Queen Victoria Coins

1837–1901 · Three portraits, 64 years

Queen Victoria's 64-year reign saw three official portraits on UK coinage: William Wyon's Young Head (1838-1887), the Jubilee Head by Joseph Boehm (1887-1893), and the Old Head by Thomas Brock (1893-1901). The era spanned the Bun Head bronze (1860+), the Gothic crown (1847), the legendary Una and the Lion £5 pattern (1839), and a vast range of silver and gold for both Britain and the empire. Victorian coins are the heart of British numismatics.

115Coins catalogued
24Denominations
12Key dates flagged
65Years on the throne
£319,920 Highest realised: 5 Pounds - Victoria 1st portrait; 'Una and the Lion'
300 Lowest mintage: 1 Penny - Victoria 1st portrait; bronzed
Coins per decade
25 1830s 14 1840s 10 1850s 10 1860s 6 1870s 25 1880s 23 1890s 2 1900s
Obverse of an 1862 Victorian penny
An 1862 Victorian penny.Image: Great Britain, Victoria 1862 -penny A by Jerry "Woody" from Edmonton, Canada, Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Coinage highlights

1839 "Una and the Lion" £5 pattern Six-figure auctions; arguably the finest British coin.
1887 Jubilee head transition New portrait for Victoria's Golden Jubilee year.
1893 Old Head transition Final Victorian portrait by Thomas Brock.
Bun Head bronze 1860+ Long series of pennies, halfpennies and farthings.
1869 penny Famous key date, mintage 2.5M, scarce in higher grades.

Designers under Queen Victoria

Artists who designed coinage during this reign:

William Wyon Leonard Charles Wyon Benedetto Pistrucci

Every Queen Victoria coin in the catalogue

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1 Crown 4 coins

1 Crown - Victoria 1st portrait 1839–1847 1 Crown - Victoria 'Gothic' type 1847–1853 · 8,000 · Key 1 Crown - Victoria 2nd portrait 1887–1892 · 273,581 1 Crown - Victoria 3rd portrait 1893–1900 · 497,845

1 Decade 1 coin

1 Decade - Victoria Pattern 1848

1 Farthing 18 coins

1 Farthing - Samuel King Dale End, Birmingham 1838 1 Farthing - Victoria 1st portrait 1838–1864 · 591,360 1 Farthing Norfolk - Norwich / Wilsons 1839 1 Farthing - Victoria 1st portrait; bronzed 1839–1853 1 Farthing Warwickshire - Birmingham / Hadduck 1840 1 Farthing Staffordshire - Willenhall 1844 1 Farthing Rushbrooke Farthing, Willenhall 1844 ¼ Penny Norfolk - Norwich 1847 ¼ Penny Norwich / Chamberlin 1847 ¼ Penny Norfolk - Norwich / H. Colman 1848 1 Farthing - Victoria Arnott Cannock and Co Drapers Newcastle On Tyne 1848–1860 1 Farthing Norfolk - Norwich / G Bagshaw 1851 Farthing Kent - Alfred Light 1851 Farthing Token - Victoria John Sefton; Grocer, Birmingham Warwickshire 1852 1 Farthing - Victoria 2nd portrait; 1st type 1860–1873 · 2,867,200 1 Farthing Monmouthshire - Chepstow / T. Perkins 1861–1871 1 Farthing - Victoria 2nd portrait; 2nd type 1874–1895 · 3,584,000 1 Farthing - Victoria 3rd portrait 1895–1901 · 2,852,852

1 Florin 7 coins

1 Florin - Victoria Pattern 1848 1 Florin - Victoria Pattern 1848 1 Florin - Victoria 1st portrait; 'Godless' type 1848–1849 1 Florin - Victoria 1st portrait; 'Gothic' type 1851–1887 · 1,014,552 1 Florin - Victoria Boehm portrait; Pattern 1887 1 Florin - Victoria 2nd portrait 1887–1892 · 1,233,378 1 Florin - Victoria 3rd portrait 1893–1901 · 1,666,103

1 Penny 16 coins

1 Penny - Victoria 1st portrait; Maundy Gold proof 1838 1 Penny - Victoria 1st portrait; Maundy issues 1838–1887 · 8,976 1 Penny - Victoria 1st portrait; bronzed 1839 · 300 · Key 1 Penny - Victoria 1st portrait 1841–1860 · 913,920 1 Penny - Victoria Decimal Pattern 1859 1 Penny - Victoria Pattern 1860 1 Penny - Victoria 2nd portrait; 1st type 1860–1874 · 5,053,440 1 Penny - Victoria 2nd portrait; 2nd type 1874–1894 · 12,288,105 1 Penny - Victoria Jubilee Head; Pattern 1887 1 Penny - Victoria 2nd portrait; Maundy issues 1888–1892 · 14,000 1 Penny - Allen and Cº South Shields 1890 1 Penny - Victoria 3rd portrait; Maundy issues 1893–1901 · 22,000 1 Penny - Victoria Pattern with ship - 3rd Portrait 1894 1 Penny - Victoria Pattern; 3rd Portrait 1895 1 Penny - Victoria 3rd portrait 1895–1901 · 5,395,830 1 Penny - Brighton Corporation Tramways 1901–1939

1 Shilling 5 coins

1 Shilling - Victoria 1st portrait; 'Young Head' 1838–1887 · 1,956,240 1 Shilling - Victoria 2nd portrait; 1st type 1887–1889 · 4,034,100 1 Shilling - Victoria 2nd portrait; 2nd type 1889–1892 · 7,039,628 1 Shilling - Victoria 3rd portrait; 'Old Head' 1893–1901 · 7,039,074 1 Shilling - Methodist Free Church Bazaar Southgate, Elland 1894

1 Sovereign 8 coins

1 Sovereign - Victoria Pattern 1837 1 Sovereign - Victoria 1st portrait; Shield 1838–1874 · 2,718,694 1 Sovereign - Victoria Pattern 1869 1 Sovereign - Victoria Pattern 1870 1 Sovereign - Victoria 1st portrait; St George 1871–1885 · 8,767,250 1 Sovereign - Victoria Pattern 1880 1 Sovereign - Victoria 2nd portrait 1887–1892 · 1,111,280 · Key 1 Sovereign - Victoria 3rd portrait 1893–1901 · 6,898,260

½ Crown 5 coins

½ Crown - Victoria 1st portrait; 1st type 1839–1864 ½ Crown - Victoria 1st portrait; 2nd type 1874–1887 · 2,188,599 ½ Crown - Victoria 2nd portrait; Pattern 1884 ½ Crown - Victoria 2nd portrait 1887–1892 · 1,176,200 ½ Crown - Victoria 3rd portrait 1893–1901 · 1,792,600

½ Farthing 2 coins

½ Farthing - Victoria 1st portrait; incl. Colonial 1839–1856 · 2,042,880 ½ Farthing - Victoria Copper-nickel Pattern 1868

½ Penny 8 coins

½ Penny - Victoria 1st portrait 1838–1860 · 456,960 ½ Penny - Victoria 1st portrait; bronzed 1839 Temperance Half Penny 1840 ½ Penny - Victoria Copper-nickel Pattern 1859 ½ Penny - Victoria 2nd portrait; 1st type 1860–1874 · 6,630,400 ½ Penny - Victoria 2nd portrait; 2nd type 1874–1894 · 5,017,600 ½ Penny - Allen and Cº South Shields 1890 ½ Penny - Victoria 3rd portrait 1895–1901 · 3,032,154

½ Sovereign 5 coins

½ Sovereign - Victoria 1st portrait 1838–1885 · 273,341 ½ Sovereign - Victoria Pattern 1869 ½ Sovereign - Victoria Pattern 1884 ½ Sovereign - Victoria 2nd portrait 1887–1893 · 871,770 · Key ½ Sovereign - Victoria 3rd portrait 1893–1901 · 4,426,625 · Key

¼ Sovereign 1 coin

¼ Sovereign - Victoria Young head; Pattern 1853

1½ Pence 1 coin

1½ Pence - Victoria 1st portrait; Colonial issue 1838–1870 · 539,000

2 Cents 1 coin

2 Cents - Victoria Decimal Pattern 1857

2 Florins 2 coins

2 Florins - Victoria 'Double-Florin'; Pattern 1868 2 Florins - Victoria 2nd portrait; 'Double Florin' 1887–1890 · 483,300

2 Pence 4 coins

2 Pence - Victoria 1st portrait; Colonial and Maundy issues 1838–1887 · 1,045,000 2 Pence - Victoria 2nd portrait; Maundy issues 1888–1892 · 9,528 2 Pence - Victoria 3rd portrait; Maundy issues 1893–1901 · 14,000 2 Pence - Clown 1900–1930

2 Shillings 4 Pence 1 coin

1 Dollar British Trade Dollar 1895–1935 · 3,316,036

2 Sovereigns 2 coins

2 Pounds - Victoria 2nd portrait 1887 · 91,345 · Key 2 Pounds - Victoria 3rd portrait 1893 · 52,212 · Key

3 Pence 6 coins

3 Pence - Victoria 1st portrait; Maundy Gold proof 1838 3 Pence - Victoria 1st portrait; incl. Maundy and Colonial 1838–1887 · 1,200,000 · Key 3 Pence - Whitehorse Lansdown 1850–1867 3 Pence - Honourable Artillery Company - Canteen 1858 3 Pence - Victoria 2nd portrait; incl. Maundy 1887–1893 3 Pence - Victoria 3rd portrait; incl. Maundy 1893–1901 · 3,067,243 · Key

4 Pence 6 coins

4 Pence - Victoria 1st portrait 1837–1862 4 Pence - Victoria 1st portrait; Maundy Gold proof 1838 4 Pence - Victoria 1st portrait; Maundy issues 1838–1887 · 4,158 4 Pence - Victoria 2nd portrait; Colonial issue 1888 · 120,000 4 Pence - Victoria 2nd portrait; Maundy issues 1888–1892 · 9,583 4 Pence - Victoria 3rd portrait; Maundy issues 1893–1901 · 11,000

4 Shillings 1 coin

1 Dollar British Trade Dollar; Gold Proof 1895–1900

5 Pounds 3 coins

5 Pounds - Victoria 1st portrait; 'Una and the Lion' 1839 · 400 · Key 5 Pounds - Victoria 2nd portrait 1887 · 53,844 · Key 5 Pounds - Victoria 3rd portrait 1893 · 20,405 · Key

5 Shillings 2 coins

5 Shillings Hampstead Norreys; white metal 1889 5 Shillings - Victoria Hampstead Norreys 1889

6 Pence 6 coins

6 Pence - Victoria 1st portrait; 1st type 1838–1868 · 1,607,760 6 Pence - Victoria 1st portrait; 2nd type 1867–1880 · 1,362,240 6 Pence - Victoria 1st portrait; 3rd type 1880–1887 6 Pence - Victoria 2nd portrait; 1st reverse 1887 · 3,675,600 6 Pence - Victoria 2nd portrait; 2nd reverse 1887–1893 · 3,675,600 6 Pence - Victoria 3rd portrait 1893–1901 · 7,010,000
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