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1 Pound - Elizabeth II 4th portrait Edinburgh (2011)
"Edinburgh £1"
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 2011 |
| Denomination | 1 Pound |
| Face value | £1 |
| Mintage | 935,000 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Series | Round Pound Series |
| Circulation | Circulating |
| Demonetised | 2017 |
| Composition | Nickel brass |
| Weight | 9.500g |
| Diameter | 22.5mm |
| Thickness | 3.15mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Edge | Milled with inscription: NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Obv. artist | Ian Rank-Broadley |
| Rev. artist | Stuart Devlin |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Fourth crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, legend around.
The official badges of the capital cities of the United Kingdom with the badge of Edinburgh being the principle focus.
Edinburgh £1 market value
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Realised auction prices · ⭐ Pro Expand rows for individual sale records| Grade | Latest | Median | 30d Δ | All-time range | Sales (1yr) | Total sales | Last sale | |
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| UNC | £9.99 🔒 eBay | £9.99 (1) | – | £9.99 – £9.99 | 1 | 1 | 22-08-2026 | |
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| BU | £22.95 🔒 eBay | £19.99 | – | £15.61 – £30.00 | 19 | 19 | 16-10-2026 | |
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| VF | £4.99 🔒 eBay | £6.00 | – | £2.76 – £19.99 | 16 | 16 | 07-10-2026 | |
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| PR-65 | £29.95 🔒 eBay | £21.50 | – | £19.77 – £29.95 | 6 | 6 | 28-09-2026 | |
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| PR-69 | £47.00 🔒 eBay | £47.00 (1) | – | £47.00 – £47.00 | 1 | 1 | 21-03-2026 | |
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About the 2011 1 Pound - Elizabeth II – Edinburgh
The 2011 1 Pound - Elizabeth II – Edinburgh is a circulating 1 pound coin in the Round Pound series, struck in nickel brass. It weighs 9.5g and measures 22.5mm across. Reverse design: The official badges of the capital cities of the United Kingdom with the badge of Edinburgh being the principle focus.
935,000 were struck. It is no longer legal tender (withdrawn 2017), so its value is to collectors only.
Common questions
How much is the 2011 1 Pound - Elizabeth II – Edinburgh worth?
Verified sold prices for the 2011 1 Pound - Elizabeth II – Edinburgh run from £6.00 to £47.00 across 5 grades, taking the median for each grade. Condition makes the difference, so check the grade table above before pricing one.
Is the Edinburgh £1 coin rare?
It is the scarcest round pound by mintage. The Royal Mint's figures give 935,000 struck for circulation, the only round £1 design below one million. The next lowest are the 2011 Cardiff at 1,615,000 and the 2010 London at 2,635,000.
How many Edinburgh £1 coins were made?
The Royal Mint's mintage figures give 935,000 Edinburgh £1 coins struck for circulation, all dated 2011. By comparison, 25,415,000 of the standard Royal Shield £1 were struck with the same date, so the Edinburgh coin was a small part of that year's output.
Who designed the Edinburgh £1?
Stuart Devlin, Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Queen, designed all four coins in the capital cities series: Belfast and London in 2010, Cardiff and Edinburgh in 2011. The Queen's portrait on the obverse is by Ian Rank-Broadley.
Is the Edinburgh £1 still legal tender?
No. Like every round pound it lost its legal tender status at midnight on 15 October 2017 and cannot be spent. The Royal Mint says most UK high street banks may still accept round £1 coins for deposit.
What does NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA mean on the Edinburgh £1?
NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA is the Latin inscription on the edge of the Edinburgh £1 coin. Check Your Change translates it as "without the Lord, in vain". Each coin in the capital cities series carries a different edge inscription, so the edge is one way to confirm which coin you have.
How do I identify the 2011 1 Pound - Elizabeth II – Edinburgh?
Check the weight 9.5g and diameter 22.5mm and the metal (nickel brass) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
The Edinburgh £1 is one of four round pounds showing the capital cities of the United Kingdom. Belfast and London were issued in 2010, Cardiff and Edinburgh in 2011. They circulated alongside the standard Royal Shield £1 of the same years.
The Royal Mint's figures give 935,000 Edinburgh coins struck for circulation. That is the lowest figure for any round £1 design and the only one below a million. The other three in the series had 1,615,000 (Cardiff), 2,635,000 (London) and 6,205,000 (Belfast), and 25,415,000 Royal Shield pounds were struck with the 2011 date. The first round pound of 1983 had 443,053,510.
Round pounds were replaced by the 12-sided £1 from 28 March 2017 and lost their legal tender status at midnight on 15 October 2017.
The reverse is by Stuart Devlin, described by Change Checker as Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Queen. The Royal Mint's description is of the official badges of the capital cities of the United Kingdom, with the badge of Edinburgh being the principal focus. Change Checker describes the central badge as Edinburgh Castle on its rock, with three flags flying from the towers. It represents Scotland in the series.
The milled edge carries the Latin words NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA, translated as "without the Lord, in vain". Each of the four coins has its own edge inscription. The obverse has the fourth portrait of Elizabeth II, by Ian Rank-Broadley. The coin is nickel-brass, like all round pounds.
Collecting notes
No varieties or mint errors of this coin are documented. The points to check are identification and condition. Confirm the 2011 date, the Edinburgh badge as the large central element and the edge inscription, since the four capital city coins look alike at a glance.
Because the coin can no longer be spent, examples no longer come from change. The coins had up to six years in circulation before 2017, so sharp detail on the castle and a clean obverse set a coin apart.
The site also lists collector versions of the design: a silver proof, a silver piedfort and a gold proof. Its nearest relatives are the Cardiff £1 of the same year and the London £1.
Sources
The history, design, varieties and collecting notes on this page are drawn from these sources. Prices come from recorded sales, not from them.
- UK coin mintage figures (mintages.json data file behind the Royal Mint mintage pages), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- One Pound Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- £1 Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (page served on a royalmintmuseum.org.uk host) (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Scotland: Edinburgh City £1, Change Checker (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 2011 One Pound, Check Your Change (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Could your £1 coin be worth 10 times its face value? The rarest £1 coin revealed, Change Checker (read 9 Oct 2026)
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