FREE: Collectible Foreign Coin - 1992 British 10p (Ten Pence)

The listing, Collectible Foreign Coin - 1992 British 10p (Ten Pence) has ended.

Circulated coin. As is. Actual scans of the coin you'll receive.

The 10 pence is a similar size to the quarter and has similar monetary value. All the older 10p coins were withdrawn from circulation from 1 July 1993. With the earlier withdrawal of the 5p and shilling coins, the 10p was the last of the "historical" coin sizes to be withdrawn.

From January 2012, the 10p coin has been minted in nickel-plated steel in order to save costs.

The inscription ELIZABETH II D.G.REG. F.D. means "Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen and Defender of the Faith,". followed by the year.

The original reverse of the coin, designed by Christopher Ironside, is a crowned lion (formally part of the crest of England, a lion passant guardant royally crowned), with the numeral "10" below the lion, and TEN PENCE above the lion.