Editing Trial of the Pyx (section)

== List of trials ==
Prior to the [[Coinage Act 1971]] which ordered a trial to be held at least once a year, trials were carried out in no particular order and often covered the coinage of multiple years.

=== Trials ===
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*1312
*1318
*30 October 1349
*30 October 1362
*30 October 1365
*18 February 1414
*14 October 1425
*14 October 1427
*27 October 1432
*1 November 1432
*1 December 1475
*26 October 1523
*4 June 1527
*21 November 1527
*20 May 1530
*1 March 1533
*30 October 1534
*16 June 1542}}

=== Trials during the reign of Elizabeth II ===
Trials were held in every calendar year of the reign of [[Elizabeth II]], starting in 1952.

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!Year!!Notes
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|1993||60,000 coins tested
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|2009||81,829 coins tested<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://londonist.com/2009/02/inside_the_trial_of_the_pyx#disqus_thread|title=Inside The Trial Of The Pyx|date=10 February 2009|work=londonist.com|access-date=28 June 2017}}</ref>
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|2011||81,829 coins checked (Mint report 2011-12)
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|2014||40,000<ref>{{cite news |last1=Oliver |first1=Dan|url=https://coinsweekly.com/trial-of-the-pyx-putting-the-pyx-on-trial/ |title=Trial of the Pyx: Putting the Pyx on Trial |access-date=24 December 2020 |work=Coins Weekly |date=12 February 2014}}</ref>
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|2015||70,000<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/feb/03/britains-coins-go-on-trial-at-ancient-ceremony-trial-pyx|title=Britain's coins go on trial at ancient ceremony|last=Osborne|first=Hilary|date=3 February 2015|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=28 June 2017}}</ref>
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|2016||95,000{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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|2017||35,000<ref name=":0" />
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|2020||23,000
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=== Trials during the reign of Charles III ===

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!Year!!Notes
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|2024||7,960 coins tested<ref>{{cite web |title=The Trial of The Pyx 2024: Flora and Fauna of the British Isles submitted for testing |url=https://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/company-news/trial-of-the-pyx-2024 |website=The Goldsmiths' Company |access-date=9 April 2025}}</ref>
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|2025||6,432 coins tested<ref>{{cite web |title=Sixpences made from recycled silver cause a stir at the Trial of the Pyx |url=https://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/press-centre/sixpences-made-from-recycled-silver-cause-a-stir-at-the-trial-of-the-pyx/ |website=The Royal Mint |access-date=9 April 2025}}</ref>
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