Australian coin and banknote values
New Zealand predecimal coin values
UK coin values - 1801 to 1967
United States coin values - 1792 to present
All Coin Values
UK and British coin and banknote index
UK and British coin values index
UK coin values - 1801 to 1967
UK penny coin values - 1801 to 1967
Queen Victoria era UK penny values - 1837 to 1901
Queen Victoria era UK penny values, old veiled head, 1895 to 1901
Privacy Policy
Valuation data
Reverse description
Obverse description
Specification data
European Coin Grading System
Australian predecimal coin values
New Zealand predecimal coin values
UK coin values - 1801 to 1967
United States coin values - 1792 to present
European Coin Grading System
More on coin grading and condition

1898 penny value - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

penny

Victoria

1898

ACV Home

British index

Coins

1801 - 1967

Penny

Victoria

veiled head

Privacy

What is a 1898 British penny coin worth?


Values, images, and specifications for the 1898 penny from the UK.

The retail value of a

1898 British penny can

range from £0.70 to over

£55 depending on grade,

condition, desirability, and

demand.


Our guide below shows retail

estimates based on grade.

www.allcoinvalues.com

VG F VF EF aUnc Unc
£0.70 £2 £4 £21 £40 £55+

Values are in UK Pounds

Further information on grading, condition, detractors, and

how to assess your coin can be found further down this page.

The 1898 United Kingdom penny

reverse shows the helmed Britannia

seated facing right, holding a trident,

hand resting on a shield.


'ONE' is in the field to the left, 'PENNY'

to the right, with the date below.

1898 United Kingdom penny reverse

click image

to expand

Found the information on

our site useful?


Let people know

we're here by

linking us on your

posts, listings,

and websites.

1898 United Kingdom penny obverse

click image

to expand

The obverse features the robed bust of the older

Queen Victoria facing left, adorned with jewellery

and wearing a tiara beneath a veil (veiled head).

The legend reads: 'VICTORIA DEI GRA BRITT

REGINA FID DEF IND IMP'

images courtesy of anonymous contributor

Notes:

Monarch Queen Victoria
Edge plain
Weight 9.4 grams
Diameter 30.8 mm
Comp bronze
Minted London, England
Mintage approx. 14,296,840
Scarcity relatively common for period

 

Obverse Thomas Brock
Reverse Leonard Charles Wyon


1898 United Kingdom

penny specifications


1898 United Kingdom

penny design

Australian pre-decimal coin values
New Zealand pre-decimal coin values
United Kingdom coin values - 1801 to 1967
United States coin values - 1792 to present

links to our self-help pages on coin assessment

(opens in a new page)

Grading Terms

VG Very Good
F Fine
VF Very Fine
EF Extremely Fine
aUnc about Uncirculated
Unc Uncirculated