BP1870a
Bronze Penny, 1870
- Type
BPBronze Penny- Year
1870- Mint
- Royal Mint, ordinary issue
- Variety
-
a - Mintage
- 5,695,022 struck
- In the collection
- 1 example, best at F Fine
- Monarch
- Victoria
- Diameter
- 31 mm
- Weight
- 9.4 g
- Metal
- Bronze (Copper 95%,Tin 4%,Zinc 1%)
- Reverse
- Medal (↑↑)
The mintage is the striking's, not this variety's — the varieties were
never counted separately. An issue may also have been struck more than
once, so another variety of
BP1870a may belong to a
different striking from this one.
- Obverse inscription
- VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REG: F: D:
- Reverse inscription
- ONE PENNY, Date
- CC2000
V1D-495 6 5- Peck
P1686 5 F- Freeman
F60 6 G- All Coin Values
AC1870 a -
Condition & value
Held at Fine. Figures above are catalogue values for a better example.
- VG Very Good Below the best grade held
- F Fine Held £9.00
- F+ Fine+ not catalogued
- VF Very Fine £50.00
- VF+ Very Fine+ not catalogued
- EF Extremely Fine £200.00
- EF+ Extremely Fine+ not catalogued
- UNC Uncirculated £800.00
- BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
- FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued
Catalogue figures from CY2026.
The example held
F Fine
No obverse photograph yet
Obverse
No description recorded.
No reverse photograph yet
Reverse
Normal (13 beads), dot Y PENNY occur