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1954 penny value - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

penny

Elizabeth II

1954

What is a 1954 British penny coin worth?


Values, images, and specs for the 1954 penny from the United Kingdom.

The 1954 United Kingdom

penny is considered

unique, with only one

known surviving example.


As such, valuation data is

not available for this coin.

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The obverse features the laureate bust of

Queen Elizabeth II facing right, with the

surrounding legend: 'ELIZABETH II

DEI GRATIA REGINA F:D:'

Notes:

  

Monarch Queen Elizabeth II
Edge plain
Weight 9.4 grams
Diameter 30.8 mm
Comp bronze
Minted London, England
Mintage 1 known surviving
Scarcity unique

 

Obverse Mary Gillick
Reverse Leonard Charles Wyon


1954 United Kingdom

penny specifications


1954 United Kingdom

penny design

Further information on grading, condition, detractors, and

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

Not intended for circulation, several hundred trial coins

were made. All were intended to be destroyed, however

one is known to have survived.

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The 1954 United Kingdom penny reverse

shows Britannia seated facing right,

wearing a helmet, and holding a trident.


Her other hand rests on a shield bearing

combined heraldic crosses of UK members.


'ONE' and 'PENNY' are in the fields, a

lighthouse is in the background to the left,

and the date is in the exergue below.

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EF Extremely Fine
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