Very Rare: fewer than 100,000 minted. Sells occasionally: 5 verified sales in the last 12 months.
1 Pound - Elizabeth II Welsh Leek Silver Piedfort (1985)
Circulating version: 1985 1 Pound - Elizabeth II – Welsh Leek
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Year | 1985 |
| Denomination | 1 Pound |
| Face value | £1 |
| Mintage | 15,000 |
| Mint | Royal Mint · Llantrisant |
| Series | Round Pound Series |
| Circulation | Non-circulating |
| Composition | Silver (.925) (925/1000 fine) |
| Weight | 19.000g · 0.5650 t oz |
| Diameter | 22.5mm |
| 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 leek, the emblem of Wales, encircled by the Royal Diadem
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 | £37.10 🔒 eBay | £37.10 | – | £32.94 – £39.00 | 5 | 5 | 09-10-2026 | |
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About the 1985 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Welsh Leek – Silver Piedfort
The 1985 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Welsh Leek – 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 leek, the emblem of Wales, encircled by the Royal Diadem.
15,000 were struck.
Common questions
How much is the 1985 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Welsh Leek – Silver Piedfort worth?
The 1985 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Welsh Leek – Silver Piedfort has a price in one grade on MyCoinage so far: £37.10 in PR-65, the median of its verified sales. Its silver content is worth about £22.63 at today's spot price, which puts a floor under its value.
How is the 1985 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Welsh Leek – Silver Piedfort different from the circulating coin?
This is a collector version of the 1985 1 Pound - Elizabeth II – Welsh Leek, 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 1985 1 Pound - Elizabeth II Welsh Leek – 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 – Welsh Leek. The history below is that coin's; the mintage, varieties and collecting notes on its page do not apply to this strike.
The Leek £1 was the round pound for Wales in the first series of national designs, which the Royal Mint describes as taking floral emblems as its theme. It followed the Scottish Thistle of 1984 and was issued twice, in 1985 and again in 1990 when the sequence of nations returned to Wales.
The Royal Mint's figures give 228,430,749 struck for circulation in 1985 and 97,269,302 in 1990, a total of 325,700,051. The 1985 figure is the second highest of any round £1 date, behind only the 443,053,510 of the first coin in 1983. Taken together, the two dates make the Leek the most heavily struck of the four floral designs, ahead of the Thistle (216,837,002), the Oak (75,618,989) and the Flax (48,853,076).
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.
Leslie Durbin's reverse shows a leek and royal diadem, representing Wales. It is the second of his four floral designs, each of which places a national plant within the same diadem.
The 1985 coin brought two firsts for the £1. It was the first to carry Raphael Maklouf's portrait of Elizabeth II, which the Royal Mint lists for round pounds from 1985 to 1997 in place of Arnold Machin's. It was also the first with an edge inscription that is not Latin. The milled edge reads PLEIDIOL WYF I'M GWLAD, Welsh words that Check Your Change translates as "true am I to my country". The same inscription was used on later round pounds representing Wales.
Sources
- UK coin mintage figures (data file), The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- £1 Coin Designs and Specifications, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 1990 Elizabeth II 'Leek and Royal Diadem, Representing Wales' £1 Coin, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 1985 One Pound, Check Your Change (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Round £1: Wales: Leek, Change Checker (read 9 Oct 2026)
- 1990 One Pound, Check Your Change (read 9 Oct 2026)
- Why does the edge inscription on the £2 and £1 coins sometimes appear "upside down"?, The Royal Mint (read 9 Oct 2026)
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