10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait Z - Zebra Crossing (2018–2019)

One row for each year the 10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait – Z - Zebra Crossing 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 – Z - Zebra Crossing

The 2018 10 Pence - Elizabeth II – Z - Zebra Crossing 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 ‘Z’ on a Zebra Crossing.

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

The alphabet ends at a road crossing. Z for Zebra Crossing closes 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. The series was revealed on 1 March 2018, running from the Angel of the North at A to what Coin World called the black-and-white pedestrian crossings at Z.

The 2018 coin had the series' standard 220,000 in the Royal Mint's figures. The 2019 coin had 63,000, level with W and Y and lower than the other 23 letters of that year, most of which had 84,000. The Z total over both dates is 283,000. The Mint lists no ordinary 10p for circulation dated 2018 or 2019, and 33,300,000 dated 2017.

The reverse shows a large letter Z on a zebra crossing. The Royal Mint's text says the crossing takes its name from the alternating black and white stripes on the road, which resemble a zebra's coat, and warns that it is "not to be confused with a pelican crossing".

According to the Mint, the zebra crossing was introduced in 1949 and the name came from James Callaghan, then a junior transport minister, who thought it would be easily understood and remembered. The Mint singles out the crossing on the cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road as possibly the most famous in the world. Its verse for the coin reads: "With Britain's highways and byways we won't be slowed. Assisted by the zebra when crossing the road!"

The Royal Mint credits the reverse to The Royal Mint Team, although Coin Hunter names the designer as Bradley Morgan Johnson. The obverse is the fifth portrait of Elizabeth II by Jody Clark. The coin is nickel-plated steel with a milled edge.

Collecting notes

Only the 2019 date is from the low issue. A Z coin dated 2018 is as plentiful as any other letter of that year, and the two dates share one reverse, so the obverse date is what to check on any example or listing.

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

The Royal Mint sold the design to collectors as well: a sterling silver proof dated 2018, with the weight and diameter of the circulating coin, and a 2019 uncirculated set of all 26 letters. Those are separate from the circulation figures. The series opens with A, Angel of the North, and the Z coin shares its 2019 figure with Y, Yeoman Warder.