Ten pence (British coin) - Wikipedia

The British decimal ten pence coin (often shortened to 10p in writing and speech) is a denomination of sterling coinage worth one-tenth of a pound. Tenpence(Britishcoin) FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Britishdecimalcoin TenpenceUnitedKingdomValue£0.10Mass(1968–1992)11.31g(1992–present)6.5 gDiameter(1968–1992)28.5mm(1992–present)24.5 mmThickness(Cupro-nickel)1.85mm(Steel)2.05 mmEdgeMilledCompositionCupro-nickel(1971–2012)Nickel-platedsteel(2012–)Yearsofminting1968–presentObverseDesignQueenElizabethIIDesignerJodyClarkDesigndate2015ReverseDesignSegmentoftheRoyalShieldDesignerMatthewDentDesigndate2008 TheBritishdecimaltenpencecoin(oftenshortenedto10pinwritingandspeech)isadenominationofsterlingcoinageworthone-tenthofapound.ItsobversehasfeaturedtheprofileofQueenElizabethIIsincethecoin'sintroductionin1968,toreplacetheflorin(twoshilling)coininpreparationfordecimalisationin1971.[1]Itremainedthesamesizeastheflorincoin(whichalsoremainedlegaltender)untilasmallerversionwasintroduced30September1992,withtheoldercoinsbeingwithdrawnon30June1993.[2]FourdifferentportraitsoftheQueenhavebeenusedonthecoin;thelatestdesignbyJodyClarkwasintroducedin2015.Thesecondandcurrentreverse,featuringasegmentoftheRoyalShield,wasintroducedin2008. Thetenpencecoinwasoriginallymintedfromcupro-nickel(75%Cu,25%Ni),butsince2012ithasbeenmintedinnickel-platedsteelduetotheincreasingpriceofmetal.FromJanuary2013theRoyalMintbeganaprogrammetograduallyremovethepreviouscupro-nickelcoinsfromcirculationandreplacethemwiththenickel-platedsteelversions.[3] AsofMarch2014therewereanestimated1,631 million10pcoinsincirculation,withanestimatedfacevalueof£163.08 million.[4] 10pcoinsarelegaltenderforamountsuptothesumof£5whenofferedinrepaymentofadebt;however,thecoin'slegaltenderstatusisnotnormallyrelevantforeverydaytransactions. Contents 1Design 1.1Obverse 1.2Reverse 1.2.1OriginalReverseDesign 1.2.2RoyalShieldDesign 1.2.3AtoZDesign(GreatBritishCoinHunt) 2Statusaslegaltender 3Mintages 4References 5Externallinks Design[edit] Obverse[edit] Todate,fourdifferentobverseshavebeenused.Inallcases,theinscriptionuntil2015wasELIZABETHIID.G.REG.F.D.,[5]followedbytheyearofminting.Intheoriginaldesignbothsidesofthecoinareencircledbydots,acommonfeatureoncoins,knownasbeading. Aswithallnewdecimalcurrency,until1984theportraitofQueenElizabethIIbyArnoldMachinappearedontheobverse,[6]inwhichtheQueenwearsthe'GirlsofGreatBritainandIreland'Tiara. Between1985and1997theportraitbyRaphaelMakloufwasused,[6]inwhichtheQueenwearstheGeorgeIVStateDiadem. On30September1992areduced-sizeversionofthe10pencecoinwasintroduced.Theolderandlargerversionofthecoinwaswithdrawnfromcirculationon30June1993.Thedesignremainedunchanged. From1998to2015theportraitbyIanRank-Broadleywasused,[6]againfeaturingthetiara,withasignature-markIRBbelowtheportrait. AsofJune2015,coinsbearingtheportraitbyJodyClarkhavebeenseenincirculation. Reverse[edit] Reverse:1982–2008 OriginalReverseDesign[edit] Theoriginalreverseofthecoin,designedbyChristopherIronside,andusedfrom1968to2008,isacrownedlion(formally,PartofthecrestofEngland,alionpassantguardantroyallycrowned),withthenumeral"10"belowthelion,andeitherNEWPENCE(1968–1981)orTENPENCE(1982–2008)abovethelion. RoyalShieldDesign[edit] InAugust2005theRoyalMintlaunchedacompetitiontofindnewreversedesignsforallcirculatingcoinsapartfromthe£2coin.[7]Thewinner,announcedinApril2008,wasMatthewDent,whosedesignsweregraduallyintroducedintothecirculatingBritishcoinagefrommid-2008.[8]Thedesignsforthe1p,2p,5p,10p,20pand50pcoinsdepictsectionsoftheRoyalShieldthatformthewholeshieldwhenplacedtogether.Theshieldinitsentiretywasfeaturedonthenow-obsoleteround£1coin.The10pcoindepictspartofthefirstquarteroftheshield,showingtwoofthelionspassantfromtheRoyalBannerofEngland,withthewordsTENPENCEabovetheshielddesign.Thecoin'sobverseremainslargelyunchanged,butthebeading(theringofdotsaroundthecoin'scircumference),whichnolongerfeaturesonthecoin'sreverse,hasalsobeenremovedfromtheobverse. AtoZDesign(GreatBritishCoinHunt)[edit] InMarch2018,newdesignswerereleased,oneforeachofthe26lettersofthealphabet.AnneJessopp,chiefexecutiveoftheRoyalMint,describedthedesignsas"iconicthemesthatarequintessentiallyBritish".TheAtoZcoinswereconfirmedtohaveindividualmintagefiguresof220,000on14October2019-atotalof5,720,000forall26.[9][10] A–AngeloftheNorth B–Bond...JamesBond C–Cricket D–Double-deckerbus E–Englishbreakfast F–Fishandchips G–GreenwichMeanTime H–HousesofParliament I–Icecream J–Jubilee K–KingArthur L–LochNess M–Mackintosh N–NHS O–Oaktree P–Postbox Q–Queuing R–Robin S–Stonehenge T–Tea U–UnionFlag V–Village W–WorldWideWeb X–Xmarksthespot Y–YeomanWarder Z–Zebracrossing Statusaslegaltender[edit] 10pcoinsarelegaltenderforamountsuptoandincluding£5.[11][12]However,intheUK,"legaltender"hasaveryspecificandnarrowmeaningwhichrelatesonlytotherepaymentofdebttoacreditor,nottoeverydayshoppingorothertransactions.[13]Specifically,coinsofparticulardenominationsaresaidtobe"legaltender"whenacreditormustbylawaccepttheminredemptionofadebt.[14]Thetermdoesnotmean-asisoftenthought-thatashopkeeperhastoacceptaparticulartypeofcurrencyinpayment.[13]Ashopkeeperisundernoobligationtoacceptanyspecifictypeofpayment,whetherlegaltenderornot;converselytheyhavethediscretiontoacceptanypaymenttypetheywish.[12] Mintages[edit] Mintagefiguresbelowrepresentthenumberofcoinsofeachdatereleasedforcirculation.MintSetshavebeenproducedsince1982;wheremintagesonorafterthatdateindicate'none',thereareexamplescontainedwithinthosesets. Machinportrait 1968~336,143,250 1969~314,008,000 1970~133,571,000 1971~63,205,000 1972~none 1973~152,174,000 1974~92,741,000 1975~181,559,000 1976~228,220,000 1977~59,323,000 1978~none 1979~115,457,000 1980~88,650,000 1981~3,487,000 1982–1984~none Makloufportrait 1985–1991~none 1992~1,413,455,170 1993–1994~none 1995~43,259,000 1996~118,738,000 1997~99,196,000 Rank-Broadleyportrait 1998–1999~none 2000~134,733,000 2001~129,281,000 2002~80,934,000 2003~88,118,000 2004~99,602,000 2005~69,604,000 2006~118,803,000 2007~72,720,000 2008~9,720,000(Ironside) 2008~71,447,000(Dent) 2009~84,360,000 2010~96,600,500 2011~59,603,850 2012~11,600,030 2013~320,200,750 2014~490,202,020 2015~119,000,000 JodyClarkportrait 2015~91,900,000 2016~135,380,000 2017~33,300,000 2018~0(zero)–Dent 2018~A–AngeloftheNorth(220,000) 2018~B–Bond..JamesBond(220,000) 2018~C–Cricket(220,000) 2018~D–DoubleDeckerBus(220,000) 2018~E–EnglishBreakfast(220,000) 2018~F–FishandChips(220,000) 2018~G–GreenwichMeanTime(220,000) 2018~H–HousesofParliament(220,000) 2018~I–IceCreamCone(220,000) 2018~J–Jubilee(220,000) 2018~K–KingArthur(220,000) 2018~L–LochNess/Monster/(220,000) 2018~M–Mackintosh(220,000) 2018~N–NHS(220,000) 2018~O–OakTree(220,000) 2018~P–Postbox(220,000) 2018~Q–Queuing(220,000) 2018~R–Robin(220,000) 2018~S–Stonehenge(220,000) 2018~T–Tea(220,000) 2018~U–UnionFlag(220,000) 2018~V–Villages(220,000) 2018~W–WorldWideWeb(220,000) 2018~X–XMarksTheSpot(220,000) 2018~Y–YeomanWarder(220,000) 2018~Z–ZebraCrossing(220,000) 2018~5,720,000[Total-AtoZonly] 2019~0(zero)–RoyalShield–Dent 2019~A–AngeloftheNorth(84,000) 2019~B–Bond..JamesBond(84,000) 2019~C–Cricket(84,000) 2019~D–DoubleDeckerBus(84,000) 2019~E–EnglishBreakfast(84,000) 2019~F–FishandChips(84,000) 2019~G–GreenwichMeanTime(84,000) 2019~H–HousesofParliament(84,000) 2019~I–IceCreamCone(84,000) 2019~J–Jubilee(84,000) 2019~K–KingArthur(84,000) 2019~L–LochNess/Monster/(84,000) 2019~M–Mackintosh(84,000) 2019~N–NHS(84,000) 2019~O–OakTree(84,000) 2019~P–Postbox(84,000) 2019~Q–Queuing(83,000) 2019~R–Robin(64,000) 2019~S–Stonehenge(84,000) 2019~T–Tea(84,000) 2019~U–UnionFlag(84,000) 2019~V–Villages(84,000) 2019~W–WorldWideWeb(63,000) 2019~X–XMarksTheSpot(84,000) 2019~Y–YeomanWarder(63,000) 2019~Z–ZebraCrossing(63,000) 2019~2,100,000[Total-AtoZonly] 2020~45,347,846(RoyalShield-Dent) References[edit] ^Bignell,CP."Postdecimalisation".Retrieved2006-05-23. ^StephenEckett;CraigPearce(2008).Harriman'sMoneyMiscellany:ACollectionofFinancialFactsandCorporateCuriosities.HarrimanHouseLimited.p. 19.ISBN 978-1-905641-95-6. ^"CuproNickelReplacementProgramme".RoyalMint.2013. ^"MintageFigures".RoyalMint.Retrieved28December2015. ^Clayton,Tony."DecimalCoinsoftheUK–Bronze".Retrieved2006-05-24. ^abc"1pCoin".BritishRoyalMint.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2006-04-27.Retrieved2006-05-23. ^"RoyalMintseeksnewcoindesigns",BBCNews,17August2005 ^"RoyalMintunveilsnewUKcoins"Archived2009-03-07attheWaybackMachine,2April2008 ^"SilverAtoZCoins-GreatBritishCoinHuntbyTheRoyalMint".www.royalmint.com.Retrieved2March2018. ^"TenPencemintagefigures(10p)byTheRoyalMint".www.royalmint.com.Retrieved14October2019. ^"CoinageAct:Section2",legislation.gov.uk,TheNationalArchives,1971c.24(s.2) ^ab"WhatarethelegaltenderamountsacceptableforUKcoins?".TheRoyalMint.Retrieved9April2020. ^ab"Whatislegaltender?".BankofEngland.Retrieved2019-05-05. ^"Legaltender".Collins.Retrieved9April2020. Externallinks[edit] Moneyportal Numismaticsportal UnitedKingdomportal RoyalMint–10pcoin CoinsoftheUK–Decimal10pCoin TenPence,CoinTypefromUnitedKingdom vteSterlingcoinageDecimal 1/2p 1p 2p 5p 10p 20p 50p £1 £2 Pre-decimal Quarterfarthing(1/16d)(BritishCeylon) Thirdfarthing(1/12d)(CrownColonyofMalta) Halffarthing(1/8d) Farthing(1/4d) Halfpenny(1/2d) Penny(1d) Threehalfpence(1+1/2d)(BritishCeylon&BritishWestIndies) Twopence(2d) Threepence(3d) Fourpence(4d) Sixpence(6d) Shilling(1/–) Fifteenpence(1/3d)(Australia) EighteenPence(1/6d)(BritishIreland) Florin(2/–) Halfcrown(2/6d) ThirtyPence(2/6d)(BritishIreland) Doubleflorin(4/–) Crown(5/–) SixShillings(6/-)(BritishIreland) Quarterguinea(5/3d) Thirdguinea(7/–) Halfsovereign(10/–) Halfguinea(10/6d) Sovereign(£1) Guinea(£1/1/–) Doublesovereign(£2) Twoguineas(£2/2/–) Fivepounds(£5) Fiveguineas(£5/5/–) Commemorative 3p(TristanDaCunha) 6p 25p 60p(IsleofMan) 70p(AscensionIsland) £5 £10 £20 £25 £50 £100 £200 £500 £1000 Maundymoney Bullion Britannia Quartersovereign Halfsovereign Sovereign Doublesovereign Quintuplesovereign Lunar TheQueen'sBeasts LandmarksofBritain Seealso Sterling Sterlingbanknotes ListofBritishbanknotesandcoins ListofBritishcurrencies Jubileecoinage OldHeadcoinage Scottishcoinage CoinsofIreland ListofpeopleoncoinsoftheUnitedKingdom Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ten_pence_(British_coin)&oldid=1105671167" Categories:CoinsoftheUnitedKingdomCurrenciesintroducedin1968Ten-centcoinsHiddencategories:WebarchivetemplatewaybacklinksArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidata Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages EspañolFrançaisItalianoNorskbokmålPolskiРусский中文 Editlinks