C 10p: Cricket
The C 10p shows a batsman in a helmet playing a shot inside the curve of a large letter C, with the stumps behind him. It is the cricket coin of the Royal Mint's 2018 A to Z of Britain, found in change with a 2018 or 2019 date. It is one of the 26 A to Z 10p coins and one of the 31 10p designs struck since 1968.
C 10p value
- Circulated
- typical £3.20, range £3 to £3.70
- Uncirculated
- typical £3.60, range £3.30 to £3.80
Worked out from 10 published prices (5 sold-price reports, 4 price guides and 1 dealer price), each condition from its own prices, checked in September 2026.
Rarity rank 6 of 30 ranked 10p designs, rarest first (joint)
Rarity: Very rareFor the C 10p the date matters first. Coins dated 2019 were issued in far smaller numbers than those dated 2018, and buyers pay a premium for them. Then look closely at the batsman's helmet, gloves and pads, which lose their detail quickly in change. A coin kept in its Royal Mint card, or bought loose in uncirculated quality, stays sharper and brighter than one that has spent years in purses and tills, and it sells for more.
C 10p mintage and rarity
With 304,000 struck for circulation, the C 10p (Cricket) is the joint sixth rarest of the 30 ranked 10p designs and has the joint eighth lowest mintage of all 194 circulating UK designs. That puts it in the Very rare band, for mintages under 500,000.
The next rarer 10p is the Q 10p (Queuing), with 303,000 struck, and the next more common is the Capercaillie 10p, with 7,100,000 struck.
Its lowest circulation mintage was in 2019, with 84,000 struck.
| Year | Circulation mintage | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 220,000 | Uncirculated version on sale from 1 March 2018. |
| 2019 | 84,000 | Same reverse with the 2019 date on the obverse; uncirculated version on sale from 26 February 2019. |
How to spot a C 10p
A batsman mid-shot, with the stumps behind him on the right and a big C arching over his head, marks out the cricket 10p. Apart from that design it is identical to an ordinary 10p in size, weight and colour. The date is not on the cricket side; it follows TEN PENCE in the legend around Jody Clark's portrait on the heads side, as either 2018 or 2019. The two years share the same reverse.
C 10p design
Cricket takes the letter C in the Royal Mint's alphabet of British life, released as the Great British Coin Hunt in 2018. The game's exact beginnings are uncertain, though it is usually traced to the south-east of England towards the end of the 16th century. By the mid-18th century people of every class were playing it, on village greens and grand estates alike, and it had become the national sport. The Royal Mint's rhyme for the letter jokes that the journey stops for a match and only moves on once the wicket has been defended. The coin puts a batsman in a helmet and pads at the centre, caught mid-shot with his bat swung high, and a set of stumps stands on the right. A large serif C curves around him, its upper arm reaching over his head. The Royal Mint credits the design to The Royal Mint Team.
It was one of the 26 coins in the A to Z set issued in 2018.
C 10p specifications
- Denomination
- 10p
- Years
- 2018 and 2019
- Type
- Commemorative
- Issue
- Issued for circulation
- Series
- A to Z
- Occasion
- The Royal Mint's Great British Coin Hunt, a Quintessentially British A to Z: cricket
- Designer
- The Royal Mint Team
- Composition
- Nickel-plated steel
- Weight
- 6.5 g
- Diameter
- 24.5 mm
- Shape
- Round
- Edge
- Milled
- Obverse
- Elizabeth II, fifth portrait by Jody Clark
C 10p questions
How rare is the cricket 10p?
It is scarcer than an everyday 10p because it was struck for circulation in only two years, 2018 and 2019, in short runs. Of those, a 2019 cricket coin is the one you are less likely to meet.
Who designed the C 10p?
The Royal Mint credits the cricket design to The Royal Mint Team, with no individual artist named. Jody Clark's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is on the heads side.