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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8s and 8s4d <<-- : -->> 15s
History of the Half Guinea and Half Sovereign
Pictures of Half Sovereigns
Pictures of Half Guineas, both 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.
As indicated in the note below, despite lower quotes in these dated prices the bullion value of a half sovereign is about £76 ($104) or more. Current bullion values of half sovereigns can be found here.
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.
Half Guineas
Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III
Half Sovereigns
George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
Values of these hammered coins are not available.
Year F VF EF hg 1669 325 1000 3750 hg 1670 300 1000 3000 hg 1671 350 1000 3750 hg 1672b1 350 1000 3750 b1: first bust
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1672b2 325 900 3000 hg 1673 450 1300 3750 hg 1674 500 1600 4000 hg 1675 ex rare hg 1676 325 1000 3000 hg 1676/4 1300 3750 hg 1676ec 600 2300 hg 1677 325 1000 2800 hg 1677ec 500 1500 hg 1678 375 1100 3300 hg 1678ec 350 1100 3750 hg 1679 325 1000 3000 hg 1680 400 1500 hg 1680ec ex rare hg 1681 400 1500 hg 1682 400 1300 3500 hg 1682ec 450 1600 hg 1683 325 900 2800 hg 1683ec ex rare hg 1684 325 850 3000 hg 1684ec 350 1100 3400 b2: second bust ec: elephant and castle below bust
Year F VF EF hg 1686 300 1100 3400 hg 1686ec 700 3750 7000 hg 1687 400 1300 3800 hg 1688 325 1300 3800 ec: elephant and castle below bust
Year F VF EF hg 1689 400 1800 4000
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1690 400 1850 4200 hg 1691 425 1800 4000 hg 1691ec 350 1700 3800 hg 1692 350 1500 3200 hg 1692el ex rare hg 1692ec 350 1600 3800 hg 1693 ex rare hg 1694 350 1600 3500 ec: elephant and castle below bust el: elephant below bust
Year F VF EFEarly harp
hg 1695 275 750 2800 hg 1695ec 425 1100 3200 hg 1696ec 250 950 2800
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1697 300 1000 3000 hg 1698 250 700 2700 hg 1698ec 350 800 3000 hg 1699 ex rare hg 1700 200 650 2500 hg 1701 200 650 2500 ec: elephant and castle below bust
Year F VF EF hg 1702 450 1800 4500 hg 1703V 4000 10000 20000 hg 1705 500 1700 4500 V: VIGO below bust
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1707 300 900 2500 hg 1708 325 900 2500 hg 1709 300 900 2500 hg 1710 275 750 2000 hg 1711 275 750 2000 hg 1712 275 750 2000 hg 1713 275 750 2000 hg 1714 275 750 2000
Year F VF EF hg 1715 350 800 2200 hg 1717 270 600 1600 hg 1718 270 600 1600 hg 1719 270 600 1600 hg 1720 300 650 1600 hg 1721 ex rare hg 1721ec ex rare hg 1722 250 600 2000 hg 1723 ex rare hg 1724 300 700 2000
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1725 250 500 1300 hg 1726 250 500 1500 hg 1727 250 475 1550 ec: elephant and castle below bust
Year F VF EF hg 1728 275 700 2500 hg 1729 300 700 2350 hg 1729E 325 1000 3000 hg 1730 550 2000 hg 1730E 600 2000 hg 1731 300 950 3000 hg 1731E ex rare hg 1732 300 900 3000 hg 1732E ex rare hg 1733 unknown? hg 1734 300 800 2500 hg 1735 ex rare hg 1736 300 700 3000 hg 1737 ex rare hg 1738 300 750 2500 hg 1739 300 750 2500 hg 1739E ex rare E: EIC below bust
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1740 375 1000 3000 hg 1743 unique? hg 1745 300 900 2850 hg 1745L 800 3000 hg 1746 275 700 2200 L: LIMA below bust
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1747 300 700 2200 hg 1748 220 600 1500 hg 1749 ex rare hg 1750 225 600 1500 hg 1751 225 600 1500 hg 1752 225 600 1500 hg 1753 225 600 1500 hg 1755 225 600 1500 hg 1756 225 600 1500 hg 1758 250 650 1650 hg 1759 225 500 1500 hg 1760 225 500 1450
Year F VF EF hg 1762 420 1250 3000 hg 1763 500 1500 3500
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1764 140 375 850 hg 1765 400 900 2400 hg 1766 175 400 1000 hg 1768 200 450 1000 hg 1769 200 455 1000 hg 1772 ex rare hg 1773 200 400 900 hg 1774b2 250 550 1600 b2: second head
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1774b3 ex rare hg 1775b3 750 1800 4000 b3: third head
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1775b4 120 275 550 hg 1776 110 250 550 hg 1777 110 250 550 hg 1778 110 225 600 hg 1779 130 300 700 hg 1781 110 300 700 hg 1783 425 1250 hg 1784 120 300 600 hg 1785 120 300 600 hg 1786 120 300 600 b4: fourth head
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1787 110 225 500 hg 1788 110 225 500 hg 1789 110 240 600 hg 1790 110 240 500 hg 1791 110 240 500 hg 1792 500 1600 hg 1793 110 220 450 hg 1794 110 220 450 hg 1795 150 300 600 hg 1796 110 275 550 hg 1797 110 275 550 hg 1798 110 275 550 hg 1800 250 700 1500
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1801 70 150 320 hg 1802 75 150 350 hg 1803 75 150 350
Year F VF EF Unc hg 1804 75 150 350 hg 1805 ex rare hg 1806 100 170 400 hg 1808 100 150 375 hg 1809 100 150 375 hg 1810 80 150 375 hg 1811 140 275 700 hg 1813 140 260 700
Extracted from Coin News December 2008
Year F VF EF Unc 10s 1817 70 120 275 500 10s 1818 70 120 275 500 10s 1820 70 120 275 500
Year F VF EF Unc 10s 1821 200 600 1500 2750 10s 1821 proof 2000 3000 10s 1823 70 150 400 700 10s 1824 70 150 425 700 10s 1825 70 150 425 700 10s 1826 70 130 400 700 10s 1826 proof 750 1100 10s 1827 75 150 400 750 10s 1828 70 135 400 775
Year F VF EF Unc 10s 1831 proof 750 1600 10s 1834 100 200 500 1000 10s 1835 100 300 425 900 10s 1836 90 200 500 1000 10s 1836sd 600 1200 2500 10s 1837 100 200 475 900
Year F VF EF Unc 10s 1838 60 90 225 600 10s 1839 proof 2000 10s 1841 65 90 260 700 10s 1842 65 200 500 10s 1843 65 90 260 650 10s 1844 60 70 240 500 10s 1845 100 300 700 1400 10s 1846 60 80 220 500 10s 1847 60 80 220 500 10s 1848 60 80 220 500 10s 1849 75 180 450 10s 1850 100 200 500 1100 10s 1851 75 200 500 10s 1852 80 200 500 10s 1853 70 180 450 10s 1853 proof 4000 10s 1854 ex rare 10s 1855 75 180 425 10s 1856 75 180 425 10s 1857 80 190 450 10s 1858 80 190 450 10s 1859 70 180 425 10s 1860 70 180 425 10s 1861 70 180 425 10s 1862 275 800 3000 10s 1863 70 180 425 10s 1863dn 65 180 425 10s 1864 70 180 425 10s 1865 70 180 425 10s 1866 70 180 425 10s 1867 70 180 425 10s 1869 65 180 425 10s 1870 65 175 350 10s 1871 60 150 350 10s 1872 65 150 350 10s 1873 60 150 350 10s 1874 60 150 350 10s 1875 60 150 350 10s 1876 60 150 350 10s 1877 60 130 350 10s 1878 60 130 350 10s 1879 60 140 350 10s 1880dn 60 140 350 10s 1880ndn 60 140 350 10s 1883 60 135 275 10s 1884 60 125 275 10s 1885 60 125 275 Melbourne Mint n.b. all prices below £60 have been uprated to reflect present gold bullion prices 10s 1873M 60 120 500 10s 1877M 60 120 450 10s 1881M 60 175 550 10s 1882M 60 100 500 10s 1884M 60 100 500 10s 1885M 70 200 1200 10s 1886M 60 110 500 10s 1887M 100 300 1200 4000 Sydney Mint 10s 1871S 60 125 600 10s 1872S 65 125 600 10s 1875S 60 125 600 10s 1879S 60 100 750 10s 1880S 60 90 750 10s 1881S 60 100 750 10s 1882S 100 500 2500 10s 1883S 60 80 500 10s 1886S 60 80 450 10s 1887S 60 100 650 2000 dn: die number (all from 1864 to 1879 have a die number) nd: no die number M: Melbourne S: Sydney
10s 1887 60 60 70 95 10s 1887 proof 400 10s 1890 60 60 70 125 10s 1891 60 60 70 125 10s 1892 60 60 60 125 10s 1893 60 60 65 125 Melbourne Mint 10s 1887M 60 100 275 450 10s 1893M 60 125 375 Sydney Mint 10s 1887S 60 90 250 400 10s 1889S 60 100 250 10s 1893S 60 120 275 M: Melbourne S: Sydney
10s 1893 60 60 75 125 10s 1893 proof 500 10s 1894 60 60 75 125 10s 1895 60 60 75 125 10s 1896 60 60 75 125 10s 1897 60 60 75 125 10s 1898 60 60 75 125 10s 1899 60 60 75 125 10s 1900 60 60 75 125 10s 1901 60 60 75 125 Melbourne Mint 10s 1893M extremely rare 10s 1896M 60 100 400 10s 1899M 60 100 400 10s 1900M 60 100 400 Perth Mint 10s 1899P unique proof 10s 1900P 125 300 500 Sydney Mint 10s 1893S 60 100 275 10s 1897S 60 90 275 10s 1900S 60 80 275 M: Melbourne P: Perth S: Sydney
Year F VF EF Unc 10s 1902 60 60 60 65 10s 1902 proof 115 10s 1903 60 60 60 65 10s 1904 60 60 60 65 10s 1905 60 60 60 65 10s 1906 60 60 60 65 10s 1907 60 60 60 65 10s 1908 60 60 60 65 10s 1909 60 60 60 65 10s 1910 60 60 60 65 Melbourne Mint 10s 1906M 60 60 100 300 10s 1907M 60 60 80 250 10s 1908M 60 60 80 300 10s 1909M 60 60 80 250 Perth Mint 10s 1904P 100 150 550 10s 1908P 100 150 550 10s 1909P 70 130 450 Sydney Mint 10s 1902S 60 60 100 300 10s 1902S proof 3000 10s 1903S 60 60 100 250 10s 1906S 60 60 100 275 10s 1908S 60 60 100 275 10s 1910S 60 60 100 275 M: Melbourne P: Perth S: Sydney
Year F VF EF Unc 10s 1911 60 60 60 80 10s 1911 proof 200 10s 1912 60 60 60 80 10s 1913 60 60 60 80 10s 1914 60 60 60 80 10s 1915 60 60 60 80 Melbourne Mint 10s 1915M 100 200 Perth Mint 10s 1911P 100 200 10s 1915P 100 200 10s 1918P 120 275 600 Sydney Mint 10s 1911S 60 60 70 110 10s 1912S 60 60 70 110 10s 1914S 60 60 70 110 10s 1915S 60 60 70 110 10s 1916S 60 60 70 110 Pretoria Mint 10s 1923SA proof 350 10s 1925SA 60 60 60 90 10s 1926SA 60 60 60 90 M: Melbourne P: Perth S: Sydney SA: Pretoria, South Africa
Year F VF EF Unc 10s 1937 proof 300
Year F VF EF Unc 10s 1953 extremely rare 10s 1980 proof 60 10s 1982 60 10s 1982 proof 60 10s 1983 proof 60 10s 1984 proof 60 10s 1985 proof 60 10s 1986 proof 60 10s 1987 proof 60 10s 1988 proof 60 10s 1989 proof 100 10s 1990 proof 60 10s 1991 proof 60 10s 1992 proof 65 10s 1993 proof 65 10s 1994 proof 70 10s 1995 proof 70 10s 1996 proof 70 10s 1997 proof 70 10s 1998 proof 70 10s 1999 proof 70 10s 2000 60 10s 2000 proof 70 10s 2001 60 10s 2001 proof 70 10s 2002 60 10s 2002 proof 70 10s 2003 60 10s 2003 proof 70 10s 2004 60 10s 2004 proof 70 10s 2005 60 10s 2005 proof 70 10s 2006 60 10s 2006 proof 70 10s 2007 60 10s 2007 proof 70
Extracted from Coin News September 2008 (1817-1937) May 2004 (1953-date)
Values given as less than bullion value have been uprated accordingly.
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 23rd January 2009 gold bullion was $879.40 per Troy oz (£643). The half sovereign contains 0.1177 oz of gold, and this gives a bullion value of about £76 or US$104.
Please note that prices given above were valid in early 2008 when gold prices were very different. Current bullion values may be available on my Bullion Value page.
Half Guineas
Charles II, James II, William & Mary, William III, Anne, George I, George II, George III
Half Sovereigns
George III, George IV, William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V, George VI, Elizabeth II
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