Coin
10 Pence - Elizabeth II 3rd portrait; large type, Silver (1992) — United Kingdom
United Kingdom • 1992 • KM# 938a, Sp# F3
Overview
A 1992 United Kingdom 10 Pence silver proof coin, featuring the third portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Struck as Proof.
Specifications
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 1992
- Composition
- Silver (.925)
- Weight
- 11.31 g
- Diameter
- 28.5 mm
- Mint
- Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom
- Shape
- Round
- Technique
- Milled
- References
- KM# 938a, Sp# F3
- Issuer
- United Kingdom
Design details
Obverse
Third crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem. The legend around reads 'ELIZABETH II D·G·REG·F·D·1992'.
Reverse
Part of the crest of England, a lion passant guardant royally crowned, with the denomination 'TEN PENCE' and '10' below.
Collector insights
- Design heritage: Raphael David Maklouf (obverse), Christopher Ironside (reverse) is credited as the designer for the Standard circulation coins series. Designer attribution helps distinguish this issue from later restrikes or unofficial copies that reuse only the motif.
- Struck at: Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom. Confirm the mintmark on your example before comparing prices — same-year issues from different mints often trade at very different levels.
- Low mintage: Only 35,000 pieces reported. This puts the issue into key-date territory for its series; expect steep grade-based price scaling and a higher counterfeit risk — provenance and third-party grading matter.
- Precious metal content: Silver (.925) — bullion value provides a price floor, and many circulated examples were melted during the 1979–1980 and post-2010 silver spikes, reducing the surviving population.
- Catalogue reference: Listed as
KM# 938a, Sp# F3. Use this reference code when cross-checking auction archives, dealer inventories, and standard printed catalogues.
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