The new 10p coin is here and some could be worth more than face value
Everything from A - Z!
Last updated 2nd Mar 2018
Despite the blizzards currently sweeping across the country The Royal Mint has released a massive 26 new designs for the 10p coin. Featuring designs such as a cup of tea, fish and chips, cricket, and the Loch Ness monster, these 26 coins map out the A-Z of what makes Britain great – from the Angel of the North to a Zebra Crossing.
Speaking about the release of the new designs Anne Jessopp, CEO at The Royal Mint said,
“We hope the British public is inspired to take part in the Great British Coin Hunt by checking their change for those miniature works of art that spell out just some of the many iconic themes that are Quintessentially British.”
As well as the physical coins The Royal Mint has introduced the Great British Coin Hunt app which allows coin hunters to create a digital collection of the coins they find in their change.
Users can download the app for free and scan the coin with their camera, unlocking exclusive content and putting their coins into a digital folder.
There will also be a heatmap within the app, showing where different coins are being found around the country!
See all of the new designs in the gallery below:
A – Angel of the North
B – Bond…James Bond
C – Cricket
D – Double Decker Bus
E – English Breakfast
F – Fish & Chips
G – Greenwich Mean Time
H – Houses of Parliament
I – Ice-Cream Cone
J – Jubilee
K – King Arthur
L – Loch Ness Monster
M – Mackintosh
N – National Health Service
O – Oak Tree
P – Post Box
Q – Queuing
R – Robin
S – Stonehenge
T – Teapot
U – Union Flag
V – Village
W – World Wide Web
X – X Marks the Spot
Y – Yeoman
Z – Zebra Crossing
As well as the new designs, of course there is the chance of some coins released into circulation being worth more than their face value. According to the website ChangeChecker, they are expecting these designs to be "very collectible" saying that from "past history and you’ll see that over 75% of the 2012 Olympic 50p coins have now been taken out of circulation."
They go on to say, 'With more coins to be released, and some letters likely to be more popular than others, it’s impossible to determine an accurate scarcity for these coins at the moment.
'We will release the first A-Z of Great Britain 10p Scarcity Index early April when we have collected vital information from our web app and Swap Centre.'
In the past 'error' coins have also been sold on websites such as eBay for as much as ÂŁ31! Just a couple of weeks ago someone sold a 10p from 1970 which was made using a 'thin blank' which is narrower than it should be.
So keep an eye out because some could be worth more than just 10p!
These new coins follow on from the new 50p and ÂŁ2 designs released in January this year. The Royal Mint announced a new 50p design would be available to 'kick off a "monster" year for UK #coins'. They went on to explain how to mark 'A Turning Point in British Democracy' the new 50p marks 100 years since the Representation of the People Act passed through Parliament. This was the act that allowed voting rights to all men over the age of 21 and women over the age of 30, who met certain requirements.
The new design for the 50p depicts five people, including two women, with the words '1918 Representation of the People Act'.