Pictures of Coins of the UK

by Tony Clayton

One Penny Coins

History of the Penny
Values of One Penny Coins

The Penny - Gallery 2 - Copper pennies 1797-1860

Gallery 1 - Silver Pennies 924-1967
Gallery 3 - Bronze Pennies 1860-1910
Gallery 4 - Bronze Pennies 1910-1936
Gallery 5 - Bronze Pennies 1937-1970

Please note that as the images have come from a wide range of sources, they are not to scale relative to each other.

George III

George III 1797 penny
George III 'Cartwheel' penny, 1797
Courtesy of Martin Platt

George III 1806 penny
George III penny, 1806
Courtesy of Martin Platt

George IV

George IV 1825 penny
1825 penny
Reverse type 1: no line down arms of saltire
Courtesy of Martin Platt

George IV 1826 penny
1826 penny
Reverse type 3: thick line down arms of saltire
Courtesy of Spink

George IV 1827 penny
1827 penny
Reverse type 1
This rare coin was struck for circulation in Australia
Courtesy of Martin Platt

William IV

1831 penny
1831 bronzed proof penny
Courtesy of Spink

1837 penny
Courtesy of Spink

Victoria

1855 copper penny
Penny, 1855
WW on truncation
Plain Trident, Close Colon

1858 penny
Penny, 1858, obverse
No WW on truncation
1854 copper penny
Penny, 1854, reverse
Ornamental Trident, Far Colon

The rare copper 1860 Penny
All such pennies are overdates 1860/59
Courtesy of Martin Platt

Copper Penny Near & Far colon
Colon Varieties
Copper Penny Tridents
Trident Varieties

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Pictures of Coins of the UK - The Penny (2) / Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton / v7 24th June 2008