I've got some of those rare 10ps!

[william 0]

You know, the 1992 ones where the l and i in Elizabeth point to dots. I was out bowling, and afterwards we went on the game machines. I was on this gambling thing, and if you fired your 10p into one of the holes, you got loads more of them!!

[Master Jmd 80]

are they in good condition?...i have a practicly mint state one which i found in my change the other day...

[william 0]

There's six of them, the grades are around NVF-GVF.

[Emperor Oli 0]

Your post inspired me to rifle through my bag of 10ps and sure enough, out of about twelve coins, I found one in VF condition. They don't seem to be as rare as everyone is making them out to be!

[william 0]

Your post inspired me to rifle through my bag of 10ps and sure enough, out of about twelve coins, I found one in VF condition.  They don't seem to be as rare as everyone is making them out to be!

Sylvester said it was less than 1% of the total mintage, They are definitely rarer than the normal one. But how rare...? I've just googled it but found nothing

Edited June 20, 2004 by william

[Master Jmd 80]

the royal mint's website says that 1,413,455,170 1992 10p's were minted, so that means that there are less then 141345 were minted...and that isnt too rare, but it is rare...

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I found the observes and reverses and their different combinations:

Observe A: L, I and A in ELIZA point to space between dots

Observe B: L, I and A in ELIZA point directly at dots.

Reverse A: 1 of 10 points directly at dot. Four tufts under chest, lowest hair of mane detached from back of lion.

Reverse B: 1 of 10 points at space betwwen dots. Five tufts under chest, lowest hair of mane attached to back of lion.

Obv A, Rev A, Wire edge: Extremely common (about 40%)

Obv A, Rev A, Flat edge: Extremely common (about 40%)

Obv B, Rev B, Flat edge: Very common (about 20%)

Obv A, Rev B, Flat edge: Scarce (less then 1%)

Obv B, Rev A, Flat edge: Rare (much less than 1%)

I hope this answers some questions!

[Sylvester 15]

Gentlemen, gentlemen lets get this in perspective...

Not extremely rare by a long shot, possibly only scarce but...

1) The dot to dot ones as i can figure it out are less than 1% of the total 1992 mintage, which = about 10,000,000 (which doesn't seem low, cos it's not, but it's lower than alot of George V silver)

2) These dot to dot 10p's seem to be from the last batch of the 1992 mintage production as they share the later milling type and they are similar to the 1995/6/7 10ps. If they are of the later mintage stage, then how many of them do you think exist in UNC sets?

3) Proof sets are not the dot to dot type.

4) They're not worth anything now, but think 50 years from now, many will get melted (except the ones we've kept back), those that don't will probably be in conditions less than fine. Hopefully in 50 years time decimal coins will get some recognition.

If i were you i'd just keep them back, if nothing else it'll help you save money.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I have worked out that I have 2 Obv B Rev B 1992 10p's but I'm keepin 'em peeled!

[william 0]

I've got 6 obv B + rev B, and one obv A + rev B

[Emperor Oli 0]

I thought JMD's figure of over a billion was a bit inflated! I've now got two after a bit of searching, both B+B.

[william 0]

Well done Oli. What variety have you got HPJ?

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I have 2 B+B's

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I've got 6 obv B + rev B, and one obv A + rev B

I have designated five trays for each variety, I will just spend the Obv A Rev A ones because there is no point in hoarding them.

[Emperor Oli 0]

Five trays!? I haven't even put them in my cabinet! They're in a box under my desk

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Not 5 large trays, five small pull out plastic trays.

[william 0]

Mine are in my coin album

[Sylvester 15]

I've got a solid VF one somewhere, possibly GVF.

Oh don't tell everyone about this cos we want plenty of them to get circulated to death and destroyed, so that the ones we have are worth more.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Muhahaha we will be virtually the only ones who have hoarded them!

[william 0]

I've got a solid VF one somewhere, possibly GVF.

Oh don't tell everyone about this cos we want plenty of them to get circulated to death and destroyed, so that the ones we have are worth more.

What variety have you got Sylvester?

[Sylvester 15]

the dot to dot ones.

I've got a few of the between/between variants too.

[Master Jmd 80]

I've got a solid VF one somewhere, possibly GVF.

Oh don't tell everyone about this cos we want plenty of them to get circulated to death and destroyed, so that the ones we have are worth more.

If were lucky then we may be the only ones in the world to own them

[william 0]

How many people know about these?

[Master Jmd 80]

How many people know about these?

no clue...anyone could go to tony clayton's site...

[ikkle-monkey 0]

these 10 pence pieces whats the difference as i have a old sweet jar full of odd change and i may have a look through and see what i come up with