Pictures of Coins of the UK

by Tony Clayton

Coins of Queen Victoria

One Penny

Penny, 1855 WW on truncation Plain Trident, Close Colon

Penny, 1858, obverse No WW on truncation

Penny, 1854, reverse Ornamental Trident, Far Colon

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

Colon Varieties

Trident Varieties

Pattern penny, 1860 Scan donated anonymously

Pattern penny in silver, 1860 Courtesy of Martin Platt

Mule penny, 1860 Toothed border on obverse (type 2*) Beaded border on reverse (type A) Courtesy of Martin Platt

1863 Penny, reverse detail showing the extremely rare die number 3 Courtesy of Martin Platt

1869 Penny, reverse type F Courtesy of Martin Platt

Victoria 1871 penny, detail of normal date Courtesy of Martin Platt

Victoria 1871 penny, detail of wide date (extra space between 7 & 1) Courtesy of Martin Platt

1872 penny, obverse type 5

1879 penny, reverse with narrow date variety Courtesy of Martin Platt

1875H penny, obverse 6, reverse J Courtesy of Martin Platt

1881H penny This coin is one of five known with Obverse Freeman 9 and reverse Freeman M Scan donated anonymously

1882 penny, obverse type 7, reverse type N A genuine example of this rare coin Scan donated anonymously

1882H penny Obverse type 7, hair over temple wavy Reverse type M, drapery over shield Scan donated anonymously

1882H penny obverse type 8, hair over temple straighter Reverse type N, drapery over shield less than in type M Note the small H which easily wears away Scan donated anonymously

1882H penny. A typical example of a worn coin appearing to be a 'no H' example Note the faint lump where the H was. Scan donated anonymously

1889 penny, obverse type 8 & reverse type N

1895 penny, reverse, showing trident 2mm from P Courtesy of Martin Platt

Victoria 1897 penny, reverse with (very) high tide Courtesy of Martin Platt

Victoria 1897 penny, reverse with normal tide and dot between O and N Courtesy of Martin Platt

Main Pictures Index
Index for Coins of Queen Victoria

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Pictures of Coins of the UK - Queen Victoria (1d) / Copyright reserved by the author, Tony Clayton / v4 7th November 2007