Elite: fewer than 10,000 minted. Rarely sells: 3 verified sales in the last 12 months.
1 Pound - Elizabeth II Celtic Cross Silver Piedfort (1996)
Circulating version: 1996 1 Pound - Elizabeth II – Celtic Cross
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1996 |
| Denomination | 1 Pound |
| Face value | £1 |
| Mintage | 10,000 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Series | Round Pound Series |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Demonetised | 2017 |
| Composition | Silver (.925) (925/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 19.000g · 0.5650 t oz |
| Diameter | 22.5mm |
| Thickness | 5.20mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Grade scale | UK (EF/UNC) |
Third crowned portrait of Queen Elizabeth II right, wearing the George IV State Diadem, legend around
A Celtic cross charged at the centre with an Annulet therein a Pimpernel flower and overall an ancient Torque, denomination below
Silver Piedfort £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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| PR-65 | £42.29 🔒 eBay | £40.22 | – | £38.00 – £42.29 | 3 | 3 | 29-08-2026 | |
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About the 1996 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Celtic Cross – Silver Piedfort
The 1996 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Celtic Cross – Silver Piedfort is a collector 1 pound coin in the Round Pound series, struck in 92.5% silver. It weighs 19g and measures 22.5mm across. Reverse design: A Celtic cross charged at the centre with an Annulet therein a Pimpernel flower and overall an ancient Torque, denomination below.
10,000 were struck. It is no longer legal tender (withdrawn 2017), so its value is to collectors only.
Common questions
How much is the 1996 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Celtic Cross – Silver Piedfort worth?
The 1996 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Celtic Cross – Silver Piedfort has a price in one grade on MyCoinage so far: £40.22 in PR-65, the median of its verified sales. Its silver content is worth about £22.56 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How is the 1996 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Celtic Cross – Silver Piedfort different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 1996 1 Pound - Elizabeth II – Celtic Cross, not the coin found in change. At 19g of 92.5% silver it is heavier than the 9.5g nickel circulating coin, so weighing it is the quickest check.
How do I identify the 1996 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Celtic Cross – Silver Piedfort?
Check the weight 19g and diameter 22.5mm and the metal (92.5% silver) against the specification table on this page. The reverse design is described above.
History and design
This is a collector version of the 1 Pound - Elizabeth II – Celtic Cross. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
Each year's round £1 stood for the United Kingdom or one of its four nations. In the first cycle of designs Northern Ireland was represented by a flax plant, on the pounds of 1986 and 1991. For the heraldic cycle that began in 1994 it was given a Celtic cross, first struck in 1996.
The Royal Mint's figures give 89,886,000 struck for circulation. That is the largest issue of the four heraldic pounds with the Maklouf portrait, about three times the 29,752,525 of the 1994 Lion Rampant, and the ninth highest of the 41 round £1 entries in the Mint's figures. It is also far above either flax pound: 10,409,501 in 1986 and 38,443,575 in 1991.
The round pound was replaced by the 12-sided £1 from 28 March 2017 and lost its legal tender status at midnight on 15 October 2017.
The reverse is by Norman Sillman. The Royal Mint describes it as a Celtic cross with a pimpernel flower in the centre, surrounded by an ancient torc, representing Northern Ireland.
Sillman designed all four national coins of the heraldic series. A 2011 newspaper profile said each took him about four days, and that he had to be careful with the Northern Ireland design because of the delicate political and religious situation there.
The milled edge reads DECUS ET TUTAMEN, the Latin inscription of the first round pound, translated as "an ornament and safeguard". The Scottish and Welsh pounds had edge inscriptions of their own, but the Northern Ireland coins used this one. The obverse has Raphael Maklouf's portrait of Elizabeth II, which the Royal Mint lists for round pounds from 1985 to 1997.
Sources
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- One Pound Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 1996 Elizabeth II 'Celtic Cross, Representing Northern Ireland' £1 Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 1996 One Pound, Check Your Change (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Article highlights Royal Mint coin sculptor Norman Sillman (The E-Sylum, volume 14, number 44, 23 October 2011, excerpting the Diss Express), Numismatic Bibliomania Society (read 9 Oct 2026)
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