January 19, 2024

Part 9: Circulating Decimal Coinage


The Current Decimal Coinage
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     The first major change in Jersey's coinage designs in 140 years took place in 1983. Previously the Seal of the Bailiwick had been shown on a common reverse for all denominations. Now representations of landmarks of Jersey history are depicted. The different designs help to distinguish the different values of the coins.

Denomination Period Landmark Some Initial Designs A Letter by Ian Monins, States Coinage Advisor,
to John Kelly of the Royal Mint
One Penny Napoleonic Wars Le Hocq Watch Tower
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Two Pence Dark Ages L 'Hermitage
the Cell of St. Helier at Elizabeth Castle
Five Pence Tudor Times Seymour Tower
a Sea-Girt Defense from Invasion
Ten Pence Pre-History The Dolmen
a Neolithic Tomb at Faldouet
Twenty Pence Victorian Age La Corbiere Lighthouse
the First Lighthouse Made of Concrete
Fifty Pence Middle Ages The Gatehouse
of Grosnez Castle
Denomination Period Landmark
One Penny Napoleonic Wars Le Hocq Watch Tower
Used Against Napoleon's Troops
Two Pence Dark Ages L 'Hermitage
the Cell of St. Helier at Elizabeth Castle
Five Pence Tudor Times Seymour Tower
a Sea-Girt Defense from Invasion
Ten Pence Pre-History The Dolmen
a Neolithic Tomb at Faldouet
Twenty Pence Victorian Age La Corbiere Lighthouse
the First Lighthouse Made of Concrete
Fifty Pence Middle Ages The Gatehouse
of Grosnez Castle

Some Initial Designs

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A Letter by Ian Monins, States Coinage Advisor,
to John Kelly of the Royal Mint
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Ian Monins, a Jersey numismatist and an advisor to Jersey's Finance and Economics Committee, heavily influenced the reverse designs of the current circulating coinage.

Things to note about this series:

A Note About Mintage Figures

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An Ad Appearing in the Royal Mint's Coin Club "Bulletin"
for the 1983 Coinage
     It has been my experience that various sources will report a different mintage for the same coin and year. These differences have occurred for a variety of reasons. One is that some people have interpreted 'minting' to have occurred at different points during the coinage process. For example, a coin might be deemed 'minted' as follows:
  • the date a coin is physically struck
  • the date the coinage was ordered
  • the date on the coinage
Another point of confusion is that unlike the 19th century, coin orders can be made multiple times in one year. For example, the 1984 one penny coin had two orders, both of 500,000. Thus, the total mintage is 1,000,000.

There can at times be a significant lag between the order of a coin, and the date coins are struck. Furthermore, if a small number of coins are ordered it might not be cost effective to commission a new die with an updated year. So, what can happen is a coin with one date can actually be 'minted' over several years. This is the case for the 2012 50p coins.

Another important question to ask is "Do we take into account the number of coins returned to the mint that are scrapped?" The answer is "Absolutely, if possible." As noted below, sometimes we know exactly the date and the number of coins returned while other times we only have an estimate of the number returned. For instance, in early 1986 Jersey returned approximately 200,000 half penny coins for scrap.

Collector sets have similar problems. If they sell well, more are made. If not, the orders are withdrawn. For example, the final numbers are 7,800 for the 1980 proof set and 6,000 for the 1981 proof set.

Therefore what I have done is try to determine the mintage statistics using various sources and adjusted them using the Royal Mint documents. All is this is documented and can be verified thru the use of the Royal Mint documents and the Royal Mint Annual Reports.

Common Obverses
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1983-1997
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1985		 missing image
1998-Present

1968 - 1997 Arnold Machin Portrait

To help the new decimal coins stand out from the older currency, a new portrait of The Queen was commissioned. Designed by Arnold Machin RA, the new portrait showed The Queen wearing a tiara instead of a wreath. Like Mary Gillick before him, Machin avoided using a couped portrait cut off by the neck which had been the norm on coins issued earlier in the century.

You might ask, "Why the slight change starting in 1983?" The banking industry request a change so that it would facilitate the sorting of United Kingdom coins prior to the them being sent back. They wanted both the obverse and reverse sides of the Jersey coins to be clearly distinguishable. See pages 284-286 in the Royal Mint document MINT-35-JC-Z.pdf for a discussion about this topic.

1985 Raphael Maklouf Portrait

The 1985 50 pence coin featured a royal portrait by the sculptor Raphael Maklouf. The portrait was couped and showed The Queen wearing the royal diadem, which she normally wears on her way to and from the State Opening of Parliament. If you look closely you can see the artist's initials, RDM, at the bottom of The Queen's neck. Maklouf included his middle initial, D for David, to make sure that his initials wouldn't be seen as a reference to The Royal Mint.

1998 - Preset Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS Portrait

The next portrait is the work of highly respected sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS. Invited to participate in a competition to design a new royal portrait in 1996 his selected work introduced a greater degree of realism. On the release of the new effigy in early 1998, the design depicted a portrait of a subject that in the artist's own words, needed no flattery.

Half New Penny
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1971     29     4,000,000     17.14    
        1980              200,000
Things to note about this series:

Half Penny
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1981     45        50,000     17.14
Things to note about this series:
1981 Half Penny Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
723 March 27, 1981 50,000

One New Penny
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1971     30     4,500,000     20.32    
        1980            3,000,000
Things to note about this series:

One Penny
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1981     46        50,000     20.32
Things to note about this series:
1981 One Penny Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
723 March 27, 1981 50,000

One Penny
Le Hocq Watch Tower, St. Clement
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Silver Proof One Penny
Le Hocq Watch Tower, St. Clement
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1983     54.1     500,000     20.32 
        1984            1,000,000
        1985            1,000,000      
        1986            2,000,000 
        1987            1,500,000 
        1988            1,000,000 
        1989            1,500,000 
        1990            2,000,000
        1992                6,000 
        1994     54.2   2,000,000              
        1997              320,000             
        1998    103     6,350,000 
        2000            1,500,000
        2001            1,500,000
        2002            1,520,000
        2003            1,575,000             
        2005            1,030,000
        2006            1,630,000  
        2008            4,800,000  
        2012            3,580,000   
        2014              720,000            
        2016            8,400,000
     The Le Hocq Watch Tower was built about 1781 and predated the action at Mortella Point, Corssica (1794). Thus the Watch Tower built under general Conway for the defence of the Island against France is not a Matello Tower, which is squatter and lacks the parapet projections.

Things to note about this series:

Two New Pence
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1971     31     2,225,000     25.91 
        1975            3,250,000     
        1980            2,030,000
Things to note about this series:

Two Pence
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1981     47     1,050,000     25.91
Things to note about this series:
1981 Two Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
723 March 27, 1981 50,000
919 June 30, 1982 1,000,000

Two Pence
L'Hermitage, St. Helier
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Silver Proof Two Pence
L'Hermitage, St. Helier
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1983     55.1     800,000     25.91   
        1984              750,000
        1985              250,000
        1986            1,000,000
        1987            2,000,000
        1988              750,000
        1989            1,000,000
        1990            2,600,000
        1992            2,250,000
        1997     55.2       5,500                   
        1998    104     3,750,000       
        2002            1,259,000
        2003               10,000
        2005              400,000
        2006            1,200,000 
        2008            2,467,000 
        2012              720,000   
        2014              360,000             
        2016              720,000

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A 1992 two pence coin struck
on a penny planchet.
     Saint Helier lived a life of prayer in a cave on the top of Hermitage Rock for 15 years until 555 AD when he was beheaded by Norman pirates. He is the patron saint of Jersey and his feast day is 16th July.

Things to note about this series:
  • The reverse design is by Robert Lowe.
  • The Royal Mint document MINT-35-CRQ-Z.pdf discusses the new coinage designs.
  • The Royal Mint document MINT-35-CRM-Z.pdf concerns the 1983 and 1984 mintage.
  • The Royal Mint document MINT-35-CRN-Z.pdf concerns the 1985, 1986, and 1987 mintages.
  • The Royal Mint document MINT-35-CR2-Z.pdf concerns the 1987 mint set.
  • The Royal Mint document MINT-36-CGP-Z.pdf concerns the 1988, 1989 and 1990 mintages.
  • A total of 5005 1983 silver proof sets were also minted. Later in 1990, 3986 sets were returned to the mint for their silver. Thus the total mintage of the 1983 silver proof set is 1019.
    See the Royal Mint documents MINT-35-CRR-Z.pdf and MINT-36-CGP-Z.pdf for details.
  • The Royal Mint document MINT-36-CG4-Z.pdf concerns the 1992 mint set.
  • Starting in 1994, the composition of bronze coinage was changed to copper plated steel.
  • The 1997 coins were available only in mint sets.
  • The 1998 dated coins had 1,250,000 struck in 2000. See the Royal Mint document MINT-43-7-Z.pdf for details.
  • The 2012 dated coins were minted in in 2011, 2012, and 2013.
  • The 2016 dated coins were minted in 2016 and 2017.
  • For recent mintage information see The States of Jersey documents "Coin in circulation from year 2000" and "Coins minted from 2013 to March 2018 Summary".


1983 Two Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
20 February 10, 1983 800,000
1987 Two Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
587  January 28, 1987  2,000,000
1998 Two Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
35 September 28, 1999 2,500,000
380 June 30, 2000 1,250,000
1984 Two Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
131 December 7, 1983 750,000
1988 Two Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
866    August 3, 1988    750,000
2012 Two Pence Statistics
Date Quantity
2011 80,000
2012 320,000
2013 320,000
1985 Two Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
278 February 18, 1985 250,000
1989 Two Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
955  January 20, 1989  1,000,000
1986 Two Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
456 February 25, 1986 500,000
526 September 8, 1986 500,000
1990 Two Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
139 January, 1990 500,000
229 June 21, 1990 600,000
286   October 8, 1990   1,500,000
2016 Two Pence Statistics
Date Quantity
2016 240,000
2017 480,000

Five New Pence
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1968     32     2,400,000     23.59     
        1980              800,000
Things to note about this series:

Five Pence
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1981     48        50,000     23.59
Things to note about this series:

Five Pence
Seymour Tower, Grouville, L'Avathison
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Silver Proof Five Pence
Seymour Tower, Grouville, L'Avathison
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1983     56.1     400,000     23.59   
        1984              300,000
        1985              600,000
        1986              200,000
        1987               10,000                
        1988              400,000
        1990     56.2   4,000,000     18.00      
        1991            2,000,000
        1992            1,000,000
        1993            2,000,000  
        1997                5,500                
        1998    105     3,200,000      
        2002            1,218,000
        2003            1,005,000                 
        2006            1,200,000                
        2008            5,400,000                
        2012            1,622,000                
        2014              862,000                
        2016            1,320,000
The first tower erected here was in 1540. The present tower, the only square tower in Jersey, was built in 1782. It is positioned on a rock 1 1⁄4 miles out in the Royal Bay of Grouville.

Things to note about this series:

Ten New Pence
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1968     33      1,500,000     28.50  
        1975             1,022,000
        1980             1,000,000
Things to note about this series:

Ten Pence
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1981     49        50,000     28.50
Things to note about this series:

Ten Pence
Faldouet Dolmen
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Silver Proof Ten Pence
Faldouet Dolmen
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1983     57.1      30,000     28.50
        1984              100,000
        1985              100,000
        1986              400,000
        1987              800,000
        1988              650,000
        1989              700,000
        1990              850,000
        1992     57.2   7,000,000     24.50      
        1997                5,500               
        2002    106       516,000      
        2003               10,000   
        2006              420,000     
        2007              630,000   
        2010              640,000
        2012              580,000  
        2014              420,000  
        2016              490,000
      Faldouet dolmen or La Pouquelaye de Faldouet dates back to about 2500BC.  It is a Neolithic dolmen and has been so changed by would-be archaeological diggers and restorers over the centuries, which it is impossible to say for sure how it looked originally.  A passage of 17 stones leads to a roughly circular chamber surrounded by the remains of side-cells and beyond that is a horseshoe chamber of seven uprights covered by a huge capstone weighing about 24 tons.  The term 'Pouquelaye' needs explaining.  Pouquelaye or pouclee means fairystone.  Long after the menhir and dolmens on the island had ceased to be the ritual centers for prehistoric man, many of the stones were still venerated for their huge size and continued to have a role to play in the supernatural beliefs of the islanders.  As the original purpose of these stones had long been forgotten, their presence was explained by later generations as a result of fairy magic.  The stones were thought to have been borne through the air by fairies - carried in their magic aprons! 
Things to note about this series:

Twenty Pence
100th Anniversary of Lighthouse at Corbiere
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1982     53       600,000      21.40
Some Initial Designs
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     At the far southwest tip of Jersey is Corbiere Lighthouse, which was the first concrete lighthouse to be built in the British Isles, and warns approaching ships of the dangerous rocks in the area. It was designed by Sir John Coode and was completed in 1873.

Things to note about this series:

Twenty Pence
Lighthouse at Corbiere
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Silver Proof Twenty Pence
Lighthouse at Corbiere
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YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
1983     66       400,000     21.40 
1984              250,000
1986              100,000
1987              100,000
1989              100,000
1990              150,000
1992                6,000
1994              200,000
1996              250,000
1997              600,000
1998    107     1,350,000             
2002              977,500                 
2003               10,000 
2005              500,000
2006              500,000  
2007              780,000   
2009            1,500,000  
2012            1,298,750 
2014              600,000                 
2016            1,450,000
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A 1998 twenty pence coin struck
on a penny planchet.
Things to note about this series:
  • The Royal Mint document MINT-35-CRM-Z.pdf concerns the 1983 and 1984 mintage.
  • A total of 5005 1983 silver proof sets were also minted. Later in 1990, 3986 sets were melted for silver. Thus the total mintage of the 1983 silver proof set is 1019.
    See the Royal Mint documents MINT-35-CRR-Z.pdf and MINT-36-CGP-Z.pdf for details.
  • The Royal Mint document MINT-35-CRN-Z.pdf concerns the 1986 and 1987 mintages.
  • The Royal Mint document MINT-35-CR2-Z.pdf concerns the 1987 mint set.
  • The Royal Mint document MINT-36-CGP-Z.pdf concerns the 1988, 1989 and 1990 mintages.
  • The 1992 coins were available only in mint sets. The Royal Mint document MINT-36-CG4-Z.pdf concerns the 1992 mint set.
  • The 1998 dated coins had an additional 450,000 struck in 2001. See the Royal Mint document MINT-43-7-Z.pdf for details.
  • The 2002 dated coins were minted in 2002 and 2003.
  • The 2012 dated coins were minted in 2011, 2013, and 2014.
  • The 2016 dated coins were minted in 2016 and 2017.
  • For recent mintage information see The States of Jersey documents "Coin in circulation from year 2000" and "Coins minted from 2013 to March 2018 Summary".
1983 Twenty Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
20 February 10, 1983  400,000
1987 Twenty Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
587  January 28, 1987   100,000
2002 Twenty Pence Statistics
Date Quantity
2002 462,500
           2003            515,000
1984 Twenty Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
131 December 7, 1983  250,000
1990 Twenty Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
139     January, 1990     150,000
2012 Twenty Pence Statistics
Date Quantity
2011 281,250
2013 337,500
           2014            680,000
1986 Twenty Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
456 February 25, 1986 50,000
526 September 8, 1986 50,000
1998 Twenty Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
0     August, 8 1999     900,000
035     September, 25 2000     450,000
2016 Twenty Pence Statistics
Date Quantity
2016 300,000
2017 670,000
Jan to March 2018 480,000

Twenty Five Pence
Queen's Silver Jubilee
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1977     44       260,000     38.61
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The Initial Design from the Royal Mint Advisory Committee3
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Some Initial Designs
     This is a circulating commemorative coin celebrating the Queen's Silver Jubilee of reign. The obverse inscription and the reverse were designed and modelled by a team of artists consisting of William Gardner, Christopher Ironside, and Bernard Sindall.2

     The reverse design is the royal and ancient castle of Mont Orgueil, which stands above Gorey Harbour and was for centuries the residence of the Lords, Keepers and Governors of Jersey.  Its name, meaning Mount Pride, was given to it by Thomas, Duke of Clarence, brother of Henry V, who was impressed by its unique position and great strength.

     In 1966, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, transferred ownership of Mont Orgueil Castle (and Elizabeth Castle) from the Crown to the people of Jersey on condition that the castles were to be maintained as historic monuments although they had already been in the care of the Island since 1923.  On 6th July 1996, the Lieutenant Governor - The Queen's representative in the Island - presented the keys of both castles to the Bailiff.  In accordance with the specified condition, Mont Orgueil has since undergone extensive restoration work to help ensure its historic past is not forgotten.

     It is interesting to note that in July of 1976, William Gardner suggested to Royal Mint Advisory Committee this coin should have a design of: "heraldry of mace backed by arms combinded with foliage decoration from the staple products of potato and tomato. The wreath could readily include the flowers of these plants."3 This design was later rejected by the committee in favor of having Mont Orgueil.

Things to note about this series:
  • A total of 35,000 silver proofs were struck. In 1980, 2,430 crowns were returned from Jersey to the Mint for destruction.
  • See the Royal Mint document MINT-33-PJ-Z.pdf for information concerning the design of this coin.
  • See the Royal Mint document MINT-34-T4-Z.pdf for information concerning the mintages for this coin.

1977 Twenty Five Pence Statistics
Work Order Date Quantity
88 November 9, 1976 260,000

Fifty New Pence
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        YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
        1969     34       480,000     30.00 
        1980              100,000
Things to note about this series:

Fifty Pence
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       YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
       1981     50        50,000     30.00
Things to note about this series:

Fifty Pence
Grosnez Castle
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Silver Proof Fifty Pence
Grosnez Castle
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       YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
       1983     58.1      50,000     30.00       
       1984               50,000                 
       1986               30,000
       1987              150,000
       1988              130,000                 
       1989              180,000
       1990              370,000                 
       1992                6,000
       1994              200,000              
       1997                5,500                 
       1997     58.2   1,500,000     27.30 
       1998    108     2,000,000     27.30  
       2003               10,000  
       2005              200,000
       2006              300,000  
       2009              480,000 
       2012              370,000 
       2014              240,000            
       2016              120,000
     Grosnez Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle in Saint Ouen. The castle was built around 1330 to provide local farmers with a place of refugee from French attacks. Depicted on the coin is the ruined gatehouse.

Things to note about this series:

Fifty Pence
40th Anniversary of Liberation
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       YEAR     KM       mintage    diameter
       1985     63        65,000     30.00

Some Initial Designs A Letter by Ian Monins, States Coinage Advisor,
with Several Ideas
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Things to note about this series:

The Proposed 1977 Coins
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     Starting in May of 1977 Mr J Clennett, Treasurer for the States of Jersey, was in contact with the Royal Mint to order coins without the word "NEW." In June sketches of all the denominations with two alternatives were submitted to the States of Jersey Treasury. In each case, the design has the seal of the Bailiwick with "BAILIWICK OF JERSEY" in its original position and with the value and date underneath the shield. The other design had the "BAILIWICK OF JERSEY" more spaced out. The other difference was the first had dots before and after "BAILIWICK OF JERSEY." Jersey's Finance and Economics Committee indicated that they would preferred having the date split left and right of the center shield (similar to the 1877 1/12th of a shilling.) The modified design was approved and on July 27, 1977, a coinage order was made. During November and December 1977 two sample coins (from 24 originally struck) of each denomination were sent to the States Treasury for approval. Although they meet approval, a problem arose when it was discovered that the law required amending to remove the word "NEW" on the coinage. A year and a half later, coins were still needed but no changes to the law had been made, so in May of 1979, a work order was issued requesting coins made from previously dated dies. Finally, in January 1980, the 1977 order was canceled. Eventually, coins without the word "NEW" were minted in 1981.

Of course, it does not answer the question, "Is the 1977 Twenty Five Pence commemorative issue a legitimate issue?"

See the Royal Mint document MINT-34-T3-Z.pdf for more information concerning the 1977 coins.

Because of the difficulty about removing the word "NEW", the following coins were ordered using older dies.

Coins Minted by Work Oder 467 dated May 18, 1979
Denomination Date Quantity
50P 1969 80,000
10P 1975 722,000
5P 1969 600,000
2P 1975 250,000
1P 1971 500,000

Check List
Half Penny Penny Two Pence Five Pence Ten Pence Twenty Pence Fifty Pence



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1975
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1982

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1986 1986 1986 1986 1986 1986

1987 1987 1987 1987 1987 1987

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1996

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2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003

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2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012

2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014

2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016
Check List
Half Penny Penny Two Pence Five Pence Ten Pence Twenty Pence Fifty Pence



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Check List
Half Penny Penny Two Pence Five Pence Ten Pence Twenty Pence Fifty Pence

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2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014

2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016

1.  Royal Mint Annual Report 1975 Volume 106, pp. 12.

2.  Royal Mint Annual Report 1976 Volume 107, pp. 38.

3.  Royal Mint Advisory Committee Special Meeting 5 July 1976.

The following Royal Mint documents from The Public Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, UK.


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