Great Britain 1975 penny

from the Stonecat Collection

This new penny, or 1/100 of a pound, was introduced in 1971 as part of the Great Britain decimal reform. It had no equivalent in the sterling coinage but was worth about two pence ha'penny. It was struck in this style until 1982, when the word "new" was dropped from the reverse. Some dates, such as 1972, were struck only for collector sets. It was recently revised to show king Charles III (KM 2430) but we don't know if it is being struck for circulation.

Recorded mintage: 221,604,000 plus 100,000 proofs.

Specification: 3.56 g, bronze, 20.32 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 915.

Source:

• Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK Coins, 1066 to Date, London: Coincraft, 1995.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of England & the United Kingdom, 46th edition, London: Spink & Son, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1973 2 new pence
• 1974 new penny
• 1974 sovereign
• 1975 5 new pence
• 1975 10 new pence
• 1976 2 new pence
• 1977 new penny
• Coins and currency dated 1975