BP1898b
Bronze Penny, 1898
- Type
BPBronze Penny- Year
1898- Mint
- Royal Mint, ordinary issue
- Variety
-
b - Mintage
- 14,296,836 struck
- In the collection
- 1 example, best at UNC Uncirculated
- 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
BP1898b may belong to a
different striking from this one.
- Obverse inscription
- VICTORIA. DEI. GRA. BRITT. REGINA. FID. DEF. IND. IMP.
- Reverse inscription
- ONE PENNY, Date
Condition & value
Held at Uncirculated. Figures above are catalogue values for a better example.
- VG Very Good Below the best grade held
- F Fine Below the best grade held
- F+ Fine+ Below the best grade held
- VF Very Fine Below the best grade held
- VF+ Very Fine+ Below the best grade held
- EF Extremely Fine Below the best grade held
- EF+ Extremely Fine+ Below the best grade held
- UNC Uncirculated Held £70.00
- BU Brilliant Uncirculated not catalogued
- FDC Fleur de Coin not catalogued
Catalogue figures from CY2026.
The example held
UNC Uncirculated
No obverse photograph yet
Obverse
No description recorded.
No reverse photograph yet
Reverse
Wide date, 11 beads from 1 to 2nd 8