Values of Coins of England and Great Britain
by Tony Clayton
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Values of Coins of England and Great Britainby Tony Clayton |
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History of the Sovereign and Guinea
Pictures of the Sovereign and Guinea on www.ukcoinpics.co.uk
It is stressed that the following prices are a guide only, and in UK pounds. I can take no personal responsibility for their accuracy, although every effort has been made to ensure that they have been copied correctly. In addition it should be noted that the price of gold coins is very dependent on the bullion value of gold, which in 2008 is significantly higher than when the following prices were published.
The information has generally been taken from the UK monthly magazine
Coin News,
and is reproduced by the kind permission of
Token Publishing Ltd, PO Box 14, Honiton, Devon EX14 9YP, UK
The headings F, VF, EF and Unc refer to the condition grades of the coins. A guide to
evaluating grades is found on my UK Coin Values Index page.
Proof coins relatively often found are listed, but the absence of a mention does not mean that
a proof of that year does not exist.
One Guinea
Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III
Sovereign
George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
No values are available for these early hammered coins.
For Post-1817 sovereigns see below.
No values of these coins are available, although a Broad in EF was recently offered for £7,250.
Year F VF EF 1g 1663 750 2500 1g 1663el 700 2500 1g 1664b2 600 2500 1g 1664el2 ex rare 1g 1664b3 600 2000 5000 1g 1664el3 600 2200 5000 1g 1665 650 2200 5000 1g 1665el 650 2500 6000 1g 1666 550 2200 5000 1g 1667 500 2000 5000 1g 1668 550 2200 5000 1g 1668el ex rare 1g 1669 550 2500 1g 1670 500 2500 5000 1g 1671 500 2200 5000 1g 1672b3 550 2500 1g 1672b4 400 2000 4500 1g 1673b3 600 2700 1g 1673b4 450 2000 5000 1g 1674 50 2000 1g 1674ec ex rare 1g 1675 425 2000 5000 1g 1675ec 500 2000 1g 1676 400 1300 4000 1g 1676ec 450 1600 4000 1g 1677 350 1500 3500 1g 1677el extremely rare 1g 1677ec 425 1800 4500 1g 1678 350 1400 3500 1g 1678el ex rare 1g 1678ec 500 2000 1g 1679 375 1250 3500 1g 1679ec 500 1800 5000 1g 1680 350 1200 3500 1g 1680ec 600 2250 1g 1681 425 2000 4500 1g 1681ec 500 1900 1g 1682 400 1600 3750 1g 1682ec 450 1800 4500 1g 1683 350 1300 3500 1g 1683ec 600 2500 5500 1g 1684 400 1600 4250 1g 1684ec 450 1800 4500 b2: bust two b3: bust three b4: bust four el: elephant below bust el2: elephant below bust 2 el3: elephant below bust 3 ec: elephant and castle below bust
Year F VF EF 1g 1685 400 1800 5000 1g 1685ec 500 2200 4500 1g 1686b1 450 2000 4000 1g 1686ec1 ex rare 1g 1686b2 325 1500 3500 1g 1686ec2 500 2500 5500 1g 1687 300 1700 3500 1g 1687ec 375 1700 4500 1g 1688 350 1600 5000 1g 1688ec 375 2000 5000 b1: bust one b2: bust two ec: elephant and castle below bust ec1: elephant and castle below bust 1 ec2: elephant and castle below bust 2
Year F VF EF 1g 1689 375 1800 4500 1g 1689ec 375 1800 4500 1g 1690 375 1800 4500 1g 1690ec 550 2000 5500 1g 1691 375 1800 4500 1g 1691ec 375 1800 4500 1g 1692 375 1800 4500 1g 1692el 600 2400 5500 1g 1692ec 450 2400 4500 1g 1693 375 2000 4500 1g 1693el extremely rare 1g 1693ec extremely rare 1g 1694 375 2000 4500 1g 1694ec 400 2200 4500 ec: elephant and castle below bust el: elephant below bust
Year F VF EF 1g 1695 300 1700 3750 1g 1695ec 400 1900 4500 1g 1696 325 1800 4000 1g 1696ec extremely rare 1g 1697b1 325 1800 4300 1g 1697b2 300 1700 4300 1g 1697ec2 800 4000 1g 1698 275 1600 3250 1g 1698ec 400 1800 4500 1g 1699 350 1600 4500 1g 1699ec extremely rare 1g 1700 250 1400 3500 1g 1700ec 900 3750 1g 1701b2 250 1400 3250 1g 1701ec extremely rare 1g 1701b3 500 2000 5000 b1: bust one b2: bust two b3: bust three ec: elephant and castle below bust ec2: elephant and castle below bust 2
Year F VF EF 1g 1702 400 1700 4250 1g 1703V 5000 12500 1g 1705 500 1650 4250 1g 1706 500 1650 4250 1g 1707bu 500 2000 4700 1g 1707au 325 2000 3000 1g 1707ec 750 1750 1g 1707b2 extremely rare 1g 1708b1 extremely rare 1g 1708b2 325 1100 3750 1g 1708ec 800 1850 4000 1g 1709 325 1100 3200 1g 1709ec 800 1700 4250 1g 1710 325 1100 2650 1g 1711 325 1000 2500 1g 1712 325 1000 2500 1g 1713 325 1000 2200 1g 1714 325 1000 2200 1g 1714A 700 1400 3500 V: VIGO below bust b1: bust one b2: bust two bu: before union au: after union ec: elephant and castle below bust A: No bar in last A in GRATIA
Year F VF EF 1g 1714 1000 2750 5000 1g 1715b2 400 1500 3300 1g 1715b3 400 1500 3300 1g 1716b3 400 1500 3300 1g 1716b4 300 1200 3000 1g 1717 300 1100 3000 1g 1718 extremely rare 1g 1719 275 1300 2500 1g 1720 300 1300 3000 1g 1721 300 1300 3000 1g 1721ec extremely rare 1g 1722 300 1300 3000 1g 1722ec extremely rare 1g 1723b4 300 1300 3000 1g 1723b5 300 1100 3000 1g 1724 300 1100 2850 1g 1725 300 1100 2850 1g 1726 280 1050 2700 1g 1726ec 1200 3750 9000 1g 1727 350 1800 4500 b2: bust two b3: bust three b4: bust four b5: bust five ec: elephant and castle below bust
Year F VF EF 1g 1727ls 700 2000 4000 1g 1727ss 375 1200 3000 1g 1728 400 1200 3000 1g 1729E 500 1500 4000 1g 1729 proof ex rare 1g 1730 375 1400 3500 1g 1731 325 1100 3200 1g 1731E 475 1400 3500 1g 1732 350 1200 2750 1g 1732E 425 1200 3500 1g 1732ll 325 1200 3000 1g 1732Ell 400 1600 3500 1g 1733 300 1100 2500 1g 1734 300 1100 2500 1g 1735 300 1100 2500 1g 1736 300 1200 2700 1g 1737 350 1250 3000 1g 1738 300 1250 3000 1g 1739 300 1000 2400 1g 1739E 425 1400 3500 1g 1740 300 1100 3000 1g 1741 extremely rare 1g 1743 extremely rare 1g 1745 325 1100 3400 1g 1745L 900 2250 5000 1g 1746 300 800 2700 1g 1747 275 600 1650 1g 1748 275 600 1800 1g 1749 275 600 1800 1g 1750 275 600 1800 1g 1751 275 600 1800 1g 1752 275 600 1800 1g 1753 275 600 1800 1g 1755 275 600 1800 1g 1756 275 600 1800 1g 1758 275 600 1800 1g 1759 275 600 1800 1g 1760 275 600 1800 ls: large shield ss: small shield ll: large lettering Ell: EIC below bust, large lettering E: EIC below bust L: LIMA below bust
Year F VF EF 1g 1761 900 2500 5000 1g 1763 800 1500 4500 1g 1764 700 1600 3250 1g 1765 225 450 900 1g 1766 225 450 900 1g 1767 225 450 900 1g 1768 225 450 900 1g 1769 225 450 900 1g 1770 225 450 900 1g 1771 225 450 900 1g 1772 225 450 900 1g 1773 225 450 900 1g 1774 130 325 550 1g 1775 130 325 550 1g 1776 130 325 550 1g 1777 130 325 550 1g 1778 140 375 650 1g 1779 130 355 550 1g 1781 130 350 550 1g 1782 130 350 550 1g 1783 130 350 550 1g 1784 130 350 550 1g 1785 130 350 550 1g 1786 130 350 550 1g 1787 125 300 525 1g 1788 125 295 525 1g 1789 125 295 525 1g 1790 125 295 525 1g 1791 125 295 525 1g 1792 125 295 525 1g 1793 125 295 525 1g 1794 125 295 525 1g 1795 125 295 525 1g 1796 150 260 575 1g 1797 130 300 575 1g 1798 120 250 425 1g 1799 170 350 675 1g 1813 500 1250 2200
Extracted from Coin News August 2007
Year F VF EF Unc
£1 1817 200 400 950 1500
£1 1818 200 400 950 1500
£1 1819 exceedingly rare
£1 1820 210 420 975 1550
A good VF specimen of the exceedingly rare 1819 sovereign recently sold at Sothebys for £55,000.
Year F VF EF Unc £1 1821 200 325 900 1600 £1 1821 proof 1600 3500 £1 1822 200 320 750 1500 £1 1823 400 1200 4000 £1 1824 220 450 1000 1750 £1 1825t1 350 1000 3000 £1 1825t2 200 400 900 1650 £1 1826 200 400 900 1650 £1 1826 proof 1600 2750 £1 1827 200 425 950 1800 £1 1828 2400 4250 12000 £1 1829 280 500 1000 1850 £1 1830 280 500 1000 1850
Year F VF EF Unc £1 1831 280 425 1100 2000 £1 1831 proof 3000 £1 1832 250 400 1000 1800 £1 1833 250 400 1000 1800 £1 1835 250 400 1000 1800 £1 1836 250 400 1000 1800 £1 1837 275 450 1100 1900
Year F VF EF Unc Note that recent rises in the cost of gold mean that the minimum value of a sovereign should be 110 pounds. £1 1838 140 400 900 2500 £1 1839 300 700 1700 3300 £1 1839 proof 3500 £1 1841 1200 2500 3750 £1 1842 90 110 300 500 £1 1843 90 110 300 500 £1 1843ns 275 600 1500 £1 1844 90 110 300 500 £1 1845 90 110 300 500 £1 1846 90 110 300 500 £1 1847 90 110 300 500 £1 1848 90 110 300 500 £1 1849 90 110 300 500 £1 1850 90 110 300 500 £1 1851 90 110 300 500 £1 1852 90 110 300 500 £1 1853 90 110 300 500 £1 1853 proof 6750 £1 1854 140 270 750 1500 £1 1854lb 90 110 300 500 £1 1855 90 110 300 500 £1 1856 90 110 300 500 £1 1857 90 110 300 500 £1 1858 90 110 300 500 £1 1859 90 110 300 500 £1 1859A 300 850 3750 £1 1860 90 110 300 500 £1 1861 90 110 300 500 £1 1862 90 110 300 500 £1 1863nd 90 110 300 500 £1 1863dn 90 110 300 500 £1 1864 90 110 300 500 £1 1865 90 110 300 500 £1 1866 90 110 300 500 £1 1868 90 110 300 500 £1 1869 90 110 300 500 £1 1870 90 100 220 375 £1 1871s 90 100 220 375 £1 1872snd 90 100 220 375 £1 1872sdn 90 100 220 375 £1 1873s 90 100 220 375 £1 1874s 800 Melbourne Mint £1 1872sM 90 110 220 500 £1 1873sM extremely rare £1 1874sM 90 110 220 500 £1 1879sM extremely rare £1 1880sM 300 650 2500 £1 1881sM 90 100 300 1000 £1 1882sM 90 125 225 550 £1 1883sM 100 200 600 £1 1884sM 90 100 220 600 £1 1885sM 90 100 220 600 £1 1886sM 600 2000 4000 £1 1887sM 350 750 2400 5000 Sydney Mint £1 1871sS 90 90 200 500 £1 1872sS 90 90 200 600 £1 1873sS 90 90 200 650 £1 1875sS 90 90 200 500 £1 1877sS 90 90 200 500 £1 1878sS 90 90 200 500 £1 1879sS 90 90 200 500 £1 1880sS 90 90 200 600 £1 1881sS 90 90 200 600 £1 1882sS 90 90 200 500 £1 1883sS 90 90 200 500 £1 1884sS 90 90 200 500 £1 1885sS 90 90 200 500 £1 1886sS 90 90 200 500 £1 1887sS 90 90 240 600 s: shield reverse dn: die number nd: no die number lb: larger bust A: Ansell type ns: narrow shield M: Melbourne S:Sydney
Year F VF EF Unc Note that recent rises in the cost of gold mean that the minimum value of a sovereign should be 110 pounds. £1 1871g 90 100 225 £1 1872g 90 100 225 £1 1873g 90 100 225 £1 1874g 90 100 225 £1 1876g 90 100 225 £1 1878g 90 100 225 £1 1879g 125 400 1200 £1 1880g 90 90 200 £1 1884g 90 90 200 £1 1885g 90 90 200 Melbourne Mint £1 1872gM 90 110 200 350 £1 1873gM 90 100 225 £1 1874gM 90 100 225 £1 1875gM 90 100 225 £1 1876gM 90 100 225 £1 1877gM 90 100 225 £1 1878gM 90 100 225 £1 1879gM 90 100 225 £1 1880gM 90 100 225 £1 1881sM 90 100 225 £1 1881gM 90 100 225 £1 1882gM 90 100 225 £1 1883gM 90 100 225 £1 1884gM 90 100 225 £1 1885gM 90 100 225 £1 1886gM 90 100 225 £1 1887gM 90 100 225 Sydney Mint £1 1871gS 90 110 225 £1 1872gS 90 110 225 £1 1873gS 90 110 225 £1 1874gS 90 110 225 £1 1875gS 90 110 225 £1 1876gS 90 110 225 £1 1877gS extremely rare £1 1879gS 75 100 225 £1 1880gS 75 100 225 £1 1881gS 75 100 225 £1 1882gS 75 100 225 £1 1883gS 75 100 225 £1 1884gS 75 110 225 £1 1885gS 75 110 225 £1 1886gS 75 110 225 £1 1887gS 75 110 225 g: George & Dragon reverse M: Melbourne S:Sydney
Year F VF EF Unc Note that recent rises in the cost of gold mean that the minimum value of a sovereign should be 110 pounds. £1 1887 95 120 £1 1887 proof 700 £1 1888 90 110 £1 1889 90 110 £1 1890 90 110 £1 1891 90 110 £1 1892 90 110 Melbourne Mint £1 1887M 80 90 140 200 £1 1888M 80 90 110 120 £1 1889M 80 90 110 120 £1 1890M 80 90 110 120 £1 1891M 80 90 110 120 £1 1892M 80 90 110 120 £1 1893Mj 80 90 110 120 Sydney Mint £1 1887S 80 90 225 500 £1 1888S 90 100 140 £1 1889S 90 100 140 £1 1890S 90 100 140 £1 1891S 90 100 140 £1 1892S 90 100 140 £1 1893Sj 90 100 140 M: Melbourne S:Sydney
Year F VF EF Unc Note that recent rises in the cost of gold mean that the minimum value of a sovereign should be 110 pounds. £1 1893 90 100 £1 1893 proof 850 £1 1894 90 100 £1 1895 90 100 £1 1896 90 100 £1 1898 90 100 £1 1899 90 100 £1 1900 90 100 £1 1901 90 100 Melbourne Mint £1 1893Mo 90 110 £1 1894M 90 110 £1 1895M 90 110 £1 1896M 90 110 £1 1897M 90 110 £1 1898M 90 110 £1 1899M 90 110 £1 1900M 90 110 £1 1901M 90 110 Perth Mint £1 1899P 80 110 300 1200 £1 1900P 90 150 £1 1901P 90 150 Sydney Mint £1 1893So 90 100 £1 1894S 90 100 £1 1895S 90 100 £1 1896S 90 150 £1 1897S 90 100 £1 1898S 90 100 £1 1899S 90 100 £1 1900S 90 100 £1 1901S 90 100 M: Melbourne P: Perth S:Sydney
Year F VF EF Unc Note that recent rises in the cost of gold mean that the minimum value of a sovereign should be 110 pounds. £1 1902 90 100 £1 1902 proof 90 180 £1 1903 90 100 £1 1904 90 100 £1 1905 90 100 £1 1906 90 100 £1 1907 90 100 £1 1908 90 100 £1 1909 90 100 £1 1910 90 100 Ottawa Mint £1 1908C proof 1250 1500 2000 £1 1909C 90 220 325 £1 1910C 90 220 350 Melbourne Mint £1 1902M 90 110 £1 1903M 90 110 £1 1904M 90 110 £1 1905M 90 110 £1 1906M 90 110 £1 1907M 90 110 £1 1908M 90 110 £1 1909M 90 110 £1 1910M 90 110 Perth Mint £1 1902P 90 110 £1 1903P 90 110 £1 1904P 90 110 £1 1905P 90 110 £1 1906P 90 110 £1 1907P 90 110 £1 1908P 90 110 £1 1909P 90 110 £1 1910P 90 110 Sydney Mint £1 1902S 90 110 £1 1902S proof ex rare £1 1903S 90 110 £1 1904S 90 110 £1 1905S 90 110 £1 1906S 90 110 £1 1907S 90 110 £1 1908S 90 110 £1 1909S 90 110 £1 1910S 90 110
Year F VF EF Unc Note that recent rises in the cost of gold mean that the minimum value of a sovereign should be 110 pounds. £1 1911 90 110 £1 1911 proof 400 £1 1912 90 110 £1 1913 90 110 £1 1914 90 110 £1 1915 90 110 £1 1916 90 100 £1 1917 1250 2000 4000 £1 1925 90 110 Ottawa Mint £1 1911C 90 90 140 £1 1913C 100 300 600 £1 1914C 100 300 600 £1 1916C 8750 10000 12500 £1 1917C 90 110 140 £1 1918C 90 110 140 £1 1919C 90 110 140 Bombay Mint £1 1918I 90 110 Melbourne Mint £1 1911M 90 110 £1 1912M 90 110 £1 1913M 90 110 £1 1914M 90 110 £1 1915M 90 110 £1 1916M 90 110 £1 1917M 90 110 £1 1918M 75 110 £1 1919M 90 140 £1 1920M 700 1800 2500 £1 1921M 5500 £1 1922M 2500 5000 £1 1923M 90 110 £1 1924M 90 125 £1 1925M 90 100 £1 1926M 90 100 £1 1928M 700 1250 2000 £1 1929M 500 1500 2000 £1 1930M 75 150 200 £1 1931M 140 300 375 Perth Mint £1 1911P 90 100 £1 1912P 90 100 £1 1913P 90 100 £1 1914P 90 100 £1 1915P 90 100 £1 1916P 90 100 £1 1917P 90 100 £1 1918P 90 100 £1 1919P 90 100 £1 1920P 90 100 £1 1921P 90 100 £1 1922P 90 100 £1 1923P 90 100 £1 1924P 90 150 £1 1925P 90 270 £1 1926P 450 900 1500 1800 £1 1927P 300 450 £1 1928P 100 175 £1 1929P 90 100 £1 1930P 90 100 £1 1931P 90 100 Sydney Mint £1 1911S 90 100 £1 1912S 90 100 £1 1913S 90 100 £1 1914S 90 100 £1 1915S 90 100 £1 1916S 90 90 £1 1917S 90 90 £1 1918S 90 90 £1 1919S 90 90 £1 1920S ex rare £1 1921S 600 1500 £1 1922S ex rare £1 1923S ex rare £1 1924S 400 800 1250 £1 1925S 90 100 £1 1926S ex rare Pretoria Mint £1 1923SA ex rare 4000 £1 1923SA proof ex rare £1 1924SA ex rare £1 1925SA 90 100 120 £1 1926SA 90 100 120 £1 1927SA 90 100 120 £1 1928SA 90 100 120 £1 1929SA 100 120 £1 1930SA 100 120 £1 1931SA 90 110 £1 1932SA 100 125 C: Ottawa, Canada I: India M: Melbourne P: Perth S: Sydney SA: Pretoria, South Africa
Year F VF EF Unc
£1 1937 proof only 700 1100
Year F VF EF Unc
Note that recent rises in the cost of gold mean
that the minimum value of a sovereign should be 110 pounds.
£1 1953 ex rare
£1 1957 90
£1 1958 90
£1 1959 90
£1 1962 90
£1 1963 90
£1 1964 90
£1 1965 90
£1 1966 90
£1 1967 90
£1 1968 90
£1 1974 55
£1 1976 55
£1 1978 55
£1 1979 55
£1 1979 proof 75
£1 1980 55
£1 1980 proof 75
£1 1981 55
£1 1981 proof 75
£1 1982 55
£1 1982 proof 75
£1 1983 proof 75
£1 1984 proof 85
£1 1985 proof 85
£1 1986 proof 85
£1 1987 proof 85
£1 1988 proof 90
£1 1989 proof 200
£1 1990 proof 130
£1 1991 proof 130
£1 1992 proof 150
£1 1993 proof 150
£1 1994 proof 150
£1 1995 proof 150
£1 1996 proof 150
£1 1997 proof 165
£1 1998 proof 165
£1 1999 proof 175
£1 2000 55
£1 2000 proof 135
£1 2001 55
£1 2001 proof 135
£1 2002 60
£1 2002 proof 115
£1 2003 60
£1 2003 proof 140
£1 2004 60
£1 2004 proof 140
£1 2005 60
£1 2005 proof 140
£1 2006 60
£1 2006 proof 140
Extracted from Coin News 1817-1968 April 2007; 1970-date June 2004.
For Decimal One Pound coins issued from 1983 onwards, see The Decimal Pound page
The lack of a value for a grade means either that the coin is rarely found in that grade or that it has bullion value only.
On 31st May 2008 gold bullion was $884 per Troy oz (£447). The sovereign contains 0.2354 oz of gold, and with a typical trade premium of 5% this gives a bullion value (to purchase) of 0.2354 × 884 x 1.05 = about $218 or £110.
Please note that prices given above were valid in 2007 when gold prices were lower.
One Guinea
Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III
Sovereign
George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Values Index
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Values: Decimal One Pound
Values: Post-1971 Gold
History of the One Pound coin (Sovereign & Guinea)
History of the Decimal One Pound coin
Main History Index
Pictures of Sovereigns and Guineas
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