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UK Coins: Every Denomination

Size, weight, typical sold value and mintage for every UK coin, from the 1p to the gold sovereign.

UK coins come in eight circulating denominations (1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2), plus gold sovereigns, commemorative £5 crowns and the pre-decimal coins withdrawn after 1971. MyCoinage catalogues 4,123 UK coins across the 20 denominations below. Each one shows what it typically sells for, taken from verified sold prices over the last 90 days and never from asking prices.

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Circulating UK coins

The eight denominations in use today, from the 1p to the £2. Most are worth face value; the exceptions are low-mintage commemoratives and a handful of error coins.

Cupronickel and steel

5p coins

Size and weight
18.00 mm, 3.25 g
Metal
Nickel-plated steel since 2012
In the catalogue
42 coins
5p values 5p mintage Browse all
Bronze and copper-plated steel

2p coins

Size and weight
25.90 mm, 7.12 g
Metal
Copper-plated steel since 1992
In the catalogue
83 coins
2p values 2p mintage Browse all
Bronze and copper-plated steel

1p coins

Size and weight
20.30 mm, 3.56 g
Metal
Copper-plated steel since 1992
In the catalogue
232 coins
Typical sold value
£5.98 median of 21 coins, 527 sales, last 90 days
Top seller
1 Penny - Victoria 1st portrait median £29.35 circulated
1p values 1p mintage Browse all

Gold and commemorative UK coins

Sovereigns trade on their gold content plus a premium for date and condition. £5 crowns are struck for collectors and rarely turn up in change.

Pre-decimal UK coins

Pounds, shillings and pence, withdrawn after Decimal Day on 15 February 1971. Silver content, date and grade set the price.

UK coin sizes and weights

Current Royal Mint specifications. Older issues of the same denomination can differ: the 5p, 10p and 50p were all made smaller in the 1990s, and bronze 1p and 2p coins gave way to copper-plated steel in 1992. The sizes and weights guide covers every change.

Coin Diameter Weight Metal
50p 27.30 mm 8.00 g Cupro-nickel
£2 28.40 mm 12.00 g Nickel-brass outer, cupro-nickel inner
£1 23.43 mm 8.75 g Nickel-brass outer, nickel-plated alloy inner
20p 21.40 mm 5.00 g Cupro-nickel
10p 24.50 mm 6.50 g Nickel-plated steel since 2012
5p 18.00 mm 3.25 g Nickel-plated steel since 2012
2p 25.90 mm 7.12 g Copper-plated steel since 1992
1p 20.30 mm 3.56 g Copper-plated steel since 1992
Sovereign 22.05 mm 7.988 g 22-carat gold
Half Sovereign 19.30 mm 3.99 g 22-carat gold
Quarter Sovereign 13.50 mm 1.997 g 22-carat gold

How the values on this page are worked out

Every figure comes from realised sale prices: coins that sold, at the price they sold for. Each coin with at least 5 verified circulated sales in the last 90 days gets its own median, and the denomination figure is the median of those coin medians. A common coin that sells hundreds of times therefore counts once, and a single freak sale cannot move the number.

Where fewer than 3 coins in a denomination have enough sales, no figure is shown. Proof and uncirculated sales are left out, so the figure reflects coins as most people find them. For one coin by grade, open its page from the catalogue.

UK coins: common questions

What UK coins are in circulation?

Eight denominations circulate in the UK: 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2. The 12-sided £1 replaced the round pound in 2017, and the round pound stopped being legal tender on 15 October 2017.

Which UK coins are worth more than face value?

Mostly low-mintage commemorative 50p and £2 coins, genuine mint errors, gold sovereigns and pre-1947 silver. A standard coin taken from change in worn condition is usually worth face value, whatever its date.

How is the typical sold value worked out?

Each coin with at least 5 verified circulated sales in the last 90 days gets its own median sold price. The figure for a denomination is the median of those, so one heavily traded coin counts once. Nothing is quoted from fewer than 3 coins, and asking prices are never used.

When did UK coins go decimal?

Decimal Day was 15 February 1971. The 5p and 10p arrived in 1968 and the 50p in 1969 to ease the change; the 20p followed in 1982 and the bimetallic £2, first dated 1997, reached circulation in 1998.

Where can I check how many of a UK coin were made?

The mintage figures pages list every catalogued coin by denomination, rarest first, using Royal Mint figures.