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| 1816 | - | - | £6.70 | £12.00 | £30.70 | £40.00 |
| 1816 - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1816 - Gold | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1817 | - | - | £7.20 | £12.80 | £32.40 | £42.20 |
| 1817 - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1818 | - | - | £8.50 | £18.00 | £44.20 | £57.30 |
| 1819 | - | - | £8.00 | £14.30 | £36.80 | £48.10 |
| 1819 - 9/8 | - | - | £9.90 | £17.50 | £43.40 | £56.40 |
| 1820 | - | - | £8.00 | £14.30 | £36.00 | £46.80 |
| 1820 - No Colon | - | - | £100 | £320 | £460 | £530 |
| 1820 - Inverted 1 | - | - | £57.00 | £230 | £364 | £431 |
| 1820 - HONI/S | - | - | £60.00 | £240 | £350 | £405 |
| 1821 | - | - | £8.00 | £24.00 | £69.00 | £91.50 |
| 1821 - BBITANNIAR | - | - | £86.70 | £268 | £528 | £657 |
| 1824 | - | - | £7.50 | £24.30 | £79.70 | £107 |
| 1825 | - | - | £8.00 | £21.30 | £74.30 | £94.80 |
| 1826 - Laureate | - | - | £26.70 | £88.70 | £174 | £216 |
| 1826 - Bare | - | - | £6.50 | £24.00 | £61.30 | £80.00 |
| 1827 | - | - | £30.30 | £81.70 | £182 | £232 |
| 1828 | - | - | £11.20 | £37.30 | £98.40 | £151 |
| 1829 | - | - | £9.20 | £29.30 | £79.70 | £98.00 |
| 1831 | - | - | £10.50 | £24.00 | £68.30 | £90.50 |
| 1831 - ↑↑ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1831 - Milled Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1834 | - | - | £10.80 | £26.00 | £75.00 | £99.50 |
| 1834 - Large Date | - | - | £12.20 | £29.00 | £88.50 | £118 |
| 1835 | - | - | £10.50 | £24.00 | £70.00 | £93.00 |
| 1836 | - | - | £13.80 | £35.70 | £110 | £148 |
| 1837 | - | - | £16.00 | £42.00 | £130 | £173 |
| 1837 - B/RRITANNIAR | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1838 | - | - | £9.00 | £23.00 | £70.50 | £94.30 |
| 1839 | - | - | £9.30 | £23.00 | £70.50 | £94.30 |
| 1840 | - | - | £9.30 | £23.30 | £73.20 | £98.10 |
| 1841 | - | - | £11.50 | £26.70 | £83.70 | £112 |
| 1842 | - | - | £9.30 | £23.30 | £73.20 | £98.10 |
| 1843 | - | - | £9.30 | £23.30 | £73.20 | £98.10 |
| 1844 - Small 44 | - | - | £10.00 | £20.00 | £73.00 | £99.50 |
| 1844 - Large 44 | - | - | £13.20 | £28.00 | £80.00 | £106 |
| 1845 | - | - | £9.30 | £20.70 | £64.00 | £85.70 |
| 1846 | - | - | £9.30 | £20.70 | £65.80 | £88.40 |
| 1847 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1848 - 8/7 | - | - | £33.70 | £94.70 | £248 | £325 |
| 1850 | - | - | £10.70 | £22.00 | £69.20 | £92.80 |
| 1850 - 5/3 | - | - | £14.50 | £33.70 | £93.50 | £123 |
| 1851 | - | - | £8.00 | £19.30 | £67.20 | £91.10 |
| 1852 | - | - | £7.50 | £19.30 | £73.80 | £101 |
| 1853 | - | - | £6.80 | £19.00 | £67.30 | £91.50 |
| 1854 | - | - | £152 | £425 | £682 | £810 |
| 1855 | - | - | £7.50 | £18.30 | £68.50 | £93.60 |
| 1856 | - | - | £7.50 | £21.00 | £69.80 | £94.30 |
| 1857 | - | - | £7.50 | £21.00 | £69.80 | £94.30 |
| 1858 | - | - | £7.50 | £21.00 | £69.80 | £87.00 |
| 1858 - 8/6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1859 | - | - | £7.50 | £21.00 | £69.80 | £94.30 |
| 1859 - 9/8 | - | - | £8.50 | £22.70 | £70.70 | £94.70 |
| 1860 | - | - | £8.00 | £20.30 | £69.50 | £94.10 |
| 1862 | - | - | £70.00 | £157 | £331 | £418 |
| 1863 | - | - | £51.70 | £108 | £245 | £313 |
| 1864 | - | - | £7.50 | £17.00 | £60.00 | £91.30 |
| 1865 | - | - | £7.50 | £18.30 | £69.20 | £94.60 |
| 1866 - With Die Number | - | - | £7.10 | £15.70 | £64.50 | £88.90 |
| 1866 - Without Die Number | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1867 - 1st Head | - | - | £9.00 | £20.00 | £81.30 | £112 |
| 1867 - 2nd Head | - | - | £8.70 | £20.00 | £70.20 | £95.30 |
| 1868 | - | - | £8.70 | £20.00 | £68.80 | £80.80 |
| 1869 | - | - | £9.30 | £19.30 | £76.80 | £106 |
| 1870 | - | - | £9.30 | £21.70 | £80.50 | £110 |
| 1870 - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1871 - With Die Number | - | - | £6.60 | £16.00 | £54.70 | £74.00 |
| 1871 - Without Die Number | - | - | £6.60 | £17.00 | £55.20 | £74.30 |
| 1871 - With Die Number - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1871 - Without Die Number - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1872 | - | - | £6.60 | £17.00 | £55.20 | £74.30 |
| 1873 | - | - | £6.60 | £16.00 | £53.80 | £72.80 |
| 1874 | - | - | £6.60 | £16.00 | £54.50 | £73.80 |
| 1875 | - | - | £6.60 | £16.00 | £53.80 | £72.80 |
| 1876 | - | - | £7.80 | £20.00 | £64.20 | £86.30 |
| 1877 - With Die Number | - | - | £6.60 | £16.00 | £53.80 | £72.80 |
| 1877 - Without Die Number | - | - | £5.90 | £16.00 | £53.80 | £72.80 |
| 1878 | - | - | £6.60 | £15.30 | £53.50 | £72.60 |
| 1878 - 8/7 | - | - | £34.00 | £128 | £374 | £497 |
| 1878 - DRITANNIAR | - | - | £95.00 | £254 | £549 | £696 |
| 1879 - With Die Number | - | - | £8.10 | £18.70 | £63.30 | £85.70 |
| 1879 - Without Die Number | - | - | £6.60 | £15.70 | £55.20 | £74.90 |
| 1879 - Without Die Number - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1880 - 2nd Head | - | - | £6.60 | £15.70 | £51.20 | £68.90 |
| 1880 - 3rd Head | - | - | £5.90 | £12.00 | £45.00 | £61.50 |
| 1881 | - | - | £5.90 | £12.70 | £40.30 | £54.20 |
| 1881 - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1882 | - | - | £9.30 | £29.70 | £71.50 | £92.40 |
| 1883 | - | - | £5.90 | £12.70 | £40.70 | £63.80 |
| 1883 - Small R | - | - | £12.00 | £32.00 | £86.00 | £113 |
| 1884 | - | - | £5.90 | £12.70 | £41.80 | £56.40 |
| 1885 | - | - | £5.90 | £12.70 | £41.80 | £56.40 |
| 1886 | - | - | £5.90 | £26.80 | £41.80 | £56.40 |
| 1887 - Young head | - | - | £5.90 | £12.70 | £39.80 | £53.40 |
| 1887 - Jubilee head - Shield | - | - | £3.60 | £7.00 | £9.80 | £11.30 |
| 1887 - Jubilee head - Shield - R/V | - | - | £20.00 | £44.00 | £76.00 | £92.00 |
| 1887 - Jubilee head - Wreath | - | - | £3.60 | £6.50 | £10.00 | £11.70 |
| 1887 - Jubilee head - Shield - JEB on Trunc | - | - | £24.00 | £60.00 | £100 | £120 |
| 1888 | - | - | £5.00 | £8.90 | £19.40 | £24.70 |
| 1889 | - | - | £5.00 | £9.50 | £19.80 | £29.20 |
| 1890 | - | - | £6.40 | £9.90 | £21.30 | £27.00 |
| 1891 | - | - | £7.20 | £11.20 | £24.30 | £30.80 |
| 1892 | - | - | £8.00 | £13.20 | £26.80 | £33.60 |
| 1893 - Jubilee head | - | - | £443 | £935 | £1,840 | £2,300 |
| 1893 - Veiled head | - | - | £5.60 | £8.10 | £15.60 | £19.40 |
| 1894 | - | - | £7.20 | £13.20 | £28.60 | £30.10 |
| 1895 | - | - | £6.40 | £13.20 | £26.60 | £27.80 |
| 1896 | - | - | £6.00 | £12.00 | £23.00 | £24.00 |
| 1897 | - | - | £6.00 | £12.00 | £22.00 | £22.80 |
| 1898 | - | - | £6.00 | £12.00 | £23.00 | £24.00 |
| 1899 | - | - | £6.00 | £12.00 | £23.00 | £24.00 |
| 1900 | - | - | £6.00 | £12.00 | £23.00 | £24.00 |
| 1901 | - | - | £5.60 | £10.80 | £21.40 | £22.50 |
| Variety | MS-60 | MS-62 | MS-63 | MS-64 | MS-65 | MS-66 | MS-67 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1816 | £49.30 | £76.30 | £95.40 | £109 | £127 | £201 | £471 |
| 1816 - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1816 - Gold | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1817 | £52.00 | £79.70 | £107 | £124 | £225 | £444 | £663 |
| 1817 - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1818 | £70.30 | £107 | £131 | £181 | £261 | £341 | - |
| 1819 | £59.30 | £86.20 | £86.80 | £87.30 | £290 | £349 | - |
| 1819 - 9/8 | £69.30 | £107 | £158 | £257 | £355 | - | - |
| 1820 | £57.70 | £76.10 | £80.90 | £129 | £177 | £226 | - |
| 1820 - No Colon | £600 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1820 - Inverted 1 | £498 | £924 | £1,350 | - | - | - | - |
| 1820 - HONI/S | £460 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1821 | £114 | £185 | £215 | £245 | £290 | £576 | - |
| 1821 - BBITANNIAR | £787 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1824 | £135 | £250 | £288 | £327 | £350 | £676 | - |
| 1825 | £127 | £210 | £247 | £285 | £327 | £397 | - |
| 1826 - Laureate | £259 | £416 | £573 | - | - | - | - |
| 1826 - Bare | £98.70 | £195 | £203 | £210 | £520 | - | - |
| 1827 | £282 | £448 | £613 | - | - | - | - |
| 1828 | £188 | £326 | £425 | - | - | - | - |
| 1829 | £130 | £248 | £324 | - | - | - | - |
| 1831 | £113 | £169 | £189 | £217 | £244 | - | - |
| 1831 - ↑↑ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1831 - Milled Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1834 | £124 | £212 | £227 | £242 | £307 | £415 | - |
| 1834 - Large Date | £148 | £245 | £343 | - | - | - | - |
| 1835 | £116 | £206 | £226 | £247 | £270 | - | - |
| 1836 | £185 | £293 | £402 | - | - | - | - |
| 1837 | £217 | £346 | £391 | - | - | - | - |
| 1837 - B/RRITANNIAR | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1838 | £118 | £199 | £231 | £264 | - | - | - |
| 1839 | £118 | £217 | £270 | £289 | £337 | £411 | - |
| 1840 | £123 | £232 | £340 | - | - | - | - |
| 1841 | £141 | £258 | £322 | - | - | - | - |
| 1842 | £123 | £232 | £340 | £347 | - | - | - |
| 1843 | £123 | £232 | £340 | - | - | - | - |
| 1844 - Small 44 | £126 | £243 | £297 | £311 | £334 | - | - |
| 1844 - Large 44 | £132 | £261 | £390 | £419 | £448 | - | - |
| 1845 | £107 | £214 | £340 | £363 | £386 | £512 | £1,180 |
| 1846 | £111 | £218 | £246 | £275 | £328 | £381 | - |
| 1847 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1848 - 8/7 | £402 | £701 | £960 | - | - | - | - |
| 1850 | £116 | £235 | £270 | £305 | £323 | - | - |
| 1850 - 5/3 | £153 | £260 | £367 | - | - | £508 | £1,500 |
| 1851 | £115 | £231 | £347 | - | - | - | £601 |
| 1852 | £128 | £234 | £339 | £343 | £348 | - | - |
| 1853 | £116 | £244 | £264 | £284 | £334 | £384 | £656 |
| 1854 | £938 | £1,740 | £2,560 | - | - | - | - |
| 1855 | £119 | £216 | £246 | £277 | - | - | - |
| 1856 | £119 | £223 | £241 | £260 | £333 | £407 | - |
| 1857 | £119 | £220 | £321 | - | - | - | - |
| 1858 | £119 | £190 | £210 | £232 | £254 | £309 | - |
| 1858 - 8/6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1859 | £119 | £220 | £249 | £278 | £293 | - | - |
| 1859 - 9/8 | £119 | £236 | £353 | - | - | - | - |
| 1860 | £119 | £226 | £333 | - | - | £610 | - |
| 1862 | £505 | £882 | £1,010 | £1,140 | £1,220 | - | - |
| 1863 | £382 | £667 | £952 | £1,360 | £1,780 | - | - |
| 1864 | £116 | £215 | £220 | £226 | £353 | - | - |
| 1865 | £120 | £213 | £239 | £265 | £287 | £309 | - |
| 1866 - With Die Number | £113 | £213 | £228 | £243 | £489 | £736 | - |
| 1866 - Without Die Number | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1867 - 1st Head | £143 | £265 | £388 | - | - | - | - |
| 1867 - 2nd Head | £120 | £223 | £325 | - | - | - | - |
| 1868 | £118 | £198 | £239 | £280 | - | - | - |
| 1869 | £134 | £242 | £350 | - | - | - | - |
| 1870 | £139 | £243 | £347 | - | - | - | - |
| 1870 - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1871 - With Die Number | £93.30 | £187 | £195 | £204 | - | - | - |
| 1871 - Without Die Number | £93.30 | £193 | £293 | - | - | - | - |
| 1871 - With Die Number - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1871 - Without Die Number - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1872 | £93.30 | £190 | £286 | £322 | £358 | - | - |
| 1873 | £91.70 | £186 | £187 | £188 | £300 | £412 | - |
| 1874 | £93.00 | £183 | £216 | £249 | £251 | - | - |
| 1875 | £91.70 | £166 | £240 | - | - | - | - |
| 1876 | £108 | £218 | £327 | £462 | £840 | £999 | - |
| 1877 - With Die Number | £91.70 | £181 | £270 | - | - | - | - |
| 1877 - Without Die Number | £91.70 | £184 | £207 | £229 | £286 | - | - |
| 1878 | £91.70 | £185 | £278 | £334 | £472 | - | - |
| 1878 - 8/7 | £620 | £800 | £1,000 | - | - | - | - |
| 1878 - DRITANNIAR | £843 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1879 - With Die Number | £108 | £200 | £292 | - | - | - | - |
| 1879 - Without Die Number | £94.70 | £186 | £255 | - | - | £538 | - |
| 1879 - Without Die Number - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1880 - 2nd Head | £86.70 | £165 | £244 | - | - | - | - |
| 1880 - 3rd Head | £78.00 | £118 | £175 | - | - | - | - |
| 1881 | £68.00 | £116 | £163 | £222 | £281 | - | - |
| 1881 - Plain Edge | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1882 | £113 | £234 | £355 | - | - | - | - |
| 1883 | £68.70 | £113 | £119 | £125 | £341 | £557 | - |
| 1883 - Small R | £140 | £270 | £400 | - | - | - | - |
| 1884 | £71.00 | £102 | £118 | £134 | £236 | £416 | - |
| 1885 | £71.00 | £112 | £113 | £114 | £202 | - | - |
| 1886 | £71.00 | £105 | £115 | £140 | £164 | £345 | - |
| 1887 - Young head | £67.00 | £99.50 | £109 | £141 | £172 | £1,430 | - |
| 1887 - Jubilee head - Shield | £12.70 | £35.50 | £35.80 | £79.30 | £106 | £243 | - |
| 1887 - Jubilee head - Shield - R/V | £108 | £174 | £240 | - | - | - | - |
| 1887 - Jubilee head - Wreath | £13.50 | £38.70 | £52.50 | £79.50 | £123 | - | - |
| 1887 - Jubilee head - Shield - JEB on Trunc | £140 | £150 | £165 | - | - | - | - |
| 1888 | £30.00 | £54.70 | £55.70 | £56.70 | £106 | £255 | - |
| 1889 | £30.00 | £56.00 | £59.70 | £63.40 | £107 | £175 | £408 |
| 1890 | £32.70 | £58.70 | £84.70 | £103 | £140 | £212 | £316 |
| 1891 | £37.30 | £60.10 | £68.40 | £101 | £133 | £256 | - |
| 1892 | £40.30 | £72.80 | £103 | £153 | £200 | £226 | - |
| 1893 - Jubilee head | £2,750 | £3,630 | £4,730 | - | - | - | - |
| 1893 - Veiled head | £23.20 | £45.80 | £68.30 | £130 | £195 | - | - |
| 1894 | £31.70 | £85.20 | £114 | £120 | - | - | - |
| 1895 | £29.00 | £62.50 | £70.60 | £78.70 | £83.40 | - | - |
| 1896 | £25.00 | £50.80 | £76.70 | £80.90 | - | - | - |
| 1897 | £23.70 | £47.20 | £69.70 | £100 | £106 | - | - |
| 1898 | £25.00 | £53.20 | £81.30 | £108 | £110 | - | - |
| 1899 | £25.00 | £51.80 | £52.40 | £53.00 | £184 | £314 | - |
| 1900 | £25.00 | £46.80 | £75.50 | £117 | £127 | £170 | £445 |
| 1901 | £23.70 | £45.80 | £68.00 | £93.60 | £143 | - | - |
Proof (PR): Planchets of these coins (not intended for circulation) were polished before struck (usually struck twice for higher quality). The field of Proof coins wear a cameo aspect.
