1783 Great Britain Coin Value

In the current market, a 1783 Great Britain Coin changes hands for roughly its melt value at the low end and well into four figures at the top. Exceptional, certified pieces regularly exceed the top of that range.

Public domain image (struck or printed before 1926). Click to enlarge.

1783 Great Britain Coin value by grade

1783 Great Britain Coin value by grade
GradeEstimated value

Estimated retail range. Estimates are modeled from mintage rarity and metal content, not auction records. Actual sale prices vary with certification, eye appeal and market timing.

Today's value of the 1783 Great Britain Coin

Pricing for the 1783 Great Britain Coin depends on grade and current collector demand.

1783 Great Britain Coin specifications

Series
Great Britain Coinage
Year
1783
Mint mark
None (Philadelphia)
Mintage
Not recorded
Composition
Copper
Weight
6.48 g
Diameter
26.1 mm

No mint mark? Here is why

Philadelphia struck the 1783 Great Britain Coin, and Philadelphia coins of this period carry no mint mark at all. An empty space at the usual mint mark position (see the series guide) confirms a Philadelphia strike, not a flaw.

What makes the 1783 Great Britain Coin valuable

For the 1783 Great Britain Coin, surviving examples tell the story that mint records do not. Museum-documented specimens define the issue for collectors.

Context adds the final layer to the 1783 Great Britain Coin. Documented Great Britain coin types preserved in museum collections, with measured specifications for each date, denomination and mint. Owning this date means owning a piece of that story, and demand for the series as a whole sustains liquidity for every issue in it.

1783 Great Britain Coin inscriptions & design

Obverse

CONSTELLATIO NOVA

eye within sunburst with star border

Reverse

LIBERTAS JUSTITIA 1783

US within laurel wreath

Measured 1783 Great Britain Coin specimens

1 physically measured 1783 Great Britain Coin example in our reference database. Real measured weights and die axes let you authenticate a coin against the 6.48 g, 26.1 mm minting standard.

Measured 1783 Great Britain Coin specimens
SpecimenWeightDiameterDie axisReferences
1783 Great Britain Coin #16.48 g26.1 mm1 hCrosby.2-B, Breen.1107, Whitman.1865

Specifications compiled from documented museum specimens. See our data & methodology page.