizabeth II. The coin is nickel-plated steel with a milled edge.

Collecting notes

The date decides everything with this coin. The reverse is identical on both issues, so a 2019 example can only be identified by the date on the obverse. Check it on any coin offered as the scarce one, and ask for a clear photograph of the obverse when buying unseen.

No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin.

The 63,000 figure covers coins issued for circulation only. The Royal Mint also sold a 2019 uncirculated set of all 26 letters, and a sterling silver proof of the W design dated 2018 with the same weight and diameter as the circulating coin. The other two 63,000 coins are Y, Yeoman Warder and Z, Zebra Crossing.