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Penny: Introduction

Originally there were 12 pennies in one shilling and 240 pennies in £1; since decimalisation in 1973 there are 100 new pence in one pound.
The following have minted Penny during their reign:
![]() | Offa (0757-0796) | |
![]() | Coenwulf of Mercia (0796-0821) | |
![]() | Aethelstan I (0825-0840) | |
![]() | Alfred the Great (0847-0899) | |
![]() | Edward the Elder (0899-0924) | |
![]() | Edgar the Peaceful (Eadgar) (0959-0975) | |
![]() | Edward the Martyr (0975-0978) | |
![]() | Ethelred the Unready (Ethelred II) (978-1013 and 1014-106) | |
![]() | Canute (Cnut) (0995-1035) | |
![]() | Edward the Confessor (1042-1066) | |
![]() | Harold II (1066-1066) | |
![]() | William I (1066-1087) | |
![]() | William II (1087-1100) | |
![]() | Henry I (1100-1135) | |
![]() | Stephen (1135-1154) | |
![]() | Matilda (Empress 1141-1148) | |
![]() | Henry II (1154-1189) | |
![]() | Richard I (1189-1199) | |
![]() | John (1199-1216) | |
![]() | Henry III (1216-1272) | |
![]() | Edward I (1272-1307) | |
![]() | Henry VII (1485-1509) | |
![]() | Elizabeth I (1558-1603) | |
![]() | Charles II (1660-1685) | |
![]() | George III (1760-1820) | |
![]() | George IV (1820-1830) | |
![]() | Victoria (1837-1901) | |
![]() | Edward VII (1901-1910) | |
![]() | George V (1910-1936) | |
![]() | George VI (1936-1952) | |
![]() | Elizabeth II (1952-Present) |