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 700 2500 1g 1663el 700 2500 1g 1664b2 500 2000 1g 1664el2 ex rare 1g 1664b3 475 1800 4500 1g 1664el3 600 2000 5000 1g 1665 500 2000 5000 1g 1665el 600 2500 5500 1g 1666 500 2000 5000 1g 1667 500 2000 5000 1g 1668 500 2000 5000 1g 1668el ex rare 1g 1669 500 2250 1g 1670 500 2000 5000 1g 1671 500 2000 5000 1g 1672b3 550 2500 1g 1672b4 400 1800 4000 1g 1673b3 600 2750 1g 1673b4 450 1800 4000 1g 1674 450 1800 1g 1674ec ex rare 1g 1675 400 1800 4000 1g 1675ec 500 2000 1g 1676 400 1500 3500 1g 1676ec 450 1500 4000 1g 1677 350 1300 3500 1g 1677el extremely rare 1g 1677ec 400 1800 4200 1g 1678 350 1400 3500 1g 1678el ex rare 1g 1678ec 500 2000 1g 1679 350 1300 3200 1g 1679ec 500 1800 1g 1680 350 1200 3200 1g 1680ec 600 2200 1g 1681 425 2000 4500 1g 1681ec 500 1800 1g 1682 425 1750 4750 1g 1682ec 425 1600 4000 1g 1683 350 1200 3400 1g 1683ec 600 2250 5000 1g 1684 400 1500 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 1650 4250 1g 1685ec 500 2000 4750 1g 1686b1 425 1800 4000 1g 1686ec1 ex rare 1g 1686b2 300 1500 3000 1g 1686ec2 500 2250 5000 1g 1687 300 1500 3500 1g 1687/6 375 1600 4250 1g 1687ec 350 1700 4500 1g 1688 350 1500 5000 1g 1688ec 350 1800 4500 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 350 1800 4500 1g 1689ec 350 1800 4500 1g 1690 375 2000 4750 1g 1690ec 500 2000 5000 1g 1691 350 2000 4750 1g 1691ec 350 2100 4500 1g 1692 350 2100 4500 1g 1692el 500 2000 5000 1g 1692ec 400 2100 4250 1g 1693 350 2250 4750 1g 1693el extremely rare 1g 1693ec extremely rare 1g 1694 350 1850 4500 1g 1694ec 400 2000 4250 ec: elephant and castle below bust el: elephant below bust
Year F VF EF 1g 1695 250 1600 3700 1g 1695ec 350 1700 4500 1g 1696 300 1700 4250 1g 1696ec extremely rare 1g 1697b1 300 1700 4250 1g 1697b2 270 1700 4500 1g 1697ec2 900 3750 1g 1698 250 1500 3250 1g 1698ec 350 1700 4250 1g 1699 300 1700 4250 1g 1699ec extremely rare 1g 1700 225 1500 3400 1g 1700ec 900 3750 1g 1701b2 240 1500 2500 1g 1701ec extremely rare 1g 1701b3 450 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 1600 4000 1g 1703V 4750 11500 1g 1705 600 2000 5000 1g 1706 600 2000 5000 1g 1707bu 525 1900 4750 1g 1707au 300 1800 2750 1g 1707ec 750 1750 1g 1707b2 extremely rare 1g 1708b1 extremely rare 1g 1708b2 400 1400 4000 1g 1708ec 700 1700 3750 1g 1709 400 1500 3750 1g 1709ec 700 1600 4000 1g 1710 300 900 2400 1g 1711 300 900 2400 1g 1712 300 900 2400 1g 1713 300 800 2000 1g 1714 300 800 2000 1g 1714A 600 1200 3000 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 2500 5000 1g 1715b2 350 1200 3000 1g 1715b3 300 1200 3000 1g 1716b3 300 1200 3250 1g 1716b4 275 1200 3000 1g 1717 275 1300 3000 1g 1718 extremely rare 1g 1719 300 1300 2750 1g 1720 300 1300 2850 1g 1721 300 1300 2850 1g 1721ec extremely rare 1g 1722 300 1200 3000 1g 1722ec extremely rare 1g 1723b4 325 1300 3100 1g 1723b5 300 1200 3000 1g 1724 300 1200 3250 1g 1725 325 1400 3250 1g 1726 260 1100 2750 1g 1726ec 1200 3500 9000 1g 1727 300 1450 3500 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 4500 1g 1727ss 375 1350 3250 1g 1728 500 1500 3100 1g 1729 proof ex rare 1g 1729E 500 1800 4000 1g 1730 400 1500 3510 1g 1731 375 1250 3250 1g 1731E 450 1500 3500 1g 1732 350 1200 3000 1g 1732E 425 1500 3750 1g 1732ll 350 1500 3500 1g 1732Ell 400 1600 3500 1g 1733 300 1200 2500 1g 1734 300 1200 2500 1g 1735 300 1200 2750 1g 1736 300 1200 2600 1g 1737 350 1250 3000 1g 1738 300 1200 2700 1g 1739 300 1000 2500 1g 1739E 400 1400 3500 1g 1740 350 1400 3250 1g 1741 extremely rare 1g 1743 extremely rare 1g 1745 325 1200 3250 1g 1745L 800 2250 5000 1g 1746 350 1000 3000 1g 1747 275 700 1700 1g 1748 275 700 1700 1g 1749 275 700 1700 1g 1750 275 700 1700 1g 1751 300 800 1800 1g 1752 275 500 1500 1g 1753 325 700 1800 1g 1755 300 700 1750 1g 1756 300 700 1750 1g 1758 300 700 1750 1g 1759 300 700 1750 1g 1760 300 700 1750 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 1000 2600 5000 1g 1763 1000 2000 4750 1g 1764 750 2000 3750 1g 1765 200 425 900 1g 1766 200 425 850 1g 1767 250 500 1110 1g 1768 250 500 800 1g 1769 250 500 850 1g 1770 250 500 950 1g 1771 225 450 850 1g 1772 225 425 850 1g 1773 200 425 800 1g 1774 140 340 650 1g 1775 140 340 650 1g 1776 140 340 650 1g 1777 140 340 650 1g 1778 160 400 700 1g 1779 140 325 550 1g 1781 140 300 525 1g 1782 140 300 525 1g 1783 140 300 525 1g 1784 140 300 525 1g 1785 140 300 525 1g 1786 140 300 525 1g 1787 130 300 525 1g 1788 130 300 525 1g 1789 130 300 525 1g 1790 130 300 525 1g 1791 130 300 525 1g 1792 130 300 525 1g 1793 130 300 525 1g 1794 130 300 525 1g 1795 130 300 525 1g 1796 160 300 650 1g 1797 130 275 500 1g 1798 120 200 425 1g 1799 160 340 700 1g 1813 350 900 1650
Extracted from Coin News March 2006
Year F VF EF Unc
£1 1817 125 240 600 1000
£1 1818 140 240 600 1000
£1 1819 exceedingly rare
£1 1820 140 240 600 1100
A good VF specimen of the exceedingly rare 1819 sovereign recently sold at Sothebys for £55,000.
Year F VF EF Unc £1 1821 125 225 600 1100 £1 1821 proof 1600 2750 £1 1822 120 175 450 850 £1 1823 250 700 3000 £1 1824 125 275 700 1200 £1 1825t1 225 600 2000 £1 1825t2 125 250 600 1000 £1 1826 125 250 600 1000 £1 1826 proof 1500 2500 £1 1827 150 300 600 1000 £1 1828 800 2000 5500 £1 1829 160 300 600 1100 £1 1830 160 300 600 1100
Year F VF EF Unc £1 1831 200 325 700 1200 £1 1831 proof 2000 5000 £1 1832 200 300 750 1250 £1 1833 200 300 750 1250 £1 1835 200 300 750 1250 £1 1836 200 300 750 1250 £1 1837 200 300 750 1250
Year F VF EF Unc Note that recent rises in the cost of gold mean that the minimum value of a sovereign should be 100 pounds. £1 1838 80 200 500 1200 £1 1839 125 400 1000 2200 £1 1839 proof 2750 £1 1841 700 1200 3520 £1 1842 85 175 300 £1 1843 85 175 300 £1 1843ns 275 600 1500 £1 1844 65 85 175 300 £1 1845 65 85 175 300 £1 1846 65 85 175 320 £1 1847 65 80 175 300 £1 1848 65 80 175 350 £1 1849 65 80 175 350 £1 1850 65 80 175 375 £1 1851 65 80 175 375 £1 1852 65 80 175 375 £1 1853 60 75 140 375 £1 1853 proof 5500 £1 1854 90 200 475 1000 £1 1855 80 100 200 350 £1 1856 65 80 155 300 £1 1857 65 80 155 300 £1 1858 65 80 175 320 £1 1859 65 80 155 350 £1 1859A 170 400 2000 £1 1860 60 75 200 300 £1 1861 60 75 140 250 £1 1862 75 140 250 £1 1863nd 75 140 250 £1 1863dn 60 75 125 275 £1 1864 60 75 125 275 £1 1865 60 75 125 275 £1 1866 60 75 125 275 £1 1868 60 75 125 275 £1 1869 60 75 125 275 £1 1870 60 75 125 275 £1 1871s 60 75 125 275 £1 1872snd 60 75 140 275 £1 1872sdn 60 75 130 275 £1 1873s 55 70 130 240 £1 1874s 800 Melbourne Mint £1 1872sM 60 75 175 400 £1 1873sM extremely rare £1 1874sM 60 75 150 400 £1 1879sM extremely rare £1 1880sM 200 500 1750 £1 1881sM 70 100 200 400 £1 1882sM 60 75 175 375 £1 1883sM 100 200 600 £1 1884sM 60 75 150 400 £1 1885sM 60 75 150 400 £1 1886sM 400 1500 3000 £1 1887sM 300 700 2000 3750 Sydney Mint £1 1871sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1872sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1873sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1875sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1877sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1878sS 60 65 150 400 £1 1879sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1880sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1881sS 60 75 170 400 £1 1882sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1883sS 60 75 170 400 £1 1884sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1885sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1886sS 60 65 140 400 £1 1887sS 60 75 170 375 s: shield reverse dn: die number nd: no die number 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 100 pounds. £1 1871g 60 85 175 £1 1872g 60 85 175 £1 1873g 60 85 175 £1 1874g 60 85 175 £1 1876g 60 85 175 £1 1878g 60 85 200 £1 1879g 100 300 750 £1 1880g 60 85 175 £1 1884g 60 85 175 £1 1885g 60 85 175 Melbourne Mint £1 1872gM 60 100 175 £1 1873gM 60 100 175 £1 1874gM 60 100 175 £1 1875gM 60 100 175 £1 1876gM 60 100 175 £1 1877gM 60 100 175 £1 1878gM 60 100 175 £1 1879gM 60 100 175 £1 1880gM 60 100 175 £1 1881sM 60 100 175 £1 1881gM 60 100 175 £1 1882gM 60 100 175 £1 1883gM 60 100 175 £1 1884gM 60 100 175 £1 1885gM 60 100 175 £1 1886gM 60 100 175 £1 1887gM 60 100 175 Sydney Mint £1 1871gS 60 110 225 £1 1872gS 60 110 225 £1 1873gS 60 110 225 £1 1874gS 60 110 325 £1 1875gS 60 100 200 £1 1876gS 60 100 225 £1 1877gS extremely rare £1 1879gS 60 100 225 £1 1880gS 60 100 225 £1 1881gS 60 100 225 £1 1882gS 60 100 225 £1 1883gS 60 100 225 £1 1884gS 60 100 225 £1 1885gS 60 100 225 £1 1886gS 60 100 225 £1 1887gS 60 100 225 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 100 pounds. £1 1887 70 100 £1 1887 proof 700 £1 1888 60 100 £1 1889 60 100 £1 1890 60 100 £1 1891 60 100 £1 1892 60 100 Melbourne Mint £1 1887M 60 85 125 £1 1888M 55 70 110 120 £1 1889M 55 70 110 120 £1 1890M 55 70 110 120 £1 1891M 55 70 110 120 £1 1892M 55 70 110 120 £1 1893Mj 55 70 100 120 Sydney Mint £1 1887S 75 150 225 500 £1 1888S 75 100 135 £1 1889S 75 100 135 £1 1890S 75 100 135 £1 1891S 75 100 135 £1 1892S 75 100 135 £1 1893Sj 75 100 135 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 100 pounds. £1 1893 65 85 £1 1893 proof 650 £1 1894 65 85 £1 1895 65 85 £1 1896 65 85 £1 1898 65 85 £1 1899 65 85 £1 1900 65 85 £1 1901 65 85 Melbourne Mint £1 1893Mo 90 120 £1 1894M 90 100 £1 1895M 90 100 £1 1896M 90 100 £1 1897M 90 100 £1 1898M 90 100 £1 1899M 90 100 £1 1900M 90 100 £1 1901M 90 100 Perth Mint £1 1899P 60 100 275 1000 £1 1900P 90 150 £1 1901P 90 150 Sydney Mint £1 1893So 75 100 £1 1894S 75 100 £1 1895S 75 100 £1 1896S 100 140 £1 1897S 75 100 £1 1898S 75 100 £1 1899S 75 100 £1 1900S 75 100 £1 1901S 75 100 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 100 pounds. £1 1902 60 75 £1 1902 proof 60 140 £1 1903 60 75 £1 1904 60 75 £1 1905 60 75 £1 1906 60 75 £1 1907 60 75 £1 1908 60 75 £1 1909 60 75 £1 1910 60 75 Ottawa Mint £1 1908C proof 1250 1500 2000 £1 1909C 80 220 325 £1 1910C 80 220 350 Melbourne Mint £1 1902M 75 110 £1 1903M 75 110 £1 1904M 75 110 £1 1905M 75 110 £1 1906M 75 110 £1 1907M 75 110 £1 1908M 75 110 £1 1909M 75 110 £1 1910M 75 110 Perth Mint £1 1902P 75 110 £1 1903P 75 110 £1 1904P 75 110 £1 1905P 75 110 £1 1906P 75 110 £1 1907P 75 110 £1 1908P 75 110 £1 1909P 75 110 £1 1910P 75 110 Sydney Mint £1 1902S 75 110 £1 1902S proof ex rare £1 1903S 75 110 £1 1904S 75 110 £1 1905S 75 110 £1 1906S 75 110 £1 1907S 75 110 £1 1908S 75 110 £1 1909S 75 110 £1 1910S 75 110
Year F VF EF Unc Note that recent rises in the cost of gold mean that the minimum value of a sovereign should be 100 pounds. £1 1911 60 85 £1 1911 proof 300 £1 1912 60 85 £1 1913 60 85 £1 1914 60 85 £1 1915 60 85 £1 1916 60 90 £1 1917 1250 2000 4000 £1 1925 60 90 Ottawa Mint £1 1911C 70 90 125 £1 1913C 100 120 400 £1 1914C 100 180 300 £1 1916C 8750 10000 12500 £1 1917C 70 110 125 £1 1918C 70 110 125 £1 1919C 70 110 125 Bombay Mint £1 1918I 110 Melbourne Mint £1 1911M 75 100 £1 1912M 75 100 £1 1913M 75 100 £1 1914M 75 100 £1 1915M 75 100 £1 1916M 75 100 £1 1917M 75 100 £1 1918M 75 100 £1 1919M 90 125 £1 1920M 1250 2250 £1 1921M 5000 £1 1922M 1750 4500 £1 1923M 75 110 £1 1924M 80 125 £1 1925M 75 100 £1 1926M 75 100 £1 1928M 550 1250 2000 £1 1929M 500 1500 2000 £1 1930M 75 150 200 £1 1931M 140 250 350 Perth Mint £1 1911P 75 100 £1 1912P 75 100 £1 1913P 75 100 £1 1914P 75 100 £1 1915P 75 100 £1 1916P 75 100 £1 1917P 75 100 £1 1918P 75 100 £1 1919P 75 100 £1 1920P 75 100 £1 1921P 75 100 £1 1922P 75 100 £1 1923P 75 100 £1 1924P 80 140 £1 1925P 90 225 £1 1926P 100 1000 1800 £1 1927P 110 450 £1 1928P 100 160 £1 1929P 75 100 £1 1930P 75 100 £1 1931P 75 100 Sydney Mint £1 1911S 70 90 £1 1912S 70 90 £1 1913S 70 90 £1 1914S 70 90 £1 1915S 70 90 £1 1916S 70 90 £1 1917S 70 90 £1 1918S 70 90 £1 1919S 70 90 £1 1920S ex rare £1 1921S 600 1500 £1 1922S ex rare £1 1923S ex rare £1 1924S 400 800 1250 £1 1925S 75 100 £1 1926S ex rare Pretoria Mint £1 1923SA ex rare £1 1923SA proof ex rare £1 1924SA ex rare £1 1925SA 60 80 95 £1 1926SA 60 80 95 £1 1927SA 60 80 95 £1 1928SA 60 80 95 £1 1929SA 80 95 £1 1930SA 80 95 £1 1931SA 80 95 £1 1932SA 90 110 C: Ottawa, Canada I: India M: Melbourne P: Perth S: Sydney SA: Pretoria, South Africa
Year F VF EF Unc
£1 1937 proof only 350 700
Year F VF EF Unc
Note that recent rises in the cost of gold mean
that the minimum value of a sovereign should be 100 pounds.
£1 1953 ex rare
£1 1957 65
£1 1958 60
£1 1959 70
£1 1962 60
£1 1963 60
£1 1964 60
£1 1965 60
£1 1966 60
£1 1967 60
£1 1968 60
£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 December 2005; 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 2nd May 2008 gold bullion was $852.20 per Troy oz (£431.58). 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 × 852.20 x 1.05 = about $211 or £107.
Please note that prices given above were valid in 2005 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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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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