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United Kingdom commemorative decimal coins catalog with values

 

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United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Reform 1968 - First Decimal coinage
Pound sterling=100 new pence (1968-1981)

50 new pence 1973
copper-nickel
Entering into EEC
1973 50 PENCE / nine clasped hands
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D / Young bust right
KM#918
Coin value - 1-2 USD

 

 

25 new pence no date (1972)
copper-nickel
Royal Wedding Silver Anniversary
20 NOVEMBER 1947-1972 / ELIZABETH AND PHILIPP / crowned EP monogram
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D / Young bust right
KM#917
Coin value - 1-2 USD

 

25 new pence 1977
copper-nickel
Silver Jubilee of Reign
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D / 1977 / Queen on horseback left
eagle over spoon, crown above
KM#920
Coin value - 1-2 USD

 

25 new pence 1980
copper-nickel
80 years since the birth of Queen-Mother
AUGUST 4th 1980 / QUEEN ELIZABETH QUEEN MOTHER / Queen-Mother left within rampant lions and banners
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D / Young bust right
KM#921
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

25 new pence 1981
copper-nickel
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES AND LADY DIANA SPENCER / 1981 / two heads left
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D / Young bust right
KM#925
Coin value - 1-2 USD

 

 

Decimal coinage (since 1982)
Pound sterling=100 pence

5 pounds 1993
copper-nickel
40th Anniversary of Reign
FIVE POUNDS / ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FID DEF / Queen's head within circle of bugling horsemen
FAITH AND TRUTH I WILL BEAR UNTO YOU / 1953-1993 / crown
KM#965
Coin value - 10-12 USD

 

5 pounds 1999 (1999-2000)
copper-nickel
Millennium
FIVE POUNDS / 1999 2000 / ANNO DOMINI / map with an hour hand coming out of Greenwich
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D 1999 / Head with tiara right
KM#1006
Coin value - 10-12 USD

 

5 pounds 2007
silver 0.9250
Diamond Jubilee - 60th Anniversary of Queen's Wedding
1947 FIVE POUNDS 2007 / TVEATVR UNITA DEVS / Westminster abbey's rose window
ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG F D PHILIPP PRINCEPS / conjoined busts of Queen and Prince
KM#1077a
Coin value - 50-60 USD

 

 

2 pounds 1999
copper-nickel/nickel-brass
Rugby World Cup
TWO POUNDS / 1999 / rugby ball
ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF / Head with tiara right
KM#999
Coin value - 6-8 USD

 

2 pounds 2002
copper-nickel/nickel-brass
17th Commonwealth Games in Manchester
£2 / COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2002 / runner at finish line, flag of England behind
ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF / Head with tiara right
KM#1031
Coin value - 10-12 USD

 

2 pounds 2005
copper-nickel/nickel-brass
60th Anniversary of end of WWII
TWO POUNDS / 1945-2005 / St. Paul's cathedral amid search light beams
ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF / Head with tiara right
KM#1056
Coin value - 5-6 USD

 

2 pounds 2006
copper-nickel/nickel-brass
200 years since the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, engineer
TWO POUNDS / 2006 / Isambard Brunel head
ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF / Head with tiara right
KM#1060
Coin value - 4-5 USD

 

2 pounds 2009
copper-nickel/nickel-brass
250 years since the birth of Robert Burns
TWO POUNDS / 1759 ROBERT BURNS 1796 / text of "Auld Lang Syne" song - we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet, for auld lang syne
ELIZABETH II DEI GRA REG FID DEF / 2009 / Head with tiara right
KM#1116
Coin value - 6-7 USD

 

 

50 pence 1998
copper-nickel
50th Anniversary of National Health Service
50 / PENCE / FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY / NHS / radiant hands
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D 1998 / Head with tiara right
KM#992
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

50 pence 1998
copper-nickel
25th Anniversary of the Common Market
50 PENCE / 1973 EU 1998 / bouquet of stars
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D 1998 / Head with tiara right
KM#996
Coin value - 3-4 USD

 

50 pence 2000
copper-nickel
150th Anniversary of Public Library
50 PENCE / 1850-2000 / PUBLIC LIBRARES /open book above building
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D 2000 / Head with tiara right
KM#1004
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

50 pence 2004
copper-nickel
50th Anniversary of the Four Minute Mile - Roger Bannister
50 PENCE / running legs and stop watch
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D 2004 / Head with tiara right
KM#1047
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

50 pence 2005
copper-nickel
250th Anniversary of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
50 FIFTY PENCE / FIFTIS SAXON / PLURAL OF PENNY / JONSON'S DICTIONARY 1755
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D 2005 / Head with tiara right
KM#1050
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

 

50 pence 2006
copper-nickel
150th Anniversary of the Victoria Chest
FIFTY PENCE / 26 JAN 1856 / VC / Victoria Cross medal - obverse and reverse
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D 2006 / Head with tiara right
KM#1057
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

50 pence 2007
copper-nickel
100th Anniversary of the Scouting
FIFTY PENCE / 1907 BE PREPARED 2007 / fleur-de-lis emblem on globe
ELIZABETH II D G REG F D 2007 / Head with tiara right
KM#1073
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

50 pence 2011
copper-nickel
50th Anniversary of World Wildlife Fund
WWF / 2011 / panda in center of animal shaped block
FIFTY PENCE / ELIZABETH II D G REG F D 2011 / Head with tiara right
KM#1196
Coin value - 4-5 USD

 

50 pence 2015
copper-nickel
75th Anniversary of "The Battle of Britain"
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1940 / three pilots running to the planes
50 PENCE 2015 ELIZABETH II D G REG F D / Crowned head right
Coin value - 2-3 USD

 

50 pence 2016
copper-nickel
Battle of Hastings - 950th Anniversary
1066 / BATTLE OF HASTINGS / 2016 / knight left
50 PENCE ELIZABETH II D G REG F D / Crowned head right
Coin value - 2-3 USD