Set report · United Kingdom · Half Penny and Penny
Queen Victoria Penny: Who Owns What
How often each Queen Victoria Penny coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 217 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Queen Victoria Penny catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1841 | — | 13 | 6% | Very scarce |
| 1843 | — | 2 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1843 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1844 | — | 3 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1845 | — | 6 | 2.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1846 | — | 4 | 1.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1847 | — | 2 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1848 | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1851 | — | 3 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1853 | — | 11 | 5.1% | Very scarce |
| 1854 | — | 8 | 3.7% | Very scarce |
| 1855 | — | 6 | 2.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1856 | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1857 | — | 4 | 1.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1858 | — | 3 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1858 (Error) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1858 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1859 | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1860 | — | 20 | 9.2% | Scarce |
| 1860 (Error) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1860 (Variety) | — | 2 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1861 | — | 29 | 13.4% | Scarce |
| 1862 | — | 38 | 17.5% | Uncommon |
| 1863 | — | 30 | 13.8% | Scarce |
| 1863 (Variety) | — | 2 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1864 | — | 8 | 3.7% | Very scarce |
| 1864 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1865 | — | 13 | 6% | Very scarce |
| 1866 | — | 20 | 9.2% | Scarce |
| 1867 | — | 10 | 4.6% | Very scarce |
| 1868 | — | 8 | 3.7% | Very scarce |
| 1869 | — | 5 | 2.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1870 | — | 15 | 6.9% | Very scarce |
| 1871 | — | 3 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1872 | — | 20 | 9.2% | Scarce |
| 1873 | — | 11 | 5.1% | Very scarce |
| 1874 | — | 21 | 9.7% | Scarce |
| 1874 (Variety) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1875 | — | 23 | 10.6% | Scarce |
| 1876 | — | 22 | 10.1% | Scarce |
| 1876 (Variety) | — | 2 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1877 | — | 19 | 8.8% | Scarce |
| 1878 | — | 8 | 3.7% | Very scarce |
| 1879 | — | 16 | 7.4% | Very scarce |
| 1880 | — | 9 | 4.1% | Very scarce |
| 1881 | — | 14 | 6.5% | Very scarce |
| 1881 (Variety) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1882 | — | 17 | 7.8% | Very scarce |
| 1882 (Error) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1882 (Variety) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1883 | — | 15 | 6.9% | Very scarce |
| 1884 | — | 22 | 10.1% | Scarce |
| 1885 | — | 18 | 8.3% | Scarce |
| 1886 | — | 12 | 5.5% | Very scarce |
| 1887 | — | 20 | 9.2% | Scarce |
| 1888 | — | 19 | 8.8% | Scarce |
| 1889 | — | 30 | 13.8% | Scarce |
| 1889 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1889 (Variety) | — | 2 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1890 | — | 33 | 15.2% | Scarce |
| 1891 | — | 38 | 17.5% | Uncommon |
| 1892 | — | 22 | 10.1% | Scarce |
| 1893 | — | 22 | 10.1% | Scarce |
| 1894 | — | 16 | 7.4% | Very scarce |
| 1895 | — | 26 | 12% | Scarce |
| 1895 (Variety) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1896 | — | 50 | 23% | Uncommon |
| 1897 | — | 59 | 27.2% | Common |
| 1897 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1897 (Variety) | — | 4 | 1.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1898 | — | 39 | 18% | Uncommon |
| 1898 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1899 | — | 65 | 30% | Common |
| 1899 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1900 | — | 67 | 30.9% | Common |
| 1901 | — | 61 | 28.1% | Common |
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- Extremely scarce
Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.