United Kingdom 1 Penny 1965

United Kingdom · 1965 · 1 penny

Circulating coinCommonVF · Very fine

€0.93estimate in VF

121,310,400coins minted

N858 KM897 Sp4157

JSReference number JSJS-2GIGS

Circulating coin

Circulating coin of Queen Elizabeth II, of the pre-decimal series.

The coin's story

The 1965 penny is a common date of the end of the pre-decimal era. This coin was demonetised on 31 August 1971, on the decimalisation of the British monetary system. 240 pence made one pound sterling (pre-decimal). Standard bronze alloy for the “coppers”.

ObverseThe Queen's Portrait

ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D

Design: The first laureate portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right (“Young Head”), by Mary Gillick.
Legend: ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA F D (Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen, Defender of the Faith), without the words BRITT:OMN:, removed after 1953.

MGEngraved by Mary Gillick

ReverseBritannia

ONE PENNY / 1965

Design: Britannia seated right, holding a trident and a shield, with the sea and a lighthouse in the background.
Denomination: ONE PENNY, at the top.
Date: 1965, in the exergue.

CCEngraved by Charles Walter Coombes