Set report · United Kingdom · Queen Elizabeth II Decimal Coinage
Queen Elizabeth II Penny: Who Owns What
How often each Queen Elizabeth II Penny coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 492 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 Elizabeth II Penny catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | — | 232 | 47.2% | Common |
| 1971 (Proof) | — | 5 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1972 (Proof) | — | 2 | 0.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1973 | — | 102 | 20.7% | Scarce |
| 1973 (Proof) | — | 2 | 0.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1974 | — | 87 | 17.7% | Scarce |
| 1975 | — | 85 | 17.3% | Scarce |
| 1975 (Proof) | — | 2 | 0.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1976 | — | 99 | 20.1% | Scarce |
| 1976 (Proof) | — | 2 | 0.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1977 | — | 88 | 17.9% | Scarce |
| 1977 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1978 | — | 85 | 17.3% | Scarce |
| 1978 (Proof) | — | 2 | 0.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1979 | — | 92 | 18.7% | Scarce |
| 1980 | — | 114 | 23.2% | Scarce |
| 1980 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1981 | — | 79 | 16.1% | Scarce |
| 1981 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1982 | — | 59 | 12% | Very scarce |
| 1982 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1983 | — | 55 | 11.2% | Very scarce |
| 1983 (Proof) | — | 2 | 0.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1984 | — | 81 | 16.5% | Scarce |
| 1984 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1985 | — | 62 | 12.6% | Scarce |
| 1985 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1986 | — | 76 | 15.4% | Scarce |
| 1986 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1987 | — | 84 | 17.1% | Scarce |
| 1988 | — | 112 | 22.8% | Scarce |
| 1989 | — | 95 | 19.3% | Scarce |
| 1990 | — | 91 | 18.5% | Scarce |
| 1991 | — | 69 | 14% | Scarce |
| 1992 | — | 62 | 12.6% | Scarce |
| 1992 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1993 | — | 91 | 18.5% | Scarce |
| 1994 | — | 100 | 20.3% | Scarce |
| 1994 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1995 | — | 64 | 13% | Scarce |
| 1996 | — | 92 | 18.7% | Scarce |
| 1996 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1997 | — | 70 | 14.2% | Scarce |
| 1997 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1998 | — | 106 | 21.5% | Scarce |
| 1999 | — | 105 | 21.3% | Scarce |
| 1999 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2000 | — | 101 | 20.5% | Scarce |
| 2001 | — | 91 | 18.5% | Scarce |
| 2002 | — | 84 | 17.1% | Scarce |
| 2003 | — | 70 | 14.2% | Scarce |
| 2004 | — | 93 | 18.9% | Scarce |
| 2004 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2005 | — | 78 | 15.9% | Scarce |
| 2006 | — | 69 | 14% | Scarce |
| 2007 | — | 84 | 17.1% | Scarce |
| 2007 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2008 | — | 66 | 13.4% | Scarce |
| 2008 Dent Design | — | 46 | 9.3% | Very scarce |
| 2008 (Proof) | — | 2 | 0.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 2008 Dent Design (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2009 | — | 64 | 13% | Scarce |
| 2010 | — | 83 | 16.9% | Scarce |
| 2011 | — | 64 | 13% | Scarce |
| 2011 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2012 | — | 67 | 13.6% | Scarce |
| 2013 | — | 52 | 10.6% | Very scarce |
| 2014 | — | 62 | 12.6% | Scarce |
| 2015 | — | 54 | 11% | Very scarce |
| 2015 New | — | 55 | 11.2% | Very scarce |
| 2015 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2016 | — | 51 | 10.4% | Very scarce |
| 2017 | — | 46 | 9.3% | Very scarce |
| 2017 (Proof) | — | 1 | 0.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 2018 | — | 14 | 2.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 2019 | — | 15 | 3% | Extremely scarce |
| 2020 | — | 34 | 6.9% | Very scarce |
| 2021 | — | 18 | 3.7% | Extremely scarce |
| 2022 | — | 16 | 3.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 2023 | — | 4 | 0.8% | Extremely scarce |
- Common
- Uncommon
- Scarce
- Very scarce
- 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.